Quality Specialist
About The Position
Pratt Miller is a product development company in motorsports, defense, and mobility industries providing clients with product engineering and low-volume production solutions. Our range of research & development, engineering, prototype manufacturing, test & validation, and low-rate production capability help our customers bring their high-quality products to market faster. As a senior specialist for supplier quality you will provide quality planning, control, and improvement support for engineering, global procurement & supply chain, and manufacturing to assure Oshkosh Corporation product quality meets the customers' expectations.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
- 3-plus years of experience in specific areas of Purchasing such as: supplier integration, strategic supply management, supplier development, scheduling, forecasting, logistics, etc.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Quality Engineering, Industrial Engineering or related field
- Project Management Professional Certification
- Prior supply management leadership experience
- Prior project management experience
- Understanding of operations
- Skill in interpersonal communications, negotiation, and conflict resolution
- Understanding of fundamental business principles and practices
- Knowledge and application of Supply Management Processes and tools
- Cross-functional work experience(s) in multiple major areas such as: Accounting, Product Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing Operations, Warehousing and/or Distribution, Production Employee supervision, Supply Management, Marketing, Human Resources, Industrial Engineering, etc. (Cross functional work experience(s) in 2 major areas such as: Quality, Manufacturing Operations, Supply Management, Marketing, etc.)
Responsibilities
- Verify supplier manufacturing processes (PFMEA, Control Plans, Cpk and Ppk studies, etc.) for stability and control.
- Facilitate Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) techniques with suppliers and internal stakeholders
- Monitors and facilitates quality activities for Production Part Approval Process (PPAP).
- Verifies process control, capability and sustainability of the supplier.
- Investigate supplier quality issues concerning products and/or processes.
- Execute standard supplier quality processes to facilitate issue resolution and validation
- Gather and analyze internal and external data to help identify exposure, impact, root causes and corrective actions
- Perform supplier certification through the Global Supplier Quality Audit
- Support the Global Supplier Quality Council through continuous improvement.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required. Estimated Travel expectations – 30%
Benefits
- competitive total rewards package
- people-first culture
- opportunities to support team member growth and success
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
