Supplier Development Quality Engineer
About The Position
The Supplier Development Quality Engineer drives supplier quality performance, continuous improvement, and risk mitigation across the supply base. This role acts as a technical contributor, partnering across functions to ensure supplier capabilities meet product, regulatory, and business requirements, and leads supplier quality activities while influencing outcomes without direct authority. The position is responsible for activities related to supplier selection and evaluation, material qualification, supplier performance, and receiving inspection. It contributes to the development, establishment, and maintenance of supplier quality engineering methodologies, systems, and practices that meet SJM and regulatory requirements. The role is based in Scarborough, Maine, and is listed for a 12-month duration. The schedule is Monday through Friday, first shift, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; some overtime may be required.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 2–4 years of experience in Supplier Quality, Manufacturing Quality, or a related area.
Responsibilities
- Support supplier onboarding, including validation and readiness activities.
- Contribute to supplier improvement plans to address performance gaps.
- Collaborate with suppliers to improve process capability and product quality.
- Track supplier quality metrics, including PPM, defect rates, yield, and escapes, and perform trend analysis.
- Monitor supplier performance and identify risks and systemic issues.
- Support supplier reviews and follow up on improvement actions.
- Investigate supplier-related defects, incoming issues, and field failures.
- Own supplier nonconformance management, including containment, resolution, and closure of supplier-related issues.
- Support root cause analysis and implementation of corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
- Drive and own supplier corrective actions, ensuring timely and effective implementation and verification of effectiveness.
- Communicate supplier quality issues and track resolution progress.
- Support development and maintenance of inspection procedures and acceptance criteria.
- Assist in optimizing incoming inspection strategies based on risk.
- Provide guidance to inspection teams as needed.
- Collaborate with Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement, and Quality teams.
- Provide input to supplier-related quality decisions.
- Participate in cross-functional problem-solving efforts.
- Analyze data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
- Own supplier change management processes, including review, risk assessment, approval, and implementation of supplier-initiated changes.
- Contribute to supplier selection and evaluation, material qualification, supplier performance, and receiving inspection.
- Contribute to development, establishment, and maintenance of supplier quality engineering methodologies, systems, and practices that meet SJM and regulatory requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
