Supplier Quality Development

Faurecia•Columbus, MI

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader, is seeking a Supplier Quality and Development Engineer (SQ&D). This role is responsible for ensuring the quality and development of potential, new, and existing suppliers requiring improvements. The SQ&D Engineer also acts as the first level of escalation support for the Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer (SQA). The position involves supporting supplier panel management, managing critical supplier issues, driving supplier development, and supporting purchasing processes.

Requirements

Engineering Degree
Minimum 7 years of experience in the automotive industry
Advanced English
Minimum 3 years of experience as Supplier Quality Engineer
Experience in an international environment
VDA 6.3 and IATF 16949 Auditor Certification

Nice To Haves

Ability to handle confidential information
Decision-making
Effective communication and emotional intelligence
Coordinate several activities simultaneously
Customer service
Knowledge of federal and internal regulations
Planning and organization of activities and services
Collaborative work with teams and internal customers
Management of development and general training programs
Six Sigma Black Belt certification desirable

Responsibilities

Support supplier panel management: participate in supplier selection and evaluation; support supplier panel strategy; support APQP (development and mass production); support process and tooling development, including gauges; audit suppliers according to Faurecia and customer requirements; communicate Faurecia and customer requirements to suppliers.
Manage critical supplier issues: consolidate, at division level, a quality plan with the SQA to improve supplier performance; support Safety/Regulation and PF4 topics; ensure resolution of quality issues with suppliers in serial production; ensure implementation and progress of action plans; participate in supplier audits through the escalation process; validate supplier action plans through the escalation process; train purchasing and supplier quality teams in Group methodologies.
Supplier development: deploy continuous improvement plans to key suppliers including quality principles; support APQP for new/modified parts and tooling transfer activities during development and serial production when requested; ensure supplier compliance with mandatory rules; ensure Safety/Regulation certification in production; ensure innovative quality plans and follow-up with the most disruptive suppliers regarding quality and deliveries; promote improvements to supplier management systems; periodically visit suppliers for benchmarking activities.
Support purchasing processes: deploy purchasing policies at plant and commodity level; ensure implementation of progress plans; comply with applicable IATF 16949 requirements and responsibilities; ensure implementation of AIAG Core Tools requirements at suppliers; ensure implementation of the 8D problem-solving methodology at suppliers; mentor Supplier Quality Assurance Engineers (SQA) through leadership techniques such as recognition, feedback, coaching, and training.