Supplier Quality Engineer
About The Position
The Supplier Quality Engineer is part of the Boston Whaler team and provides strategic and tactical quality support to Manufacturing. The role executes advanced quality planning for the High Performance Product Development (HPPD) process, supplier development, corrective actions, and quality reporting to maintain and improve customer satisfaction, eliminate errors, and improve efficiency. The position works with the global supply base to ensure direct-purchased materials meet performance specifications over time and to prevent production stoppages, recalls, and other quality failures. The engineer works collaboratively with customers, suppliers, Procurement, Manufacturing, buyers, commodity managers, R&D engineers, and other Supplier Quality engineers. The role processes PPAP submissions, addresses supplier quality issues, reviews corrective actions, analyzes supplier performance, supports inspection and sorting of suspect parts, and develops supplier processes and improvement plans. The position is onsite in Edgewater, Florida, with occasional day or overnight travel by car or airplane, up to 20%.
Requirements
- Knowledge of basic quality tools and problem-solving techniques.
- Demonstrated knowledge of data models and data mining.
- Exposure to reporting packages such as Business Objects and databases such as SQL.
- High competency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access.
- Project-management skills, including training and demonstrated successful use of project-management tools.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to ensure records and data systems are current and accurate.
- Experience working across functional areas in a manufacturing environment.
- Analytical ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information accurately and with attention to detail.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Beginner-level skills and demonstrated proficiency in supplier development and continuous improvement.
Nice To Haves
- NMMA certification is required; ASQ certification is preferred, or the ability to become fully certified within two years.
- BS/BA in Engineering or a related technical field is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a consultative resource and collaborative partner to customers and suppliers to understand and address needs and expectations.
- Process PPAP submissions to enable timely new-product shipments.
- Handle tactical quality issues with assigned suppliers, including spills and PPAP matters.
- Review supplier corrective-action submissions to confirm root-cause analysis is complete and actions prevent recurrence.
- Respond to customer inquiries in a timely, accurate, and consultative manner.
- Analyze supplier quality performance and provide information to buyer desk plans and commodity teams.
- Evaluate supplier PPM performance and recommend solutions or improvements.
- Provide quality performance data to assess past performance, support efficiency, and identify continuous-improvement opportunities.
- Support Manufacturing by performing or coordinating initial sorting and inspection of suspect parts to maintain production goals.
- Issue corrective actions to suppliers for discrepant materials and ensure issues are communicated for root-cause analysis.
- Document materials rejected for quality issues in MRB to maintain inventory accuracy.
- Verify that received materials correspond to shipment documentation.
- Interpret engineering drawings, schematic diagrams, or formulas and consult management or engineering staff to determine quality and reliability standards related to warranty agreements.
- Maintain quality service by following organizational standards.
- Work directly with suppliers, conduct audits against standards, and provide analysis and development plans to improve supplier performance.
- Develop supplier processes and systems to maintain and continually improve the quality of current and service products.
- Develop risk-based schedules for proactive supplier evaluations.
- Work effectively on cross-functional teams with buyers, commodity managers, R&D engineers, and current-product site Supplier Quality engineers.
- Manage projects needed to execute continuous-improvement plans in accordance with commodity strategy.
- Travel occasionally by car or airplane, for day trips and/or overnight trips, up to 20%.
Benefits
- Annual discretionary bonus eligibility.
- Medical insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Paid vacation.
- 401(k) with up to 4% company match.
- Health Savings Account with company contribution.
- Well-being program.
- Product purchase discounts.
- Relocation assistance is available to applicants who need it.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
