Supplier Quality Engineer
About The Position
The Supplier Quality Engineer supports the Boston Whaler team by providing 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 reporting to maintain and improve customer satisfaction, eliminate errors, and improve efficiency. The Procurement Team relies on this role to engage with the global supply base and ensure direct-purchased materials meet performance specifications over time, helping prevent production interruptions, recalls, and other quality failures. The position works directly with suppliers and collaboratively across functions, including buyers, commodity managers, R&D engineers, and Supplier Quality engineers at current-product sites. It manages supplier quality issues, reviews corrective actions, evaluates supplier performance, supports production through inspection and sorting of suspect parts, and develops supplier processes and systems for continual quality improvement. Occasional travel by car or airplane, including overnight travel, is required, up to 20%. The role is onsite in Edgewater, Florida, with no direct reports.
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 keep records and data systems 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.
- Ability to travel occasionally by automobile or airplane, including overnight travel, up to 20%.
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States; this position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship now or in the future.
Nice To Haves
- NMMA certification is required; ASQ certification is preferred, or the ability to become fully certified within two years.
- Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree in Engineering or a related technical field is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a consultative resource and collaborative partner to customers and suppliers, ensuring needs and expectations are understood and addressed.
- Process PPAP submissions to enable timely shipment of new products.
- 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 useful information to buyers and commodity teams.
- Evaluate supplier PPM performance and recommend optimal solutions or improvements.
- Provide quality performance data to assess past performance, maintain 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 match the documentation provided with shipments.
- Interpret engineering drawings, schematic diagrams, or formulas and consult management or engineering staff about quality and reliability standards related to warranty agreements.
- Maintain quality service in accordance with organizational standards.
- Conduct supplier audits against standards, analyze results, and develop plans to improve supplier performance.
- Develop processes and systems with suppliers to maintain and continually improve quality for current and service products.
- Develop risk-based schedules for proactive supplier evaluations.
- Collaborate with buyers, commodity managers, R&D engineers, and current-product site Supplier Quality engineers in cross-functional teams.
- Manage projects required to execute continuous-improvement plans in accordance with commodity strategy.
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 open 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
