Supplier Development Engineer

About the role

On site audit - risk assessments to new and current suppliers; work with supplier to develop capable and stable manufacturing processes Category management - Work with and support Procurement's strategy in establishing supply base that is capable to meet the requirement from various BU across entire company Critical risk supplier - identify worst performed supplier, work with the affected supplier to develop and implement "get-well" plan, until supplier improve the performance Supplier engagement - develop and build good relationship with supplier Establish robust material qualification process (PPAP) to ensure all materials are properly qualified before release for production - New material and engineering changes SDE metrics: Supplier Quality Incident, Supplier DPPM; Audit Schedule Hit Rate; Audit Average Score] Work with supplier and internal cross-functional teams to drive and implement improvement actions Supplier scorecard monitoring Category management - Work with and support Procurement's strategy in establishing supply base that is capable to meet the requirement from various BU across entire company New Product Development - Early involvement to support the activities that are related to supplier and material Engineering change - Involve, review and approve supplier and material related change About you: Engineering degree Minimum 5 years of experience in Supplier Quality / Supplier Development Experience with ISO, IATF 16949 and core tools --FMEA, APQP, PPAP, SPC, MSA Knowledge to VDA 6.3 auditing is a must Ability to analyze Advanced knowledge of MS Office and basic knowledge of SAP Able to handle multiple tasks efficiently and shift priorities as necessary Good organizational skills Good communication skills both written and oral Result oriented Advanced Problem-solving skills Bilingual Spanish-English