Sr Supplier Quality Engineer

Principal Accountabilities:

• Lead activities within the Commodity Manager to improve supplier quality, delivery, and performance for the assigned GBE’s products and suppliers.
• Lead the issue resolution and root-cause analysis processes associated with supplier quality issues.
• Lead PPAP qualification activities associated with new parts as part of NPI projects and re-qualify parts as part of supplier transition projects.
• Utilize standard Honeywell processes to audit and approve new suppliers associated with the assigned GBE’s products and business.
• Expand product knowledge to maintain expertise and be a local expert for Sourcing, Engineering, and Marketing teams
• Be an expert on Supplier Quality Tools – Lead / Assist with roll out, training and implementation of Supplier Quality tools for suppliers
• Lead / Support efforts to fully realize cost savings opportunities
• Lead / Support supplier development activities by using LEAN/Six sigma methodology in favor of business
• Liaison effectively with Commodity Managers, Program Managers…etc. on supporting High growth Region transition projects from Supplier Quality Perspective.
• Will include travel – domestic and/or international

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree for Mechanical Engineering or related undergraduate degree required, Graduate degree preferred.
• At least 5 years work experience and strong knowledge related to the manufacturing, design, and good experience on Mechanical Commodities, specifically in Plastic/molding/rubber/insert molding/injection…, other mechanical knowledge will be a plus
• Six Sigma Green Belt certification desired. Black Belt / Lean Expert certification preferred.
• Bilingual – English is required.
• Experience with ISO standards and supplier quality auditing
• Working knowledge of QS, TS, and APQP standards and processes preferred
• Strong background in Statistical Process Control, capability analysis (Cp, Cpk), DFM
• Professional certification (CQE and CQA preferred) or willingness to obtain

Knowledge, Skills & Competencies

• Must have demonstrated understanding of PPAP processes and implementation.
• Fluent using basic quality tools.
• Understanding of precision metrology techniques
• Project Management - will be expected to identify and implement projects with a high impact to the business. As such, should possess proven track record of successful leadership of high impact projects.
• Demonstrated capability in identifying Best Practices and leadership in successfully implementing these
• Exposure to Value Engineering, Lean Systems thinker, Change agent
• Must be willing to work in a result based, fast paced environment, with minimal supervision
• Communication and Interpersonal – crisp verbal skills for velocity plus effective listening skills; effective facilitation skills and demonstrates high energy
• Execution – persistent drive for results utilizing sound project management, organizational and problem-solving skills

Measures of success

• Defective Parts Per Million (PPM) for suppliers in the region.
• Savings achieved through supplier transitions and/or Lean Manufacturing and Value Engineering at suppliers
• Supplier lead time reduction and ability to implement value-added supplier processes such as Consignment, Stocking Programs, and Kan-ban
• Supplier delivery performance as measured by on-time-to-request (OTTR).
• Overall supplier scorecard improvement annually