Supplier Quality Engineer

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Job Summary

Provide support of Quality activities of our organization’s supply base by evaluating, approving, onboarding, and continuously monitoring supplier quality activities.

Job Description

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Supplier Approval:
  • Conduct supplier audits and assessments to evaluate their quality systems, processes, and products
• Supplier Procurement:
  • Create and support receiving inspection plans and activities including material documentation, process evaluation, and physical measurements.
• Performance Monitoring:
  • Develop and maintain supplier quality management plans that define expectations, requirements, and performance targets
  • Develop Quality Control Plans and PPAP’s for supplier parts
• Supplier Nonconformance:
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve quality issues
  • Drive continuous improvement in supplier quality performance through data, root cause analysis, and corrective actions
• Support ISO9000 self-assessment audits, external customer, and agency audits
• Support overall Quality with performance metrics to measure, report and act on Quality indicators.
• Ensure the suppliers comply with relevant regulatory and compliance requirements, contributing to the overall integrity of the supply chain.
• Adapt and abide by the 3Q6s principles for continuous improvement
• Occasional travel (up to 10%) may be required to support supplier activities, audits, and issue resolution as needed.

Experience/Skills:

• 2-4 years of experience in manufacturing preferred
• Good Leadership and communication skills
• Good Process management skills.
• Good problem-solving skills and methodologies.
• ASQ Certification is desired but not required.
• Spanish as a second language is beneficial.
• Competent in Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, and Power Point.
• Ability to resolve problems and recognize opportunities with little direction.
• Able to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be a US citizen for positions in the North Mankato facility.

Education:

• Associates Degree with relevant experience or Bachelor’s Degree in technical or science field.

Additional Job Details

Technical – T2
Organizational Impact
• Works to achieve operational, functional, and/or business targets within team with direct and indirect impact on departmental or job family results, using practical technical principles
• Intermediate-level technical contributor; generally works independently under moderate supervision and may seek advice of more senior employees in the same area
• Failure to achieve results requires allocation of additional resources to meet goals and impacts project completion with the potential for additional financial expense.
• Works on smaller, less complex projects/assignments
Communication & Influence
• Communicates with employees typically within the department and/or job family, explaining and interpreting matters related to the department; may communicate with external clients or partners depending upon the job area
• May influence employees within own job area at an operational level
Innovation & Complexity
• Responsible for making minor improvements to technical/business processes, procedures, or systems to contribute to the performance of the team
• Problems faced may be difficult but are not complex, requiring application of technical skills/analysis drawing from prior experiences, and typically involve consideration of multiple issues and impact job family and/or multiple teams
Leadership & Talent Management
• May provide guidance, help with training and review work of entry-level employees
• May lead parts of less complex projects or processes
Knowledge & Experience
• Requires understanding of basic context and practical knowledge of technical and business environment as well as potential and upcoming technical advances within area of specialization, typically obtained through advanced education and relevant experience
• Requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and minimum 2 years of prior relevant experience

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Nidec
Nidec is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, genetic information, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following website: http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf

Work Shift Schedule

First Shift (United States of America)

No Soliciting

Nidec will not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to Nidec job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Nidec Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Nidec Talent Acquisition team.