Supplier Quality Engineer

Mission:

• Identify day-to-day non-quality factors, conduct or have other departments conduct in-depth analyses and monitor quality improvement plans at suppliers.

• Identify potential issues before they occur and implement preventive solutions.

• Lead quality issue resolution through containment, correction and prevention steps and check effectiveness of suppliers’ actions. Train/coach suppliers.

• Conduct process audits at suppliers and launch improvement action plans to help them develop their quality performance.

• Follow and act as per Corporate Schneider Supplier Quality Management (SSQM) guideline 

  
  
  
  

Key Responsibilities:

• Pilot Part/Product Qualification Process and manage Supplier performance at the level of the plant (Outside Group and Inside Group suppliers).

• Manage the sustainability recovery of his plant panel of suppliers. 

• Actively apply and is involved in Supplier Qualification Process.

  
  
  
  

Main Activities:

• Pilot the containment, corrective and preventives actions to solve the technical part quality issues of the plant using the 8D methodology.

• Address gaps and noncompliance to the suppliers and check the effectiveness of the supplier actions.

• Manage supplier roadblocks with Supplier and with the support of the Regional Supplier Quality Development (RSQD), Plant Procurement Manager (PPM), Schneider Supplier Leader (SSL), when needed (Plant Supman/Quality review meeting).

• Pilot the qualification of the part through the Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) within the Optimize process.

• Participate actively to the APQP/PPAP with Offer Lifecycle Management (OLM) specifically during the responsibility transfer hand-over.

• Support Incoming Inspection activities defining critical suppliers/products/characteristics to be monitored.

• Monitor supplier quality performance at the plant level, reports it and manage Most impacting Quality Suppliers actions (Plant Supman/Quality review meeting).

• Lead 8D (PRB evaluation), Temporary Quality Wall implementation.

• Contribute with RSQD to SE Process audit, pFMEA evaluation. 

• Manage the Supplier Qualification status and SE property tool status in a partnership with Tooling & Technology experts.

• Lead the End-to-End PPAP flow, ensuring PSW signed before mass production.

• Manage Suppliers derogations in Supplier Process Change Notification (SPCN) animation when plant is impacted.

• Be the Data-Owner of Quality Domain (QCO) managing all data (creation, update and deletion) to support the Quality Processes on the several used tools (SAP and any Domain/local tools), when applicable. 

  
  
  
  

Qualifications and Skills:

• Full proficiency in Italian and English

• Ability to work effectively in a complex and structured environment, managing interactions within a matrix organization.

• Strong negotiation skills and proven capability to interact and collaborate with suppliers to ensure quality, cost, and delivery objectives are met.

• Solid knowledge and hands-on experience with PPAP (Production Part Approval Process).

• Experience in claim management, including handling non-conformities and coordinating corrective actions with internal and external stakeholders.

• Familiarity with problem-solving methodologies, such as 8D, and risk analysis tools, including FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis).