Supplier Quality Engineering Team Leader

Currently we are looking for a Supplier Quality Engineering expert, ready to take on a dual role of Team Leader and Senior Engineer.

Key duties & Responsibilities:

As Supplier Quality Engineering Team Leader / Senior Supplier Quality Engineer you are responsible for:

• Quality and Operational performance of a selected number of suppliers

• Working with suppliers on performance monitoring, solve technical issues and drive technical process improvements, for example quality and yield improvement, process control, risk analysis and reduction.

• A small team of Supplier Quality Engineers

• Work closely together with Frencken’s procurement team and Frencken’s suppliers’ team.

Job description:

• Responsible for the entire Quality and Technical process performance for suppliers and their n-tier suppliers.

• Monitor, review and drive supplier quality performance from incidents to structural improvement.

• Contribute to supplier development (e.g. implementing SPC, lean, FMEA, operational excellence at suppliers or n-tier suppliers).

• Optimize manufacturing processes at suppliers by improving quality, testing and qualification infrastructure.

• Supporting the development of a Procurement-wide Quality strategy

• Carry-out Supplier Improvement Plans (SIP) and prioritize according to supplier’s performance.

• Manage a small team of five supplier quality engineers.

Background:

• Completed (minimum) HBO education, preferably in Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering.

• Minimum of 7 years of work experience in a similar role.

• Experience in a production environment with high-tech products and complex assembly processes.

• Experience in improvement projects in supply chain.

• Experience in relationships with suppliers.

Personal and Professional Skills:

• Excellent communication skills

• Convincing/negotiation skills

• Relationship builder (internal and external)

• Pro-active attitude

• Strong analytical skills

• Ability to switch between complex matters and high-level conclusions

• Understanding of manufacturing technology

• Result oriented, hands-on mentality

• Fluent in English