Supplier Development and Quality Engineer
Supplier Development and Quality Engineer
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Are you a current Elekta employee
Please click here to apply through our internal career site Find Jobs Elekta.
Want to join a team with a mission to improve and save lives
We continually look for motivated and skilled individuals who are interested in supporting our customers healthcare professionals who use our products to help patients and their communities.
We currently have the following opportunity available please contact us for more details!
We dont just build technology. We build hope.
Are you passionate about driving supplier excellence and ensuring the highest quality standards in a global procurement environment
Elekta Group is seeking a Supplier Development and Quality Engineer to join our dynamic team.
Operating across key regionsincluding the UK Netherlands Sweden China the Americas and APACour centralized procurement function plays a critical role in delivering quality and efficiency. In this role you will be a specialist in supplier quality and development processes working across multiple sites and regions to drive continuous improvement.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to our global Supplier Development and Quality strategy working within a matrix organization that fosters collaboration and innovation. If you have expertise in supplier management process improvement and quality assurance we invite you to be part of a team that is shaping the future of procurement excellence at Elekta Group.
Apply today and take the next step in your career with us!
What youll do at Elekta:
- Manage supplied material quality issues raised by factories installations suppliers and customers through NCR and CLM processes. Work with suppliers to ensure effective containment root cause analysis 8D 5Whys Fishbone DOE) and CAPA implementation to prevent recurrence.
- Develop proactive quality plans with suppliers to promote a zerodefect culture reducing the need for upstream inspection and testing.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders including suppliers procurement teams R&D manufacturing and service teams ensuring customer requirements are met.
- Conduct part approvals on new and changed parts ensuring compliance with specifications through inspections process audits and documentation checks.
- Apply Core Quality Tools (APQP FMEA PPAP MSA) to proactively enhance supplied product quality.
- Ensure supplier compliance with ISOand Elektas Quality Agreement (QAA) requirements through audits risk assessments and followup actions.
- Support supplier selection and development initiatives to meet procurement QCDIM targets including supplier training in best practices (LEAN Six Sigma Value Stream Mapping DFM DFA PFMEA and Process Validation).
- Drive quality into new product development (NPI PCP Engineering Change Process) by bridging suppliers engineering teams and historical quality performance.
- Manage supplier QCDIM performance and compliance documentation to ensure continuous improvement and audit readiness.
- Support costreduction initiatives by providing manufacturing engineering expertise and supplier development resources.
The right stuff:
- Highly motivated team player who leads by example.
- Excellent communication skills and able to deal with people at all levels.
- Strong interpersonal communication and positive influencing skills capable of working on own initiative whilst also being an effective team player.
- Capable of representing the quality and development functions at all levels both inside and outside the company.
- Flexible with work patterns and travel up to 40.
- Demonstrable record of delivering stretching targets and successfully managing concurrent tasks.
- Able to work in a matrix environment and work independently.
What you bring:
*We encourage you to apply even if you dont meet every requirementyour unique skills and experiences might be exactly what were looking for!
- A strong engineering manufacturing and supplier quality/development background is essential.
- A minimum of HNC in an engineering discipline or equivalent.
- Demonstrable experience of driving supplier quality improvements using best practice tools and processes.
- Successful and demonstrable experience of facilitating improvement workshops.
- Welldeveloped IT skills.
- Fluent in English preferably with a second language.
What youll get:
In this role you will work for a higher purpose; hope for everyone dealing with cancer andfor everyone regardless of where in the world to have access to the best cancer care. Inaddition to this Elekta offers a range of benefits.
- Hybrid work option (you are required to work from the Crawley HQ at least 3 days/week)
- Up to 25 paid vacation days (plus bank holidays)
- Holiday Purchase Scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- Attractive Employer Pension Contribution Package
- Cycle to work scheme
- Life Assurance
- Onsite subsidized restaurant offering budgetfriendly dining
- Love electric (Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme)
Hiring process
We are looking forward to hearing from you! Apply by submitting your application and rsum in English via the Apply button. Please note that we do not accept applications by email.
Your Elekta contact
For questions please contact the Global Talent Acquisition Partner responsible Sarah Elmasry at We do not accept applications through email.
We are an equal opportunity employer
We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age race colour religion sex sexual orientation gender identity genetic information national origin disability veteran status or any other protected characteristic.
Employment Type
Full-Time
