We are seeking a talented and motivated Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer with a proven track record of delivering results within a complex supply chain. This role will report to the Manager of Supplier Quality within the Mechatronics and Sustainable Packaging Design for Scale organization. You will be responsible for reinventing the norms of supplier quality best practice and adapting those practices to fit Amazons peculiar ways. Successful candidates will be adept at driving change at suppliers in designs and with key business processes. You will be depended on to implement systems in an ambiguous environment to enable faster responses and yield better outputs from product development through sustaining operations.
Key job responsibilities
Actively support and foster a culture of inclusion.
Develop supplier quality engagement strategies from product development through sustaining operations.
Develop strategy and support supplier product qualification best practices.
Active engagement in the Product Development Process (PDP)
Develop/review/approve qualification documents such as product dimensional data PFMEAs Control Plans DFM etc.
Support implementation process of custom automation reducing product cost and risk.
Scale supplier process and quality systems to reduce observed field defect rates.
Lead Surveillance and Process Audits to ensure adherence to specification and identify continuous improvement opportunities.
Drive in internal/external CAPAs improvement and design change opportunities.
Solve/prevent technical product and process problems across a broad set of manufacturing commodities.
Identify failure trends and drive investigation failure analysis and remediation.
Support/coordinate supplier change requests.
Define and implement Supplier selection approval and development process and strategies.
Conduct prebusiness award Scalability Assessments and subsequent sourcing selection initiatives.
Guide on best practice supplier management activities.
International and domestic travel estimated at 30.
10 years of relevant work experience in Supplier Quality
BS Degree in an engineering discipline (i.e. Mechanical Electrical or Industrial) or equivalent experience
Experience with quality concepts/tools/methods such as 8D DOE APQP PPAP FMEA Measurement Systems Analysis etc.
Demonstrated experience implementing quality engineering principles through development and NPI programs
Functional knowledge of industry standards such as ISO9001 or AS9100
Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
Experience with the project management of technical projects
Engineering or Business Masters degree
BSME / BSIE / BSEE
ElectroMechanical experience related to large format complex high speed automation and pacakging materials (corrugate/paper).
ASQ Certification
PMP Certification
Statistical Techniques specific to SPC and part measurement/qualification
Strong understanding of Quality concepts and tools such as SPC Corrective Action Investigation Lean Manufacturing 5S Six Sigma FMEA
Working knowledge of basic CAD to interrogate models
Working knowledge of GD&T based on ASME Y14.5
PLM experience (Teamcenter)
Experience with statistical evaluation software such as Minitab
Effective communicator able to work effectively with global and crossfunctional stakeholders
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