Quality Specialist

About Pratt Miller an Oshkosh company

Pratt Miller is a product development company in motorsports defense and mobility industries providing clients with product engineering and low-volume production solutions. Our range of research & development engineering prototype manufacturing test & validation and low-rate production capability help our customers bring their high-quality products to market faster.

SUMMARY

As a senior specialist for supplier quality you will provide quality planning control and improvement support for engineering global procurement & supply chain and manufacturing to assure Oshkosh Corporation product quality meets the customers expectations.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Verify supplier manufacturing processes (PFMEA Control Plans Cpk and Ppk studies etc.) for stability and control.
• Facilitate Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) techniques with suppliers and internal stakeholders Monitors and facilitates quality activities for Production Part Approval Process (PPAP).
• Verifies process control capability and sustainability of the supplier. Investigate supplier quality issues concerning products and/or processes.
• Execute standard supplier quality processes to facilitate issue resolution and validation
• Gather and analyze internal and external data to help identify exposure impact root causes and corrective actions
• Perform supplier certification through the Global Supplier Quality Audit
• Support the Global Supplier Quality Council through continuous improvement.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required. Estimated Travel expectations 30%

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors degree
• 3-plus years of experience in specific areas of Purchasing such as: supplier integration strategic supply management supplier development scheduling forecasting logistics etc.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors degree in Quality Engineering Industrial Engineering or related field
• Project Management Professional Certification
• Prior supply management leadership experience
• Prior project management experience
• Understanding of operations
• Skill in interpersonal communications negotiation and conflict resolution
• Understanding of fundamental business principles and practices
• Knowledge and application of Supply Management Processes and tools
• Cross-functional work experience(s) in multiple major areas such as: Accounting Product Engineering Quality Manufacturing Operations Warehousing and/or Distribution Production Employee supervision Supply Management Marketing Human Resources Industrial Engineering etc. (Cross functional work experience(s) in 2 major areas such as: Quality Manufacturing Operations Supply Management Marketing etc.)

Pay Range:

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