Supplier Development Engineer Summary
Supplier Development Engineer Job Opening in Detroit, Michigan. A tier two automotive components manufacturer is seeking to onboard a Supplier Development Engineer in the greater Detroit area. This Supplier Development Engineer will work to improve and solidify the business partnership the company has with its suppliers for different jobs. This person will partner with the suppliers to develop a favorable arrangement and ensure the received parts are of proper quality standards for all of the company’s jobs. This greater Detroit, Michigan Supplier Development Engineer job offers competitive compensation and benefits.
Detroit Supplier Development Engineer Overview:
The Supplier Development Engineer will serve as the chief contact with suppliers and organize all quality related activities with the supplier for this job. The Supplier Development Engineer will coordinate advanced product quality planning, (APQP), Part Production Approval Process, all interactions with the supplier, va/ve support, and approval of new components. For this job, the Supplier Development Engineer will be working primarily in the company’s greater Detroit, Michigan plant.
Detroit Supplier Development Engineer Job Opening
- The Supplier Development Engineer must assist sourcing staff with technical advice and expertise, assist sourcing with suppliers with issues related to quality, logistics, delivery, cost, performance, or other issues while working out of Detroit, Michigan.
- For the job, the Supplier Development Engineer must evaluate and determine that suppliers meet the proper ISO quality standards.
- Organize and perform supplier audits, as well as other evaluations to improve the supplier relationship and product quality at the Detroit plant.
- Partner with product development staff during planning job phases to acquire materials for prototypes.
- Assist product development with selecting suppliers for the mass production of the product out of Detroit, Michigan.
- The Supplier Development Engineer must assist in primary quality tests and ensure components meet the company’s supplier standards.
- Ensure that products arrive from suppliers on time, rectify any shipment errors, and evaluate the supplier relationship if errors occur frequently.
- Assist in determining corrective actions with suppliers when products are defective.
- Collaborate with other departments to rectify component part problems for different jobs.
- Assist sourcing in selecting new suppliers, both locally in Michigan and nationally, as necessary.
- Provide feedback to suppliers and to management to improve the supplier development job process.
- Serve as primary point of contact between the product development/engineering teams and the suppliers.
Supplier Development Engineer (Detroit Area) Job Requirements:
- A Bachelor’s degree in a science or business discipline, or a substituted six years of experience is required for this job.
- Two years of related Supplier Development professional experience.
- Previous exposure to and understanding of manufacturing and quality assurance/control would greatly benefit this job.
- Strong understanding of APQP, PPAP, statistical concepts such as probability and using statistics to determine quality and defects, and other quality control tools.
- Able to understand business documents, technical manuals, blue prints, and all other materials that may be encountered on the job.
- Able to interpret mathematical formulas.
- Excellent problem solving skills.
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