Position

  Supplier Quality Engineer

Location

  Washington, Tyne & Wear

Reports to

  Head of Supply Chain

Main purpose of the Role  

                                               As the Supplier Quality Engineer, you will play a crucial role within the Supply Chain team

                                                taking responsibility for the auditing and control of Walker Filtration’s Supplier quality.

                                                Working closely with the purchasing and quality team, your focus will be to set clear quality expectations and monitor supplier performance, developing the solutions that are a key part of most industries.

You will be responsible for evaluating managing and optimising supplier process quality maintaining the highest quality standards within our supply chain. As SQA Engineer you will collaborate closely with various internal departments while building strong, lasting external partnerships with suppliers.

Reporting to the Head of Supply Chain, you will drive a proactive quality culture, upholding Walker Filtration’s core values of innovation, interaction, and personal commitment.

                                                With Quality being at the forefront of supplier selection, you will adopt the continuous 

                                                improvement attitude, ensuring that we receive quality products and services to agreed

                                                specifications at all times. Through regular audits and follow up actions

                                                you will optimize supplier processes with key emphasis being on attention to detail and

                                                getting it right first time. Your mission is to champion a proactive quality culture ensuring

                                                that we remain the partner of choice in delivering quality expertise and world class

customer service.

Direct responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a supplier quality management system to meet the needs of the organisation.
• Prepare and implement an audit schedule across the current supply base, ensuring detailed and informative visit and audit reports are completed. Prospective suppliers to be audited as identified.
• Full ownership of the SNCR process, including working to and enforcing adherence by all stakeholders involved, concluding on issue resolutions with appropriate root cause fixes, improving the process where necessary and regularly reporting KPI’s.
•  Maintain up-to-date tooling register and maintenance logs to ensure quality standards are sustained; all tooling must be identified and accounted for with planned maintenance scheduled and monitored.
• Complete tooling and sample approvals from a quality perspective of both new and current tools in-line with tooling maintenance logs.
• Support the production department leading root cause analysis
• Provide training to process manufacturing engineers in casting and forging techniques, helping align the value chain.
• Support NPI and Product Changes; assisting supplier selection for process capabilities, assessing PAPP (ISIR’S & PSW’s) submissions, and drawing control

Development of a Supplier Quality culture

• Benchmarking activities to be completed with existing suppliers and potential new suppliers. Findings to be incorporated into supplier development plans or Walker Filtration Purchasing Strategies. 
• Develop and foster effective working relationships with suppliers, adopting an open and honest approach based on factual evidence.
• Raise the profile of quality standards and effective monitoring techniques through education and enforcement amongst internal and external stakeholders. Formal presentations may be required.
• Collaborate with suppliers to resolve any product quality issues

Analysis and Reporting

• Maintain up-to-date records of supplier accreditations.
• Work to Engineering Change process ensuring all related documentation and actions are completed.
• Establish PPM targets focusing on achieving ‘zero defects’

Role requirements: