Job Title: Supplier Quality Engineer
FLSA Status: Exempt
Department: Sourcing
Reports To: VP of Supply Chain
SUMMARY:
The Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) is the main point of contact between ESL and its vendors. The SQE is responsible for ensuring ESL's vendor network is supporting our strategy by delivering high quality services and products on time, with high quality and at a competitive price.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Responsible for driving ESL's brand with our vendors. Including setting clear expectations, core values, and supplier performance feedback. Be the ambassador for our company with our suppliers.
· Understand and communicate to ESL management what are the decision drivers for ESL vendors regarding product allocation, service and support priorities and pricing. Be the liaison between ESL and its suppliers.
· Perform supplier audits of the operation process using inspection results and statistical techniques to provide timely, accurate process and product analysis. Issues and performs root cause analysis initiatives for process related concerns associated with Supplier performance. Trains & Mentors suppliers on RCCA activities. This position will require approximately 30% travel.
· Finding alternative components and/or alternatives suppliers for hard-to-get critical components. Participate in and communicate status of each of these parts in our "Critical Components Meeting".
· Maintains vendor database and updates it regularly, preparing reports to Exec Team regarding vendor performance. Manages the supplier scorecard process and works with struggling vendors to improve.
· Finding and pre-qualifying potential new outsourcing partners/suppliers.
· Provides recommendations on Make/Buy decisions: what components make sense to manufacture in house or outsourced based on cost.
· Maintains healthy business relationships with vendors and builds new supplier relationships.
· Maintain relationships with vendors, suppliers and distributors (key suppliers for ESL) making sure they keep a reasonable stock level and add value
· Monitor KPI's anticipating and correcting trends which would compromise achievement of targets
· Understand, support and follow management expectations in alignment with company values
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