Vendor/Supplier Quality Engineer

Responsibilities

• Conduct technical assessments for new suppliers and periodic assessments for key existing suppliers
• Drive suppliers regularly on improvement plans and foster an environment that facilitates continual improvement and compliance to AEM requirements
• Review specifications to validate material defects for return to supplier and ensure timely replacement by supplier
• Apply 8D and other applicable quality tools with suppliers to ensure implementation of effective systemic corrective / preventive actions and no recurrence
• Work with supplier and Engineering / Manufacturing to reach common acceptance of path forward for material issues that are not entirely due to supplier fault
• Maintain a supplier database and their performance evaluation / scoring to facilitate supply chain management
• Provide guidance to Incoming quality inspectors on inspection process and methods

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