Título:  Supplier Quality Engineer

COMMSCOPE, Líder Global en Soluciones de Infraestructura para las Redes de Comunicación. 
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Supplier Quality Engineer

Job Summary

Responsible for generating, establishing and implementing quality improvement plans for direct product material, production materials and third party suppliers, working with these suppliers to resolve major quality issues and improve quality of parts supplied to Commscope or parts supplied directly to Commscope customers. 

Perform supplier audits to support supplier selection and management processes through periodic supplier quality risk assessments and sustainability surveys.   Work with purchasing to establish and implement integration plans for new suppliers, maintain and evaluate supplier performance quality metrics, assist in the development of long-term strategies to meet quality goals, and achieve compliance, financial and performance goals.

Duties & Responsibilities 

• Review and implement corporate and local quality system management processes and procedures.
• Create and execute audit plans for strategic, new, third party and low performing suppliers. 
• Execute audits with suppliers including quality system Risk Assessments and Sustainability Surveys consistent with corporate procedures, guidelines, and scheduled plans.   Follow-up with all identified corrective actions in a timely fashion.
• Collaborate with Commodity and Category buyers to analyze supplier assessments in order to develop supplier capabilities to meet Commscope requirements.
• Analyze supplier capacity and process capability constraints and, if found deficient, develop/manage plans with suppliers for improvement of these requirements.
• Work with procurement personnel to engage in Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR’s) with key suppliers to ensure full readiness to support Commscope product production, initial demand and upside requirements.
• ·Collaborate with Commodity and Category buyers, follow up and drive to root cause, corrective actions with all external and internal suppliers to drive DPPM metrics to designated goals (commodity goal level at a minimum).
• Provide a focal point to review all supplier generated change requests (PCN’s) affecting the Americas regions.
• Support continuous improvement efforts at suppliers based on analysis of problem suppliers.   Provide leadership and/or participation of DOE’s and Kaizen events for selected Suppliers.
• Oversee and approve Incoming Inspection control plans for purchased and manufactured materials.
• Participate in Material Review Board analysis of defective materials in conjunction with the various Commscope Americas region manufacturing Operational Quality teams.
• Coordinate component level material qualifications (First Article Inspection) procedures for new materials and alternate sources.
• Review and maintain supplier Quality score cards with strategic suppliers.
• Provide Management with relevant data on a scheduled basis to communicate and address supplier excellence issues.
• Reviews, analyzes and reports on supplier’s quality discrepancies related to assembly, process, mechanical, electrical and electro-mechanical systems.   Working with suppliers, investigates problems and develops disposition and corrective actions for recurring discrepancies.   Interfaces with manufacturing, engineering, customer, vendor and subcontractor representatives to determine responsibilities.   Recommends corrective actions, dispositions and modifications. 

 Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or a related degree with a minimum of 5 years of experience supplier quality improvement, supplier development, quality audits, and continuous process improvement in a manufacturing-related environment.
• Knowledge and demonstrated experience in using Lean Six Sigma tools
• Experience working on Minitab
• Detail oriented individual with excellent English communication skills.
• Ability to manage priorities / time with competing demands.
• Ability to travel to locations / regions in North, Central and South America and acquire appropriate visa’s when required.

Desirable Skillset 

• SAP knowledge
• Six Sigma certification
• Certified Quality Engineer, or Certified Quality Auditor
• Working knowledge and application of ISO quality Standards
• Experience with the development and documentation of quality systems processes and procedures. Experience creating and documenting standard operating procedures (SOP) for supplier integration, development and metrics (Desired)
• Good Analytical skills
• Tenacious capability to engage suppliers and follow through on requirements
• Experience and knowledge in a commodity process expertise: e.g. Molding, Plating, Sheet Metal fabrication, High Speed Stamping
• Prefer experience in at least one of these – PCBA’s, Electronics, Fiber Optics, Plating and painting technology, Metal Fabrication.

Es la política de las soluciones de COMMSCOPE proporcionar posibilidades de empleo iguales a todos los individuos basados en mérito, calificaciones y capacidades. La empresa no discrimina en posibilidades de empleo o prácticas en base de la raza, del color, de la religión, del sexo, del origen nacional, de la inhabilidad de la edad, o de ningunas otras características según lo protegido por la ley.

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