Supplier Quality Engineer

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Supplier Development Engineer

The Supplier Development Engineer is responsible for developing and leading Famous’ product quality, compliance, and supplier quality processes. This role has a large focus on supporting new product development while ensuring product quality and compliance requirements are met through our suppliers.

Essential Responsibilities

Lead quality processes including:

· Collaboration with sales, marketing, and purchasing to develop product specifications and manage the product approval process

· Determine compliance needs and assess supplier compliance based on competitive products, market & regulatory needs, sales needs, etc.

· Assist sourcing team with supplier selection

· Internal quality processes that will be used to define and manage product and supplier quality.

· Product quality specifications, quality plans, and inspection plans that will be used by third party inspectors or by internal teams (on an as-needed basis).

· Processes to manage supplier quality and to “lock in” quality plans to maintain consistent products with consistent quality.

· Processes to identify and manage product compliance requirements.

· Internal inspection processes and methods.

· Supplier and product audit methods.

· Internal and supplier quality KPI’s

· Review and approve supplier quality and inspection plans

· Review and approve suppliers’ compliance to key product standards defined by product specifications (such as UPC, ISO, TUV, ANSI, etc.)

· Lead problem resolution activities including containment and segregation, corrective action (8D/4D) activities

· Audit suppliers either on-site (international) or via desk-audits

· Conduct and/or coordinate internal inspection activities

· Monitor, and regularly communicate internal and supplier KPI scorecards

Preferred Experience & Skills:

· 2+ years’ experience in quality and/or supplier development

· Experience with product compliance standards

· Strong technical quality and manufacturing background including a Bachelors degree (B.S.) in a technical/engineering field or equivalent experience

· Experience with multiple types of manufacturing and inspection methods

· Experience with different manufacturing and compliance requirements

· Experience conducting and leading quality audits

· Experience leading activities with international suppliers

· Strong computer skills including WMS and/or ERP systems, MS Word, , Excel, Outlook, , etc.