Supplier Development Engineer (SDE)

Duties and Responsibilities
A. General and Task Management

• Interface with quality team to prioritize supplier development needs to improve cost competitiveness or supply constraints.
• Research external market information and entrepreneurial companies to identify potential sources and suppliers.
• Drive supplier selection through robust qualification processes.
• Assess new and existing supplier capabilities to meet product, cost, quality, capacity and fulfillment ensuring suppliers are able to meet requirements for performance, quality, cost.
• Drive improvements utilizing supplier scorecards and own supplier audit, ensuring supplier compliance, whilst driving systematic problem solving and process improvement plans to deliver value.
• Track the supplier’s performance indicators, based on their scorecards and rankings, to facilitate and develop the supply base’s ability to consistently meet or exceed defined expectations
• Develop positive relationships and track supplier/engineering, design changes, capacity studies and New
• Product Introductions, and transfers.
• Deliver results as measured by key metrics, such as supplier yield, field cost, field defect rate, supplier quality plan engagement/effectiveness, and corrective & preventative action closure.
• Carry out new supplier validation audits, with supplier support.
• Assist with new product launch by working with suppliers to ensure that key milestones are achieved
• Work with Engineering team to define process parameters and criteria to ensure supplier process capability is effective to meet product and process requirements.
• Contribute to continuous improvement activities
• Write reports and present progress at project meetings and to clients
• Achieve goals within budget
• Undertake personal continuous training and development
• Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems
• Independently determine approach and assigned tasks

B. Relationship Management

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure optimal performance
• Communicate efficiently throughout procurement and directly with customer’s/suppliers’ management
• Diplomatic approach to relationships Self-Management
• Comply with the Health, Safety and Environmental Policies
• Assertive, optimistic, resilient and welcomes change
• Engages interest and participation of others and has a collaborative approach to working together
• Proactively contributes to the team
• Is self-aware and ability to work on own initiative
• Shows moral courage, openness and honesty in all dealings

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Electronics, or related fields.
• Have experience in Sourcing, Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing and program management
• Experience in developing and implementing vendor qualification
• Vast experience with cross functional management
• Report and Procedure writing with excellent presentation skills
• Understanding and interpretation of engineering drawings
• Understanding manufacturing processes
• Ability to work in a diverse and dynamic environment
• Planning and prioritizing activities
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong negotiation and influential skills
• Ability to present data effectively
• Numerically astute with strong problem-solving skills and expertise to develop and execute objectives for self and other

Working Time:

Mondays - Fridays: 7H45-17H30

Company Shuttle bus is provided