Supplier Quality Specialist – Supplier Quality Engineering

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Supplier Quality Specialist driving supplier audits, qualifications, scorecards, and improvement plans. Supporting manufacturing quality for GE power generation equipment through standards, certifications, and data analysis.

Responsibilities:

  • Drive quality for assigned suppliers, including quality plan implementation
  • Select suppliers through qualification processes
  • Own supplier results and drive improvements using supplier scorecards
  • Own supplier audits, ensuring compliance and driving improvement plans where needed
  • Perform supplier quality assurance and supplier quality development
  • Manage supplier qualifications, action plans, audits, and performance monitoring
  • Assist key suppliers toward industrial standards of excellence
  • Apply technical understanding of engineering drawings and manage vendors
  • Develop specialized expertise and serve as a best-practice and quality resource
  • Contribute to strategy and policy development and ensure delivery within the area of responsibility
  • Communicate complex or sensitive information and build consensus
  • Act as a resource for less-experienced colleagues
  • Lead small projects with moderate risks and resource requirements
  • Use technical expertise and data analysis to support recommendations and solve moderately complex problems

Requirements:

  • Significant experience in Sourcing & Supplier Quality Engineering
  • Knowledge level comparable to a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college, or a high school diploma with relevant experience
  • 10–15 years of industry experience in Quality, Manufacturing, or Supplier Development functions
  • Hands-on experience with manufacturing processes and part complexities
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
  • Ability to analyze and resolve problems
  • Ability to lead programs/projects
  • Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs
  • Established project management skills
  • Six Sigma Green Belt / Black Belt certification or equivalent demonstrated experience
  • Competence in improving supplier statistical capability and evaluating readiness to serve, including capacity verifications
  • CWI / CSWIP Welding certification
  • ASNT Level II certification in NDT; Level III or internal GE certification preferred
  • Knowledge of industry technical standards and codes such as ASTM, ASME, AWS, and EN
  • ISO Lead Auditor certification by a third-party registrar or accepted internal GE training/certification program
  • Certified RCA Leader or other proven formal problem-solving expertise, such as Kepner Tregoe, 8D, or Apollo
  • Experience in power generation equipment manufacturing
  • Proactive approach and issue ownership with process orientation
  • Self-motivated
  • Influencing skills

Benefits:

  • Relocation assistance not provided