Supplier Quality Engineer - Stefanini Group

Stefanini Group is hiring!

Stefanini is looking for a Supply Partner Development Engineer, Greensboro, NC

For quick Apply, please reach out to Sonu Agarwal, call 248 787 3611 / email: Sonu.Agarwal@stefanini.com

As the Supply Partner Development Engineer (SPDE) for Group Trucks Purchasing (GTP) North America, you will be part of the Supply Network Resiliency (SNR) group, you drive and manage performance of your supply base from a QDCF-TSR standpoint. You will be part of a team of supplier development colleagues focused on addressing low performing suppliers that have traditionally impacted Client's operations. You will focus on providing strong supplier technical assistance. The supplier concern areas are heavily focused on unhealthy production systems, lack of technical resources, and an inability to find quick and sustainable solutions when production processes become abnormal. Primarily, the mission is to return the suppliers back to health and install a zero tolerance focus at the supplier for impacting Client operations or customer satisfaction. Furthermore, when required, the mission is also to support resourcing activities away from troubled suppliers.

You will also promote a strong collaboration between Supplier Development and the rest of NA SNR and GTP. This extends globally thereby capitalizing on global knowledge and competence sharing within SNR.

Our Supply Partner Development (SPD) team is a dedicated group responsible for ensuring that the Client has adequate performance, capacity and flexibility throughout the supply chain. Our function requires developing suppliers, which includes all phases of product lifecycle, from start of production to aftermarket phase. The SDE also assists with supplier delivery crisis situations to mitigate impacts and secure deliveries to the Client's production and aftermarket sites.

Reporting To: Head of Supply Partner Development GTP NA

As Supplier Development Engineer, you are expected to support all activities that ensure a continuous flow of parts supply to our NA Plants. In addition, this role must also attempt to minimize costs to the Client. During supplier development and technical assistance missions, the engineer must choose the right approach, depth, focus, techniques and lessons learned, in order to properly address situations. Each supplier development opportunity may be unique.

• Able to analyze supplier capacity and supplier investment requests.
• Actively engaged with the Client's suppliers and supply chains.
• Ability to accurately assess supplier weaknesses and provide solutions.
• Monitor high risk supplier development issues to prevent crisis at our operations.
• Drive and develop supplier problem solving techniques for identified supplier fault issues.
• Fix and develop supplier production systems and processes to prevent impact to the Client's operations.
• Drive supplier operational excellence.
• Set focused priorities to reach objectives.
• Work in accordance with the GTP processes, the Code of Conduct of the Client.
• Represent GTP at suppliers and escalate as needed to prevent crisis at our operations.

• Act with strong sense of urgency and commitment.
• Able to handle uncertainty and the unexpected.
• Able to handle unfamiliar tasks, using previous experiences.
• Ability to multitask and manage workload efficiently and effectively.
• Ability to drive sense of urgency to suppliers focused on information, communication, and results. Provide direct & actionable feedback.
• Be customer focused.
• Provide timely information for accurate decisions.
• Able to create trustful relations and face reality, surface problems and support finding solutions.
• Strong collaboration and leadership skills.
• Able to execute in a complex regional organization.
• Anticipate bottlenecks, explore contingencies, and provide solutions. 

Listed salary ranges may vary based on experience, qualifications, and local market. Also, some positions may include bonuses or other incentives.
 
Stefanini takes pride in hiring top talent and developing relationships with our future employees. Our talent acquisition teams will never make an offer of employment without having a phone conversation with you. Those face-to-face conversations will involve a description of the job for which you have applied. We also speak with you about the process including interviews and job offers.

About Stefanini Group

The Stefanini Group is a global provider of offshore, onshore and near shore outsourcing, IT digital consulting, systems integration, application, and strategic staffing services to Fortune 1000 enterprises around the world. Our presence is in countries like the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and more than 400 clients across a broad spectrum of markets, including financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, chemical services, technology, public sector, and utilities. Stefanini is a CMM level 5, IT consulting company with a global presence. We are CMM Level 5 company.

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