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HIROTEC AMERICA Supplier Quality Engineer in Fayetteville, Tennessee
Supplier Quality Engineer
HIROTEC Manufacturing America, located in Fayetteville, Tennessee, is part of the HIROTEC Group, headquartered in Hiroshima, Japan. HIROTEC Group delivers body-in-white closures, exhaust systems, flexible closure tooling, and stamping dies to automotive customers around the world. With a US headquarters in Auburn Hills, MI, HIROTEC Group operates 33 facilities in eight countries.
Currently, we are seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to become a part of the HIROTEC team.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Reviewing incoming supplies and products from vendors to check for defects and ensure quality.
Conducting tests and assessments on products to identify quality issues.
Maintaining detailed reports on supplier quality, including defect rates and areas that result in flaws.
Providing technical advice and guidance to suppliers to reduce defect rates.
Participation in program meetings, lead and support supplier audits, APQP, and PPAP activities to ensure all deliverables are being fulfilled.
Establish close relationships with assigned suppliers and actively drive continuous improvement activities.
Initiate and follow-up on corrective actions and verify effectiveness.
Collaborate with engineering and suppliers to alleviate discrepancies in product specifications and evaluate cost reduction opportunities.
Point of contact and supplier representative regarding all questions pertaining to quality and technical matters.
Drive acceptable incoming quality levels to support manufacturing, cost, capacity and delivery goals.
Perform supplier quality systems and process audits as well as lead supplier improvement/development programs.
Serving as a liaison between our company's senior management and the vendors to identify quality issues and come up with solutions.
Create reports documenting errors and issues for fixing.
Ability to make accurate assessments of problems, communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a strong interest in a collaborative working process.
Inform customers of any issue with a product’s quality and assure a corrective plan is in place.
Maintain a safe, organized, and clean work area.
Participate in and lead 5S, Quality, Safety, Delivery, Cost, Kaizen, and Lean manufacturing activities.
Other duties and projects may be assigned based on the operational objectives of the company.
If you are hardworking, dependable, and enjoy a group environment,
come join the HIROTEC Manufacturing America team.
An excellent work environment and benefits await you!