It is a leading developer and marketer of consumer products across eighteen brands, working with the largest marketplaces and retailers in the world. We create products that transform
houses to homes, that celebrate the big and little moments in life, and that just make everyday things easier. We constantly apply Retail Science, our in-house approach to leveraging data, applying machine learning tools, and next-gen processes to continually expand our catalog, delighting our customers and swiftly moving to meet our mission of having at least one of our products in every home.
We're committed to building upon our success through the selection and development of outstanding people; with the understanding that as we grow, you grow. From top to bottom, our team fosters a collaborative environment where we drive results, optimize our efforts, and achieve amazing things – while having a great time and celebrating our successes along the way!
Responsibilities:
● Responsible as the key liaison between sourcing, suppliers, legal and the customer, ensuring that overall specifications, quality/regulatory requirements, and expectations are met for all purchased products.
● Define audits and surveys to ensure that all suppliers are meeting our business requirements to include flow down and quality standards.
● Ability to execute supplier audit activities related to both validation and on-going management of quality execution capabilities.
● Supplier Performance Management and Development.
● Facilitate reporting and notifying suppliers of cost-recovery requirements resulting from the need to contain, segregate or handle non-conforming parts.
● Responsible for providing engineering support for all applicable areas of Quality Assurance.
● Responsible for supplier corrective action, deviation approval & periodic supplier feedback.
● Manage BOMs, technical sheet and related technical documents.
● Provide concise, complete and accurate documentation of inspection results relative to area of responsibility. In appropriate functional areas, this refers to supporting inspection and test status requirements defined by the regulations.
● Collate and evaluate supplier quality data to identify process improvement opportunities within the procurement BU.
● Coordinates and manages quality aspect of sample parts approval process, Testing, Packaging and Production Ramp-Up, Test failure analysis and follow up.
● Support new product launches to ensure that supplier quality meets the required standards.
● Work with Operational Excellence on process refinement and system upgrade for efficiency improvement.
● Assist Quality Engineering Manager to monitoring, report and support of supplier quality metrics and performance. Responsible for supporting supplier corrective action and continuous improvement activities.
Qualifications:
● Bachelor’s degree, Major in Engineering preferred
● Relevant SQE experience in multi-national companies for at least 5 years
● Demonstrable knowledge of manufacturing process and production equipment
● Knowledge of quality system methodologies
● Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in interfacing with stakeholders, suppliers and internal procurement groups
● Investigative with good problem solving and failure analysis skills
● Knowledge of MSDS, AB1200, Food & Children products regulation in North America
● Strong business acumen mindset and results driven
● ERP knowledge is preferred
● Supplier analysis and industry analysis
● Supplier relationship Management experience
Competencies:
● Resilience
● Manages Complexity
● Negotiation and Influence
● Project Management
● Risk Management
● Situational Adaptability
● Decision Quality
● Directs Work and drives engagement
● Resourcefulness