Supplier Quality Senior Engineer

5 ore fa

bologna, emilia romagna, Italia Vertiv Holdings Tempo pieno
Overview

As a Supplier Quality Engineer, you will manage supplier quality for electrical components across NPDI and serial production, ensuring capability, compliance, and continuous improvement. You will work with cross-functional teams to qualify, audit, and develop suppliers, manage PPAP activities, and tackle non-conformances. This role spans Europe, the Middle East, and Africa with substantial travel, contributing to robust supplier performance and quality assurance. You will shape quality processes for electrical components to meet customer requirements and standards.

Responsabilità
  • Qualify, evaluate, audit, and develop suppliers within the Electrical Components commodity
  • Lead supplier quality assurance activities during NPDI and serial production phases
  • Ensure material and component quality during development and industrialization
  • Coordinate and manage PPAP activities with suppliers
  • Perform periodic supplier evaluations and performance monitoring
  • Support supplier capability assessments and improvement programs
  • Manage non-conforming material processes including containment, corrective actions, and return-back procedures
  • Coordinate supplier corrective actions and root cause analysis
  • Communicate with suppliers on quality topics
  • Support Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement, and Project teams on supplier quality matters
  • Ensure supplier compliance with drawings, specifications, electrical standards, and customer requirements
  • Participate in supplier audits, workshops, inspections, and technical reviews
Requisiti fondamentali
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering or related field
  • Experience in supplier quality, manufacturing quality, or quality assurance in industrial/electrical manufacturing
  • Understanding of electrical components (power switching devices, circuit breakers, fuses, relays, wires, cables, harnesses, assemblies)
  • Ability to interpret technical drawings, electrical schematics, and wiring diagrams
  • Knowledge of quality tools (8D, RCA, FMEA, CAPA)
  • Strong communication and supplier management skills
  • Experience working with international suppliers
  • Fluent English
  • strong communication
  • supplier management
  • cross-functional collaboration
  • knowledge of IEC and electrical industry standards
  • understanding of manufacturing and assembly processes for electrical components, wires, and cables
  • experience with supplier audits and process validation