Supplier Quality & Development Staff Engineer - Vandalia, OH

Supplier Quality & Development Staff Engineer - Vandalia, OH

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Job Description What you'll love about this job: Relocation Assistance | Bonus Program | Quality Focused | Fast-Paced | Hands-On | Exemplary 401(k)

This is Energizer Holdings, Inc. Energizer Holdings responsibly will recommend and drive changes to sustain and improve our quality competencies and capabilities while providing support to development and implementation teams in translating and integrating new or improved products and applying knowledge of our products and processes to help resolve manufacturing and design problems to ensure quality expectations are being met.

Position Summary

As a Senior Quality & Development Staff Engineer, you will recommend and drive changes to sustain and improve our quality competencies and capabilities while providing support to development and implementation teams in translating and integrating new or improved products and applying knowledge of our products and processes to help resolve manufacturing and design problems to ensure quality expectations are being met.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for quality metrics impacted by their team within a product category team
• Adapts and prioritizes own work based on technical work plan or functional plans
• Comprehensive understanding of Energizer Quality Management System
• Apply quality principles and design intent knowledge of products for improvements to current processes, suppliers, and quality systems
• Identify trends or concerns from data reviews that relate to underlying systems or process issues
• Participate and/or lead teams for projects related to improving products, suppliers and equipment for cost savings, supply assurance or reliability improvement
• Participate and/lead risk assessment activities and ensure proper Change Management protocols are followed
• Lead and coordinate problem solving efforts encountered by operations or suppliers that impact the quality/reliability of our products
• Communicate product, supplier, and performance issues within the category quality team and in applicable cross-functional reviews
• Support new product development projects to meet identified time/cost/performance objectives
• Lead the audit process and conduct/follow up on external supplier on-site audits, self-audits, technical audits, process audits and launch readiness reviews
• Monitor and improve supplier performance; lead supplier improvement plans
• Facilitate the raw material approval process to verify the product/material meet the design inputs
• Address plant quality events utilizing problem solving methodologies; Drive to true root cause and implement robust corrective actions to prevent reoccurrence of issues
• Improve quality systems based on KPIs (such as process documentation, change management, incoming quality, trace-ability systems, and post-production testing)
• Follow, implement, and monitor internal Supplier Quality policies to verify the results for effectiveness
• Assist in driving improvements in the policies and policy compliance
• Provide training/coaching to internal cross-functional teams and suppliers as needed to improve current and needed capabilities to meet Energizer needs
• May also perform additional duties as assigned

Minimum Education Required

Bachelors

Job Category

Operations

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities

What we are looking for: 7 years' experience in Supplier Management, Supplier Quality and Supplier Development Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, or Management Ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language to all levels in the organization Quality Management Systems Experience Knowledge of problem solving methodologies Experience in manufacturing environments addressing supplier operations to improve performance, expand capability, increase capacity, and lower costs Up to 25% travel Plant-based/office position

What we prefer: Experience with consumer goods and high-speed manufacturing Internal or external auditor certification Professional Quality Certifications Lean, Six Sigma Green Belt, or equivalent certification

The salary range for this position is USD $87,000.00/Yr. - USD $128,000.00/Yr.

Location

City: Vandalia

State: Ohio

Job Code

Manufacturing Manufacturing

Company

Energizer