Supplier Quality Engineer

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Company Profile

Leggett & Platt designs and manufactures innovative, distinctive products and components for use in bedding, furniture, seating, homes, offices, airplanes, and automobiles.

Job Profile

The company is looking for a Supplier Quality Engineer who will be responsible for ensuring that suppliers meet the company’s quality standards, by implementing robust quality processes and a supplier audit plan driven by a risk-based approach using analysis of supplier data of product non-conformance and product criticality.

Education Level

• Post-Secondary Degree or equivalent combination of relevant education and work experience that will allow successful performance of job expectation.

Work Experience

• Experience in problem-solving/8D methodology and dealing with customer returns and complaints.
• Experience working with First Article Inspection Reports (FAIR’s)
• Extensive experience with QMS development, application, and maintenance to ISO 9001; AS9100 essential.
• ISO 9001; AS9100 qualified auditor with experience in conducting quality audits and developing/mentoring other internal auditors.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Define and lead supplier corrective action process, with a reporting system to control and improve supplier quality throughout the business through audit nonconformance and internally identified product nonconformance.
• Implements requirements within incoming inspection, for improved robust purchased part inspection.
• Leads team-based problem-solving projects for root cause analysis, and corrective and preventive actions for process, product, customer, and supplier concerns.
• Maintain and develop a comprehensive supplier audit structure with a clear audit schedule and audit performance.
• Maintain and develop supplier quality management process to ISO9001, AS9100, NADCAP, and other aerospace and customer-specific requirements.
• Maintain, develop, and improve processes and procedures ensuring they meet the current and future needs of the business.
• Maintains process for containment coordination to manage containment of purchased products.
• Manage supplier quality management process.
• Provides training and mentoring of others within the business to conduct supplier audits.
• Supporting Quality Assurance tasks as required.
• Supports quality assurance with internal auditing.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Ability to select and use applicable methods, procedures, and standards to meet targets.
• Solid analytical skills and judgment to proactively identify and solve increasingly complex problems.
• Strong attention to detail, good organizational skills, and the ability to prioritize with changing situations.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills to drive tasks to completion.
• The role requires good communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to analyze and solve complex problems. The SQE plays a critical role in ensuring that the company’s products are of the highest quality and meet expectations.
• Use of Microsoft Office applications such as Excel and Word.

Desirable Skills-

• Experience in working within or implementing requirements of AS13100.
• Experience working alongside NADCAP Welding and NDT requirements.
• Experience working with PPAPs and APQPs.
• Lead auditor trained.

Employer’s Statement

Leggett & Platt is an Equal Opportunity Employer.