Supplier Quality Engineer: Lean Excellence & Supplier Development

Position Summary Position Summary: Advocate and support the Corporate WIN Strategy by participating in the Supplier selection program regarding supplier capabilities and working with existing Suppliers to ensure full quality compliance. Scope/ Supervision and Interaction: This job has no supervisory responsibilities. Must have ability to deal with people at a cross-functional level. Position requires ability to effectively communicate in oral and written form in order to present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, suppliers, customers, and the general public. Essential Functions: Establishes and maintains a Supplier quality system that is effective in producing, measuring and maintaining a supply base measured by DPPM. Ensures compliance to procedures outlined in the Supplier Quality Manual. Revises and implements changes as required. Participates in Supplier reviews and provides input to Purchasing Department in regards to supplier quality. Performs supplier quality system. Ensures reliability and accuracy of products provided by the supply base. Ensures that nonconforming material is dispositioned in a timely manner. Coordinates with suppliers all initiatives relating to supplier quality performance. Tracks performance trends and performs quality trend analysis from supplier base and facilitates corrective actions as appropriate. Leads supplier development activities for dock-to-stock program. Utilizes lean manufacturing, error proofing, and continuous improvement initiatives to support Supplier base by assisting in development of robust processes that assures quality products and services. Provides support to customers relative to supply-based issues. Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree Engineering and 2-5 years related experience (Quality Engineering preferred). Thorough knowledge of state-of-the-art inspection and quality inspection and quality engineering/assurance techniques, procedures, instruments, equipment, theories, principles and concepts and general business operations. Must have ability to effectively solve problems, assess and implement continuous improvement techniques to quality and manufacturing functions, to use standard business applications software and/or specialized data analysis tools, to establish goals and objectives to complete projects, and to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Prefer ASQ Certification, Six Sigma Green/Black Belt Certification, and/or ISO Internal Auditor Certification. Equal Employment Opportunity Parker is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Parker is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. However, U.S. Citizenship, Permanent Residency or other appropriate status is required for certain positions, in accord with U.S. import & export regulations. (“Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / VEVRAA Federal Contractor”) If you would like more information about Equal Employment Opportunity as an applicant under the law, please go to Employees & Job Applicants | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission #J-18808-Ljbffr PARKER HANNIFIN CORP