Supplier Quality Specialist

3 weeks ago


minnetonka, United States Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions Full time

Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions (WTS) is a worldwide leader in water recovery, treatment, and reuse. We design and supply a range of water systems, from food and beverage applications, to municipal water, to microelectronics ultrapure water and heavy industrial wastewater treatment.

At WTS, we realize diverse teams make smarter decisions, deliver better results, and build

stronger communities. We’re an organization that champions diversity and inclusion at every rung of the ladder and are proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace. We offer challenging and meaningful careers, with competitive benefits and flexible work arrangements.


We are looking for a Supplier Quality Lead Specialist to join our team, working out of Minnetonka, MN on a hybrid-basis. The main functions of the role are as follows:


Duties & Responsibilities:

● Manage the quality of externally supplied materials in support of customer

projects and products. This includes the disposition of supplier non-

conformances and issuance/management of Supplier Corrective Action Reports

(SCAR)

● Collaborate with internal engineering and external suppliers to determine

feasibility of designs for manufacturability at external vendors

● Perform root cause analysis, involving engineering and other key departments,

for supplier non-conformance issues

● Audit current suppliers to evaluate risk by monitoring changes in management, key

personnel, and process changes

● Support the development of new and existing suppliers by improving their quality

Management systems to improve overall part and documentation quality

● Collaborate with internal manufacturing to optimize monitoring solutions for incoming

supplied material

Hard Skills

● Proven experience in reading and deciphering engineering drawings and other

related industrial specifications

● Practical experience with special processes (welding, casting, molding, etc.)

● Ability to work with suppliers to manage relationships, supplier performance, and

product conformance

● Ability to drive technical discussions with internal and external teams and suppliers

in each of the manufacturing/installation sites as defined per project

● Ability to analyze data to support root cause analysis and informed decision-making.

Soft Skills

● Expert: Demonstrate subject matter expertise in the field.

● Strategic: Gets the big game. Understands long term. Respects short term but

doesn’t get hung up in the noise.

● Inspirational: Ability to inspire/ motivate others.

● Curious: Ability to pose high-impact questions, seeing opportunities in areas where

others see problems.

● Courageous: Champions ideas and helps transform them into actions.

● Humble: Respectful towards peers, team members, leadership, and stakeholders.

● Holistic: Think customer and Company first.

● Accountable: Demonstrates responsibility ownership and commitment. Taking

responsibility for making tough calls when necessary.

● Ambitious: Identifies underlying truths and comes up with ideas that change the way

we conceptualize issues, depicts vision of future that rallies teams to compete in

new ways.

● Self-motivated: Able to work independently and determine where support is needed


Education & Experience Qualifications Required:

  • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or chemical engineering or other technical engineering degree and 4+ years of supplier quality or inspection-related work experience
  • Work experience with steel fabrication, pressure vessels, plastic injection molding, oil and gas or water treatment systems, and/or electromechanical assembly processes
  • Work experience with QRQC, Lean Six Sigma, DOE, Deming Cycle, FMEA, 8D, APQP, Control Plan, PPAP, MSA, etc.


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