US_Supplier Quality Inspector_Senior

Title: Supplier Quality Inspector Senior
Duration: 2+ years
Location: Greensboro, NC 27409

Descriptions

Reporting To: Head of Supply Partner Development GTP NA

As Supplier Development Engineer, you are expected to support all activities that ensure a continuous flow of parts supply to our NA Plants. In addition, this role must also attempt to minimize costs to Client. During supplier development and technical assistance missions, the engineer must choose the right approach, depth, focus, techniques and lessons learned, in order to properly address situations. Each supplier development opportunity may be unique.

Core responsibilities:
• Able to analyze supplier capacity and supplier investment request
• Ability to accurately assess supplier weaknesses and provide solutions
• Drive and develop supplier problem solving techniques for identified supplier fault issues
• Drive supplier operational excellence
• Set focused priorities to reach objectives

Competence required for the position:
• Act with strong sense of urgency and commitment
• Able to handle uncertainty and the unexpected
• Able to handle unfamiliar tasks, using previous experiences
• Ability to multitask and manage workload efficiently and effectively
• Ability to drive sense of urgency to suppliers focused on information, communication, and results. Provide direct & actionable feedback
• Be customer focused
• Provide timely information for accurate decisions
• Able to create trustful relations and face reality, surface problems and support finding solutions
• Strong collaboration and leadership skills
• Able to execute in a complex regional organization
• Anticipate bottlenecks, explore contingencies, and provide solutions

What We Are Looking For
• University degree required. Major in engineering or business management or supply chain management preferred
• Supply chain (quality and development) and/or production experience
• Preferably experience from the automotive or heavy commercial truck industry in supplier quality and capacity, manufacturing engineering, supplier development or crisis management
• Strong problem solving, communication and teamwork skills
• Strong accountability and project management for tasks without close supervision
• Ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Customer focused mindset, dedicated to meet external and internal customer expectations
• Desire to work in a collaborative team towards a common purpose
• Strong integrity and creativity
• Flexibility and preparedness to travel with short notice

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