Supplier Quality Engineer (human)

Your mission & challenges

• You ensure and continuously develop the quality of our suppliers to maintain and strengthen our high quality standards.
• You systematically qualify, evaluate, and develop suppliers and support procurement in the selection and approval of new partners from a quality perspective.
• You plan and conduct supplier audits and process assessments to ensure compliance with our quality requirements.
• You take responsibility for supplier complaint management, analyze quality issues in a structured way, and ensure the sustainable implementation of corrective actions through the 8D process.
• You support supplier approvals, first article inspections, and sampling processes while ensuring that product and process requirements are met.
• You define and monitor key supplier KPIs and analyze supplier performance to identify and drive improvement initiatives.
• You work closely with procurement, production, and quality assurance teams and act as a technical interface for our suppliers.
• You actively contribute to the continuous improvement of our supplier quality processes and the further development of quality standards across the supply chain.

What we can look forward to

• You have a technical education or a completed degree in engineering, industrial engineering, production technology, quality management, or a related field.
• You bring several years of experience in supplier quality management, technical procurement, or supplier management, and you are experienced in conducting supplier audits and evaluations.
• You have solid knowledge of quality methods such as 8D, FMEA, and root cause analysis, and you are proficient with common quality standards, e.g., ISO 9001.
• You hold a certification as a supplier auditor, process auditor, or an equivalent qualification, such as VDA 6.3 or ISO 9001 Auditor.
• You possess technical understanding of products, manufacturing processes, and quality requirements, and you can analyze complaints as well as initiate and follow up on corrective actions.
• You present yourself confidently to external partners and suppliers and work in a structured, analytical, and solution-oriented manner.
• You are willing to conduct occasional on-site supplier visits and have excellent German and English skills.