Supplier Quality Manager (m/f/d)

Supplier Quality Manager (m/f/d)

TDK-Micronas' intelligent sensors and embedded motor controllers for automotive and industrial electronics continue to set new standards worldwide. Our home is Freiburg, rooted in the Black Forest in Germany, where a dynamic team of around 1,000 employees is waiting for you.

Our core values of vision, courage and trust unite us, enabling us to progress together towards a sustainable and secure future.

If you are ready to put your career in the fast‑lane and shape the mobility of the future , then TDK-Micronas is the right place for you.

Your assignment:

• You work closely with engineering, production, and supply chain teams to drive the resolution of quality issues at suppliers.
• You establish a quality scorecard and a regular assessment process for suppliers.
• You organize and perform on‑site release audits according to VDA 6.3 / IATF 16949, as well as regular re‑audits, and support joint audits with customers as needed.
• You define and implement quality control processes for incoming components and support the definition of Safe Launch Plans (SLP) at suppliers.
• You define, create, and implement Supplier Quality Assurance Agreements (SQAA).
• You support and cooperate with TDK‑Micronas business units on product quality requirements such as yield and BIN limits according to TDK‑Micronas’ Product Quality Limit Agreement (PQLA).

Your Profile:

• You have a degree in physics, engineering, or a related field.
• You have 3–5 years of proven experience in supplier quality management, preferably in a production environment.
• You have sound knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing processes, both front‑end and back‑end.
• You have a solid understanding of quality process controls and commonly used methodologies.
• You have proven experience as an auditor according to ISO, IATF, and VDA standards.
• Ideally, you have already gained initial leadership experience.
• You are willing to travel internationally to support our suppliers.
• You have very good written and spoken English; German language skills are an advantage.

Our Benefits:

• Salary according to collective agreement (Summer holiday and Christmas bonus, as well as other special payments)
• 35‑hour week according to collective agreement
• Flexible working hours with unlimited flexitime days and home office
• Sports offers such as Hansefit, job bicycle
• Company pension scheme
• Individual training, development and advanced training offers
• In‑house health management
• Corporate Benefits
• Team events and company celebrations
• Discounts in the company canteen
• Free parking spaces with EV charging station, subsidization of public transport tickets
• Relocation management
• Dependant on position and length of service.