Central Supplier Quality Engineer

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Lear, a global automotive technology leader in Seating and E-Systems, enables superior in-vehicle experiences for consumers around the world. Lear’s diverse team of talented employees in 38 countries is driven by a commitment to innovation, operational excellence, and sustainability. Lear is Making every drive better™ by providing the technology for safer, smarter, and more comfortable journeys. Lear, headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, serves every major automaker in the world. Further information about Lear is available at lear.com or on Twitter @LearCorporation.

Central Supplier Quality Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Manage the supplier components qualification for new projects
• Manage supplier quality activities from prototype to serial phase in given projects
• Perform technical analysis and root cause analyses
• Coordinate daily activities with other SQA engineers and project cross functional team
• Support supplier’s industrialization and validation processes
• Perform preventive audits
• Ensure the quality goals of suppliers are met to improve customer satisfaction and reduce quality costs
• Monitor and report the supplier's quality performance through the appropriate indicators
• Support and validate problem resolution actions in serial production and also in new launches

To be successful in this Role you must have:

• University degree, technical background is an advantage
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience performing supplier quality role in the automotive industry
• Advanced level of English & Polish, German is an asset
• Preferred experience with plastic and/or assembly commodities
• Core quality tools knowledge as 8D, APQP, MSA, SPC, FMEA and PPAP methodology, knowledge of VDA standards
• Willingness to travel (approximately around 45%)
• Knowledge in problem solving methodologies
• Negotiation and communication skills
• Very good organization, interpersonal skills

We offer:

• Employment in leading automotive company
• Development: 62% of our managers have been promoted internally
• Working environment that values diversity: 47% of our specialists and management are women
• Friendly atmosphere: the highest rated factor in internal employee satisfaction surveys (87%).
• Opportunity to participate in community support activities (CSR)
• Additional benefits: medical care, group insurance, absenteeism bonus, holiday subsidies, meal subsidies, language training

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