This position works closely with design and development, manufacturing, supply chain and product support to ensure a high quality and reliability levels are achieved for purchased parts and outsourced services.Execution of continuous improvement projects to improve the quality of the supply base.
Responsibility Development, execution and maintenance of the supplier quality management systems including: Assist in the development and maintenance of MacDon Supplier Quality Requirements.
Support the Supplier evaluation, qualification and approval Process.
Support the development and maintenance of the MacDon approved vendors list (AVL).
Support the development, execution and maintenance of the supplier quality surveillance programs including: Supplier Audit Program
Supplier Performance monitoring
Supplier Rating System and Reporting
Interface with parts, materials and outsourcing suppliers on all quality issues.
Work with Procurement to ensure that relevant MacDon quality requirements are included in the purchase orders.
Chairing of the Supplier MRB, disposition of supplier nonconforming products and execution of the Supplier Corrective Action System.
Participate in the collection of the necessary data and develop the appropriate key performance indicators that accurately depict the quality levels of purchased parts/material and outsourced services. These quality levels are dynamic and should be achieved and increased regularly.
Participate in the enhancements and development of measuring reports and tools to accurately depict the overall performance of the supplier quality function.
Support the Product Realization Process and represents the Supplier Quality function in the Current Product Development cross functional teams.
Support the New Product Introduction (NPI) activities from a supplier quality perspective.
Academic/Educational Requirements University degree in engineering or sciences
Required Skills/Experience Minimum 5 years of applied Supplier Quality Assurance experience in a medium to high volume hi-tech industry
Lean six sigma training is an asset
Thorough knowledge of Supplier Quality Assurance programs including; selection, qualification, development, auditing and surveillance
Solid experience in Quality Management System and Manufacturing Processes auditing methods and techniques
Applied experience in statistics and statistical process control
Location: Winnipeg, MB