Supplier Quality Engineer - (Hastings, MI)

The Supplier Quality Engineer is responsible for managing supplier quality initiatives for all purchased parts to Viking. This includes the planning, coordination and direction of New Product, Current Production, and customer issue resolution activities. Engage with engineering teams and support personnel in improving supplier quality objectives. Reviews sample submissions from suppliers and/or vendors for dimensional accuracy. Responsible for all activities of incoming materials inspection, including the development of inspection qualifications. Lead in the containment, root cause and correction of daily supplier quality issues. Lead cross-functional teams assigned to fix systemic supplier related issues. Use of issue solving techniques including DOE, Greenbelt, 3x5 Why. Develops documentation methods for presenting, reporting, maintaining, and archiving of supplier performance data. Provide creative analysis of data and identification of new opportunities for process improvement.