- Do you hold a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing, or a related field?
- Do you have experience working with suppliers in quality assurance, supplier development, manufacturing, or sourcing environments?
- Are you familiar with supplier qualification, auditing, quality control plans, and continuous improvement methodologies?
- Do you have experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, including Sourcing, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality?
- Are you able to assess supplier capabilities and identify risks through gap analyses, audits, and process evaluations?
- Do you have knowledge of quality tools such as FMEA, corrective action processes, quality management systems, and supplier performance metrics?
- Are you comfortable participating in supplier negotiations and ensuring supplier quality commitments are clearly defined and maintained?
- Do you have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to drive corrective and preventive actions?
- Are you able to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing?
- Are you passionate about driving supplier excellence and delivering high-quality products and services to customers?
If you answered a resounding YES to these questions, then we have an amazing opportunity for you!
As our Supplier Quality Engineer , you will play a key role in ensuring supplier quality across KONE's products and services by supporting supplier selection, qualification, development, and performance management activities. You will work closely with Sourcing and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure quality, technical, and business requirements are effectively incorporated into supplier management processes.
You will assess potential suppliers through audits, gap analyses, and qualification activities while driving supplier development initiatives to continuously improve performance and quality outcomes. You will be responsible for monitoring supplier quality metrics, managing supplier qualification documentation, validating performance measurements, and ensuring compliance with KONE's quality, safety, environmental, and sourcing requirements.
In this role, you will lead supplier audits, identify corrective and development actions, assess supplier process risks through FMEA methodologies, and establish appropriate supplier Quality Control Plans. You will also contribute to the achievement of KONE Supplier Excellence objectives by ensuring that suppliers consistently meet performance expectations and support KONE's commitment to delivering high-quality, reliable solutions to customers worldwide.
Working in a collaborative global environment, you will have the opportunity to influence supplier quality strategies, support continuous improvement initiatives, and create supplier quality management plans that drive operational excellence and long-term business success.
We have the courage to hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because we believe diversity drives innovation:
Just some of our many benefits include:
Come share your passion and energy to make a positive impact at KONE for our customers and your career!
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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.
