Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

Position Description

In Trucks Technology and Industrial Division, Purchasing, we are now looking for a Saudi Senior Supplier Quality Engineer to be based in Dubai, UAE or Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
 
You will join a passionate team, creating business value in an open, multicultural and dynamic environment. We value team players, with energy and creativity, who are willing to drive the change and strive for the best in order to deliver results and motivated by challenging situations.
 
As Saudi Senior Quality Engineer you will take on the important challenge to secure Volvo & Renault Trucks objectivities for local sourcing in Saudi Arabia. You will work with your other colleagues in Volvo to build & industrialize localization plan for different parts being delivered to Volvo & Renault Trucks Plant in Saudi.

Core Responsibilities

Senior Supplier Quality Engineer will perform quality assurance activities of purchased items within project phase with the objective of monitoring and guiding suppliers to define and establish processes that can deliver parts according to the agreed specifications on a consistent basis. You are responsible for the industrialization of products from sourcing phase through PPAP approval and will manage a portfolio of suppliers.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Perform supplier auditing and quality assurance activities of purchased items within project, with the objective of monitoring and guiding suppliers to define and establish processes that can deliver parts according to the agreed specifications
• Be responsible for the industrialization of products from sourcing phase through PPAP approval, tracking and monitoring the entire APQP process along the way
• Manage a portfolio of suppliers
• Participate and contribute during design and technical specification and manufacturing feasibility reviews with suppliers and Volvo stakeholders
• Review tool design practices with suppliers, providing input as needed
• Lead review of pFMEA and Control Plans, securing Safe Launch / pre-launch and serial production product and process characteristics are optimized toward Zero Defect Mentality
• Promote best practices for automated process control, mistake proof, automatic inspection, and segregation of defective parts in production process

What's in it for you

• The opportunity to work in a highly competitive environment with purchasing responsibilities.
• The challenge to be the cornerstone of all activities from the early phase of the project until its complete industrialization
• Be able to work and develop in a dynamic and multicultural organization.
• The chance to join our solid cross functional team consisting of team players with energy and creativity, who are willing to drive the change and strive for the best in order to deliver result.

Qualifications

Personality Profile 

• As a person we believe that you have a quality-oriented mindset with strong communication and networking skills. In addition to this you enjoy managing many parallel activities and you have a target-oriented approach. A successful candidate has a high level of integrity and trust and gets quickly up to speed.  You have a positive mindset and like to be a part of a team. At the same time you feel comfortable managing your own work, and taking the lead whenever needed.  

Qualifications 

• 6 or more years of quality assurance, process quality, process engineering, or design engineering experience
• Continuous improvement and zero-defect mentality
• Ability to create networks, collaborate, and lead cross-functional activities within multi-cultural teams
• Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain or related field, or equivalent working experience
• Experience of local sourcing projects
• Arabic language in addition to English will be an merit
• Supply Chain Evaluations experience will be an advantage