Supplier Quality Manager (m/f/d)

TDK-Micronas; Freiburg im Breisgau; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension scheme

In-house health management

Sports offers (Hansefit)

Discounts in company canteen

Free parking with EV charging

Relocation management

Individual training and development

Job summary

TDK-Micronas in Freiburg im Breisgau seeks a dedicated Supplier Quality Manager to lead supplier quality initiatives and audits, ensuring robust quality controls for incoming components. The role collaborates with engineering, production, and supply chain teams to resolve issues and implement SQAA agreements.

You will drive supplier scorecards, organize on-site audits per VDA/IATF, and support cross-functional teams on product quality requirements, while travelling internationally as needed.

Qualifications

• A degree in physics, engineering, or related field.
• 3–5 years of proven experience in supplier quality management, preferably in a production environment.
• Sound knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing processes, both front-end and back-end.
• Solid understanding of quality process controls and commonly used methodologies.
• Proven experience as an auditor according to ISO, IATF, and VDA standards.
• Ideally, you have already gained initial leadership experience.
• Willing to travel internationally to support our suppliers.
• Very good written and spoken English; German language skills are an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Drive resolution of quality issues at suppliers with engineering, production, and supply chain teams.
• Establish a quality scorecard and a regular assessment process for suppliers.
• Organize and perform on-site release audits according to VDA 6.3 / IATF 16949, and support joint audits with customers as needed.
• Define and implement quality control processes for incoming components and support Safe Launch Plans (SLP) at suppliers.
• Define, create, and implement Supplier Quality Assurance Agreements (SQAA).
• Support and cooperate with TDK‑Micronas business units on product quality requirements such as yield and BIN limits according to PQLA.

Skills

Supplier quality management

Auditing (ISO/IATF/VDA)

Quality process controls

Semiconductor manufacturing knowledge

Leadership experience

English proficiency

Travel willingness

German language (advantage)

Education

Degree in physics or engineering

Job description

TDK-Micronas' intelligent sensors and embedded motor controllers for automotive and industrial electronics continue to set new standards worldwide. Our home is Freiburg, rooted in the Black Forest in Germany, where a dynamic team of around 1,000 employees is waiting for you.

Our core values of vision, courage and trust unite us, enabling us to progress together towards a sustainable and secure future.

If you are ready to put your career in the fast-lane and shape the mobility of the future, then TDK-Micronas is the right place for you.

Become part of our inspiring team as

Supplier Quality Manager (m/f/d)

• You work closely with engineering, production, and supply chain teams to drive the resolution of quality issues at suppliers.
• You establish a quality scorecard and a regular assessment process for suppliers.
• You organize and perform on-site release audits according to VDA 6.3 / IATF 16949, as well as regular re-audits, and support joint audits with customers as needed.
• You define and implement quality control processes for incoming components and support the definition of Safe Launch Plans (SLP) at suppliers.
• You define, create, and implement Supplier Quality Assurance Agreements (SQAA).
• You support and cooperate with TDK‑Micronas business units on product quality requirements such as yield and BIN limits according to TDK‑Micronas’ Product Quality Limit Agreement (PQLA).

Your profile:

• You have a degree in physics, engineering, or a related field.
• You have 3–5 years of proven experience in supplier quality management, preferably in a production environment.
• You have sound knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing processes, both front-end and back-end.
• You have a solid understanding of quality process controls and commonly used methodologies.
• You have proven experience as an auditor according to ISO, IATF, and VDA standards.
• Ideally, you have already gained initial leadership experience.
• You are willing to travel international to support our suppliers.
• You have very good written and spoken English; German language skills are an advantage.
• Salary according to collective agreement (Summer holiday and Christmas bonus, as well as other special payments)
• 35-hour week according to collective agreement
• Flexible working hours with unlimited flexitime days and home office
• Sports offers; such as Hansefit, job bicycle
• Company pension scheme
• Individual training, development and advanced training offers
• In-house health management
• Team events and company celebrations
• Discounts in the company canteen
• Free parking spaces with EV charging station, subsidization of public transport tickets
• Relocation management

Dependant on position and length of service.

Interested?

Any Questions?

You can reach the HR- department at: [e-mail]