Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

Lego Group; Billund; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family Care Leave

Life and disability insurance

Wellbeing resources

Colleague discount

Bonus scheme

Hybrid workplace policy

Job summary

LEGO Group is seeking a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer in Billund to act as the Quality Key Account for external plastic and processing suppliers in Europe. You will lead supplier assessments, monitor performance, and drive issue resolution across the global organization.

The role requires 8+ years in quality/engineering, ISO 9001 Lead Auditor certification, and hands-on experience with injection molding and lean quality tools.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in quality or engineering
• ISO 9001 Lead Auditor certification is required
• Experience with injection molding and related quality verification
• Proficient with lean and quality tools (APQP, PPAP, SPC, MSA, FMEA, 8D)
• Strong communication in a multicultural environment and stakeholder management
• Project management experience
• English as working language, native level proficiency

Responsibilities

• Act as Quality Key Account for external plastic and processing suppliers in EU
• Lead supplier assessment with cross-functional teams and close gaps with lift-up actions
• Monitor supplier performance to ensure quality, reliability and safety compliance
• Drive root cause analysis and improvement actions for quality incidents
• Support novelty projects and manage quality risks during development stages
• Lead yearly strategic projects within the supplier quality program

Skills

Quality leadership

Supplier qualification

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

ISO 9001 Lead Auditor

Injection molding

Lean tools

Tools

APQP

PPAP

SPC

MSA

FMEA

8D

Job description

## Senior Supplier Quality EngineerApplylocations: Billundtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: 0000036505**Job Description**Are you ready to act as the Quality Key Account for external plastic and processing suppliers in Europe and drive supplier quality excellence across a global organization?Act as a critical quality leader within Supplier Quality Performance, driving supplier qualification, performance improvement, risk mitigation, and quality governance to ensure products continuously meet The LEGO Group's quality, reliability, safety, and regulatory requirements worldwide.**Note****:** relocation assistance is not supported for this position# **Core Responsibilities*** Acting as Quality Key account for external plastic and processing supplier located in EU.* Play a critical role in new supplier selection and qualification by leading supplier assessment with cross-functional stakeholders, following up identified gaps, and driving lift-up actions where necessary to meet LEGO requirements.* Accountable for existing supplier performance monitoring to ensure products continuously comply with The LEGO Group quality, reliability, as well as toy industry safety and regulatory requirements worldwide, including KPI setting, supplier annual audits, and Must Win Battle projects.* Apply SME-level knowledge to drive scalable business solutions and manage/coaching suppliers to improve quality management systems and customer satisfaction.* Be the key person driving quality incidents within complex environments, tactically balancing cost and quality to influence root cause analysis and improvement actions.* Provide support and coordination with novelty project teams to handle development issues and mitigate quality risks while governing defined project deliverables at each development stage.* Lead yearly special projects under strategy deployment.# **Play your part in our team succeeding**The Supplier Quality Performance team is one of the functional teams under QiEP, Corporate Quality. Its major task is to secure a sustainable supplier platform that continuously delivers products that meet or exceed The LEGO Group quality requirements.As a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer, you will voice quality risks within project teams and drive risk-mitigation action implementation. You will visualize, report, and escalate quality incidents while driving problem-solving activities. You will set goals, monitor supplier performance, and drive continuous improvement initiatives to ensure suppliers continuously deliver high-quality products. The role also adds value to the business by tactically balancing cost and quality within special projects.# **Do you have what it takes?*** More than 8 years in quality or engineering area.* Certified Lead Auditor for ISO 9001 is required.* Injection molding industry experience with familiarity in injection molding failure modes and quality verification methodologies.* Hands-on experience with lean and quality tools such as APQP, PPAP, SPC, MSA, FMEA, and 8D.* Strong communication skills in a multicultural working environment and stakeholder management.* Skilled project management experience.* Sophisticated problem-solving capability in complex situations.* English as the working language with native-level proficiency.**Nice-to-Haves*** Qualified Auditor for VDA 6.5.* Engineering background.* Toy industry experience.* Basic toy safety knowledge and understanding of international standards.#LI-CD2Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.**What’s in it for you?**Here is what you can expect:**Family Care Leave** - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.**Insurances** – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.**Wellbeing** - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.**Colleague Discount** – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.**Bonus** - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.**Workplace** - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.Just imagine building your dream career.Then make it real.**Join the LEGO team today.**