Supplier Quality Manager, Mechanical

ABB; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Travel ~50 days per year

Job summary

ABB Drive Products in Helsinki is seeking a Supplier Quality Manager to lead supplier quality across mechanical categories for our frequency converters. You will collaborate with Operations, SCM, Purchasing and Engineering to improve supplier processes and ensure compliance with our quality requirements.

The role is based in Helsinki with ~50 travel days per year and a hybrid work model. You will manage audits, supplier development, KPIs, and CAPAs, while supporting new supplier introductions

Qualifications

• Several years of experience in manufacturing, engineering, quality or sourcing roles are essential.
• Demonstrated experience in quality management or supplier management.
• Quality and reliability engineering knowledge.
• Technical and manufacturing processes knowledge in mechanical categories such as sheet metals, plastics, busbars, heat sinks and fasteners.
• Demonstrated experience in external stakeholder management.
• Working permit to Finland
• Good communication skills and team‑oriented approach.
• Strong problem‑solving skills, with a systematic and organized approach to tasks.
• Experience in using Microsoft Office, SharePoint, PowerBI, SAP
• Fluent written and verbal English language skills, Finnish is seen as an advantage
• M.Sc. or B. Sc. / B. Eng. degree in Engineering
• Lean Six Sigma knowledge, Green or Black Belt
• ISO 9001 auditor experience
• Familiarity with standards ISO 14001, ISO 45001, as well as automotive standards such as IATF 16949

Responsibilities

• Supplier quality management for our mechanical categories
• Maintaining and improving the supplier base to ensure supplier capability in their processes and compliance with our requirements
• Monitoring, reporting and developing supplier KPI’s and metrics
• Planning and executing supplier development projects
• Conducting audits and assessments to qualify suppliers
• Supporting new supplier introduction and ramp‑ups
• Managing the production part approval process for selected key components
• Promptly reacting to supplier issues and nonconformities by coordinating corrective and preventive actions towards the supplier base
• Collaborating with key internal stakeholders to further develop our ways of working in supplier quality
• Supporting in component and category specifications and validation requirements creation

Skills

Quality management

Supplier management

English fluency

Communication skills

Problem solving

Team oriented

Education

M.Sc. or B.Sc. / B.Eng. in Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

SharePoint

PowerBI

SAP

Job description

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.

This position reports to:
Quality Manager

Your Role And Responsibilities

Quality is in the heart of our culture, starting from the suppliers and ending to the customer experience. To support our ambition to deliver consistently high quality, we are looking for a Supplier Quality Manager to join our Quality team at ABB Oy, Drive Products unit in Pitäjänmäki Helsinki, Finland.

In this role, you will be responsible for the supplier quality management of mechanical categories for our frequency converters. In cooperation with our suppliers, you will manage the supplier quality objectives and activities in line with our quality and sourcing policies and strategies. Working together with the key internal stakeholders, such as Operations, SCM, Purchasing and Engineering, you will develop our internal processes and ways of working towards improved supplier quality. We believe taking care of our suppliers is an essential cornerstone in building up world‑class operational excellence and customer satisfaction.

This position offers a great opportunity to work in an international, collaborative environment with both our external suppliers and own internal stakeholders.

The position is based in Helsinki and requires willingness to travel approximately 50 days per year. We offer a hybrid work model.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Supplier quality management for our mechanical categories
• Maintaining and improving the supplier base to ensure supplier capability in their processes and compliance with our requirements
• Monitoring, reporting and developing supplier KPI’s and metrics
• Planning and executing supplier development projects
• Conducting audits and assessments to qualify suppliers
• Supporting new supplier introduction and ramp‑ups
• Managing the production part approval process for selected key components
• Promptly reacting to supplier issues and nonconformities by coordinating corrective and preventive actions towards the supplier base
• Collaborating with key internal stakeholders to further develop our ways of working in supplier quality
• Supporting in component and category specifications and validation requirements creation

Qualifications For The Role

• Several years of experience in manufacturing, engineering, quality or sourcing roles are essential
• Demonstrated experience in quality management or supplier management
• Quality and reliability engineering knowledge
• Technical and manufacturing processes knowledge in mechanical categories such as sheet metals, plastics, busbars, heat sinks and fasteners
• Demonstrated experience in external stakeholder management
• Working permit to Finland
• Good communication skills and team‑oriented approach
• Strong problem‑solving skills, with a systematic and organized approach to tasks
• Experience in using Microsoft Office, SharePoint, PowerBI, SAP
• Fluent written and verbal English language skills, Finnish is seen as an advantage
• M.Sc. or B. Sc. / B. Eng. degree in Engineering

The following qualifications are beneficial:

• Lean Six Sigma knowledge, Green or Black Belt
• ISO 9001 auditor experience
• Familiarity with standards ISO 14001, ISO 45001, as well as automotive standards such as IATF 16949

More About Us

ABB Drive Products serves the industries and infrastructure segments with world‑class drives and programmable logic controllers (PLC). With its products, global scale and local presence, the Division helps customers to improve energy efficiency, productivity and safety.

Our culture and benefits reflect our values: courage, care, curiosity and collaboration. The most appreciated benefits according to our personnel are at the moment e.g. annual performance bonus, employee share acquisition program, continuous learning opportunities, and wellbeing and family benefits.

For more information contact Quality Manager Eero Korhonen, tel. [phone]. Eero is available on Friday, 14 August, from 9.00 to 10.00 or on Wednesday, 19 August, from 15.00 to 16.00.

The work model for the role is: hybrid

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