Impactful Supplier Quality Engineer - Hybrid, UK Travel

Cherry Professional Ltd; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

UK travel

Job summary

Cherry Professional Ltd is seeking an experienced Supplier Quality Engineer to support the business during a growth phase. The role focuses on supplier qualification, audits, and development to ensure compliant, capable suppliers for new products and changes.

You will collaborate with Quality, Engineering, Operations and Procurement to drive improvements across the supply chain. Working conditions include hybrid setup with UK travel.

Qualifications

• Experience in Supplier Quality, Supplier Development, or Manufacturing Quality.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001 quality management systems.
• Experience conducting supplier audits and managing supplier approvals.
• Proficient in APQP, PPAP, PFMEA and quality planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead supplier qualification and approval activities.
• Conduct supplier capability assessments and quality system evaluations.
• Plan and carry out supplier audits across UK and international locations.
• Support supplier onboarding during new product introductions and engineering change programmes.
• Review and approve quality planning documentation including PFMEA, Control Plans, Process Flow Diagrams and PPAP submissions.
• Lead supplier-related quality investigations and corrective action programmes.
• Drive supplier development and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Monitor supplier performance, compliance and risk management activities.
• Work closely with Procurement, Engineering and Operations teams to support sourcing and supplier readiness decisions.

Skills

Supplier Quality

Quality Assurance

ISO 9001

Audits

APQP/PPAP

PFMEA

Root Cause Analysis

Stakeholder mgmt

Travel-ready

Tools

ERP Systems

Job description

Cherry Professional Ltd is seeking an experienced Supplier Quality Engineer to support the business during a growth phase. The role focuses on supplier qualification, audits, and development to ensure compliant, capable suppliers for new products and changes.

You will collaborate with Quality, Engineering, Operations and Procurement to drive improvements across the supply chain. Working conditions include hybrid setup with UK travel.