Strategic Supplier Quality Engineer – Batam

Flex; Batam; On-site; IDR 80,000,000 - 110,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Flex Batam in Indonesia is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to drive supplier development, ensure PPAP/FAI compliance and lead process improvement across supplier quality systems. The role requires coordinating with sourcing, engineering, and manufacturing to meet customer requirements and regulatory standards.

You will manage audits, CAPAs, supplier qualification, and cross-functional problem solving to uphold quality and reliability of components for mass production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in a related engineering field or equivalent experience.
• Familiarity with electronic assembly processes and PCB operations is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Supplier Selection—Select the suitable supplier with jointed-effort of sourcing on quality, capability, pricing, delivery, environment, society regulation, etc.
• Supplier Qualification—Implement the new supplier qualification thru capability matching, supplier risk assessment, supplier self-assessment, onsite qualification audit, qualification database management.
• VEA (Value-Added Engineering Activity)—Understand customer drawing, specification to feedback value-added engineering proposal to customer and supplier for optimization of supplier manufacturing process or products.
• Material (Component) Qualification—Implement PPAP (FAI). PPAP include FAI, Material Certificates, Quality/Process Control Plan, FMEA, MSA, Process Parameter Sheet, RoHS compliance, Reliability Test, COC, etc.
• Pilot Run Tracking—Track the new qualified parts quality performance to ensure meet the customer quality requirements in pilot run phase. Drive supplier corrective action from supplier in Pilot Runs and transfer to mass production.
• Hot Issue Solution and Trouble Shooting—SME support on supplier quality hot issues and troubleshooting.
• Holds up Maintenance Audit—assist annual maintenance audit for existing suppliers with SQE.
• Holds up Supplier CIP—helps suppliers use quality tools to improve process and product quality.
• ECO/ECN/SCR implementation—Handle ECO/ECN/SCR from customer, ensure PPAP/FAI as needed prior to production.
• Has knowledge of manufacturing processes to work with suppliers on improving quality components.
• Performs quality audits on suppliers to assure conformance to ISO and regulatory standards.
• Forms good relationships with purchasing and supplier systems to maintain strong supplier relationships.
• Provides cross functional help to select, approve and develop suppliers to meet customer needs.
• Ensures supplier selection, development, approval and rejection according to vendor guidelines.
• Drives full assessment for effectiveness of supplier process control plans, measures and activities.
• Uses statistical techniques and professional judgment to research data for process improvement.
• Develops and guides execution of process validations and tests; documents results.
• Guides supplier process capability studies.
• Constructs Design of Experiments to characterize supplier processes and root cause.
• Develops and implements procedures for new/improved supplier processes.
• Provides engineering help to Receiving Inspection including Gage R&R studies and inspection procedures.
• Participates in Material Review Board resolutions on supplier parts and services.
• Participates in supplier Quality System Improvement Plans.
• Guides the Supplier Requests for Change process.
• Performs supplier Quality System audits.
• Performs corrective and preventive actions with suppliers.
• Performs researches of non-conformances and supplier performance for KPIs.
• Performs dock-to-stock monitoring and part selection activities.
• Guides teams in identification of risks relative to new product designs and suppliers.
• Skillful and safe operation of job-related equipment.
• Rates and tracks supplier performance and drives supplier continuous improvement.
• Establishes and maintains supplier management processes and tools.

Education

Bachelor degree in related field

Tools

Color code reading

Component schematics

Schematic interpretation

Job description

Flex Batam in Indonesia is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to drive supplier development, ensure PPAP/FAI compliance and lead process improvement across supplier quality systems. The role requires coordinating with sourcing, engineering, and manufacturing to meet customer requirements and regulatory standards.

You will manage audits, CAPAs, supplier qualification, and cross-functional problem solving to uphold quality and reliability of components for mass production.