Senior Supplier Engineer - Lean, NPI & Quality Leadership

Fresenius Medical Care AG; Penang; Hybrid; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Fresenius Medical Care AG in Penang, Malaysia seeks a Senior Supplier Engineer to drive supplier qualification, audits and process improvements. You will lead cross-functional teams across Quality, Procurement and Manufacturing to ensure supplier capability meets quality and cost targets.

The role requires at least 10 years in supplier or related engineering, with strong knowledge of advanced quality planning, lean methods, and project leadership. Domestic travel up to 25% is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical discipline.
• Minimum 10 years in supplier or manufacturing engineering.
• Experience leading product transfer and supplier development.
• Strong knowledge of quality tools and lean methods.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and approve preferred suppliers with QA & procurement.
• Qualify suppliers and processes per FAQP program.
• Ensure gate reviews and actions tracked in project team.
• Assure production maturity and safe launch handover.
• Conduct supplier process audits and releases.
• Track supplier performance: quality, cost, delivery metrics.
• Collaborate with Quality, Procurement, MSC & Verticals.
• Support TPS to streamline production methods.

Skills

Quality tools

FMEA

SPC

CpK

8D

NPD

VDA 6.3

Process validation

Lean manufacturing

Root cause analysis

Project management

Communication

MS Office

GPDM System

CAQ-Software/Trackwise

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

GPDM System

CAQ-Software/Trackwise

MS Office

Job description

Fresenius Medical Care AG in Penang, Malaysia seeks a Senior Supplier Engineer to drive supplier qualification, audits and process improvements. You will lead cross-functional teams across Quality, Procurement and Manufacturing to ensure supplier capability meets quality and cost targets.

The role requires at least 10 years in supplier or related engineering, with strong knowledge of advanced quality planning, lean methods, and project leadership. Domestic travel up to 25% is expected.