Supplier Development Quality Engineer (Machining)

VAT GROUP; Seberang Perai; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

VAT GROUP in Malaysia seeks a Supplier Development & Quality Engineer to shape VAT's strategic sourcing and drive supplier development in quality and operation excellence. You will work with cross-functional teams to elevate supplier capability, ensure consistent delivery, and maintain supply continuity.

The role requires a quality-centric mindset, independent work, and collaboration across departments. You will develop tools and trainings for supplier qualification and support audits and

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering (pref Mechanical/Mechatronic) or Manufacturing discipline.
• 8+ years in supplier development and quality.
• Experience in 8D problem solving.
• Experience in Supplier Non Conformance (NC) Management.
• Experience in Supplier Auditing (System & Process).

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and visit new suppliers; collaborate with Category Managers.
• Perform supplier assessments, audits, qualification, and gap closure follow-up.
• Develop key suppliers in technology, quality, capability and responsiveness.
• Define and execute quality improvement plans for suppliers.
• Drive Supplier Quality Management Reviews based on monitoring and rating.
• Analyze supplier processes and identify improvement potentials.
• Train suppliers on VAT-specific processes and standards.
• Support buyers and other departments during crises.
• Maintain supplier relationships; develop qualification trainings.
• Coordinate containment with purging team to avoid rejects reaching next process.

Skills

Team player

Self-starter

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

GD&T

Power BI

Excel

PowerPoint

SPC

Job description

We are looking for a Supplier Development & Quality Engineer to shape and execute VAT’s strategic sourcing strategy and operational tasks related to supplier development both in quality and operation excellence.

Reporting directly to Supplier Development & Quality Manager, you will work closely with cross-functional stakeholders across the company to develop suppliers to meet VAT’s standards and ensuring undisrupted supplier continuity with consistent delivery. You must have the ability to work independently and work within diverse multi-functional teams, using deep knowledge of the category to drive improvements in quality, cost, and technological capability of our supplier base.

The role requires quality centric mind-set to guide the supplier base towards consistent quality output. Success in this role is dependent on critical thinking, continuous process improvement of the supplier base and end customer satisfactions.

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Evaluates and visits new suppliers, collaboration with Category Managers
• Performs supplier assessment, audit, qualification and follow up on gap’s closure
• Develop key suppliers in terms of technology, quality, capability and responsiveness
• Perform supplier situation analysis and define and execute quality improvement plan
• Drive Supplier Quality Management Review based on supplier monitoring and rating
• Analyses suppliers’ existing processes and identifies improvement potentials
• Introduces and train suppliers on VAT-specific processes and standards
• Provides support to buyer and other department in case of crisis
• Develops and maintains supplier relationships
• Develops tools and trainings for supplier qualification
• Pursuit of quality goals and implementation and monitoring of improvement measures
• Support and execute the implementation of supplier quality improvement activities & programmes
• Support of certification and customer audits
• Support various supplier related quality issues and handles supplier non-conformances
• Coordinate containment activities with purging team to ensure no reject part escapee to next process
• Reports to the Head of Supplier Development & Quality

You must possess the below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position.

• Degree in Engineering (pref Mechanical/Mechatronic) OR Degree in other Manufacturing Discipline
• Minimum 8 years of experience in the field of supplier development and quality
• Experience in 8D problem solving as a team member or facilitator
• Experience in Supplier Non Conformance (NC) Management
• Experience in Supplier Auditing (System Audit and Process Audit)

Preferred Qualification

• Proficient in Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerance (GD&T) and Datum Referencing.
• Experience in equipment & process enhancement to improve production efficiencies, manufacturing techniques and quality improvement.
• Familiar in handling Aluminium & Stainless Steel.
• Demonstrated technical and analytical ability with high degree of professional acumen. Coupled with the ability to present results clearly and compellingly.
• Demonstrated experience with production line setup/validation, equipment selection/qualification, manufacturing approaches for high/low volume/mix, and working with contract manufacturers.
• Team player who works effectively in team or independent work environments.
• Self-starter with the ability to adapt, critical thinking skills & problem solving.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge/Experience in Power BI or other analytical tools such as SPC