Global Supplier Quality & Development Engineer

Hitachi Energy; Kraków; On-site; PLN 389,000 - 519,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy is seeking a Global Supplier Development Engineer to ensure high-quality, cost-effective materials from a global supplier base. You will lead audits, drive improvements, and manage supplier qualifications across critical categories for our transformers business unit.

The role requires extensive experience in supplier quality, APQP/PPAP, and cross-functional collaboration in an international environment with travel across Europe and beyond.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in supplier development and supplier quality management.
• In-depth knowledge of chemicals, gaskets and/or insulation materials production processes, specifications, and quality standards.
• Expertise with APQP/PPAP, P-FMEA, Process Control Plan, and SPC.
• Excellent communication skills for interaction in an international environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead supplier qualification via SAP Ariba assessments and global on-site audits.
• Implement improvement actions based on audit findings to raise quality and delivery performance.
• Oversee global parts approval to meet technical and operational requirements.
• Monitor supplier performance and drive annual evaluation processes.
• Develop action plans for supplier performance recovery with corrective measures.
• Lead root cause analyses to resolve escalated non-conformities with suppliers.
• Drive global continuous improvement in supplier management processes.
• Lead SCM tool/system improvement projects within Supplier Quality and Development.
• Act as project lead for single/sole source elimination in critical categories.

Skills

Excellent communication

Audit leadership

Quality management

Travel willingness

Education

Engineering degree (Chemical/Process/Materials/Mechanical/Polymer)

Tools

APQP/PPAP

P-FMEA

Process Control Plan

SPC

Inspection processes

Job description

Hitachi Energy is seeking a Global Supplier Development Engineer to ensure high-quality, cost-effective materials from a global supplier base. You will lead audits, drive improvements, and manage supplier qualifications across critical categories for our transformers business unit.

The role requires extensive experience in supplier quality, APQP/PPAP, and cross-functional collaboration in an international environment with travel across Europe and beyond.