Supplier Development Engineer — Drive Quality & Growth

Patrick Industries, Inc.; Elk River (MN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

HSA/FSA/DCA options

Short/long-term disability benefits

Life insurance

401k with employer match

Paid holidays

Paid vacation

Tuition reimbursement

SLA courses onsite

Job summary

Patrick Industries, a leading supplier serving diverse markets in the United States, is seeking a Supplier Development professional to improve supplier performance and support activities from new product launches to audits. This role collaborates with Operations, Quality Engineering, Strategic Sourcing and NPD to increase PPAP approvals and reduce scrap while driving continuous improvement.

Preferred candidates have extensive experience in quality systems, lean six sigma, and supplier audits,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in Supplier Development or related discipline.
• Strong manufacturing, process, quality systems, and root cause analysis required.
• Injection molding experience highly desired; metal fabrication, painting, electronics and plastics knowledge appreciated.

Responsibilities

• Primary responsibility for the selection, onboarding, training, tracking and development of the supply base.
• Serve as the primary quality assurance resource to the supply base for problem identification, resolution, change management and continual improvement.
• Effectively communicate significant issues or developments identified during quality assurance activities with the supply base and ensure timely resolution.
• Responsible for corrective action activities with all suppliers.
• Support supplier inspection and testing of materials, parts and products to ensure adherence to standards.
• Support supplier metrics – scrap dollars, percent credit recovery, OTD, and responsiveness.
• Oversee supplier approval process – assessments, audits and approval for purchased products and components.
• Provide input for acceptance criteria and future purchases from suppliers.
• Travel to supplier locations.
• Lead continual improvement projects, kaizen events and cost reduction programs with supply base.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Supplier development

Quality systems

Problem solving

Lean Six Sigma

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Epicor ERP

Job description

Patrick Industries, a leading supplier serving diverse markets in the United States, is seeking a Supplier Development professional to improve supplier performance and support activities from new product launches to audits. This role collaborates with Operations, Quality Engineering, Strategic Sourcing and NPD to increase PPAP approvals and reduce scrap while driving continuous improvement.

Preferred candidates have extensive experience in quality systems, lean six sigma, and supplier audits,