Supplier Quality Engineer - experienced (Aerospace)

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century the company has been enabling engineering breakthroughs that lead to a better tomorrow. Parker has increased its annual dividend per share paid to shareholders for 66 consecutive fiscal years, among the top five longest-running dividend-increase records in the S&P 500 index. Learn more at or @parkerhannifin.

Position Summary:

Advocate and support the Corporate WIN Strategy by participating in the Supplier selection program regarding supplier capabilities and working with existing Suppliers to ensure full quality compliance. Must have ability to deal with people at a cross-functional level. Position requires ability to effectively communicate in oral and written form in order to present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, suppliers, customers, and the general public. This is an on-site, individual contributor role.

Essential Functions:

Establishes and maintains a Supplier quality system that is effective in producing, measuring and maintaining a supply base measured by DPPM.

Ensures compliance to procedures outlined in the Supplier Quality Manual. Revises and implements changes as required.

Participates in Supplier reviews and provides input to Purchasing Department in regards to supplier quality.

Performs supplier quality system. Ensures reliability and accuracy of products provided by the supply base.

Ensures that nonconforming material is dispositioned in a timely manner.

Coordinates with suppliers all initiatives relating to supplier quality performance.

Tracks performance trends and performs quality trend analysis from supplier base and facilitates corrective actions as appropriate.

Leads supplier development activities for dock-to-stock program.

Utilizes lean manufacturing, error proofing, and continuous improvement initiatives to support Supplier base by assisting in development of robust processes that assures quality products and services.

Provides support to customers relative to supply-based issues.

Participates in lean and high-performance team activities and/or events.

Qualifications:

-Bachelor's Degree Engineering and 2-5 years related experience (Quality Engineering preferred).

- Thorough knowledge of state-of-the-art inspection and quality inspection and quality engineering/assurance techniques, procedures, instruments, equipment, theories, principles and concepts and general business operations.

- Must have ability to effectively solve problems, assess and implement continuous improvement techniques to quality and manufacturing functions, to use standard business applications software and/or specialized data analysis tools, to establish goals and objectives to complete projects, and to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.

Prefer ASQ Certification, Six Sigma Green/Black Belt Certification, and/or ISO Internal Auditor Certification

Additional Comments: The essential functions have been provided as example of the type of work performed by employees assigned to this job classification. The company reserves the right to modify the work assignments and/or to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions. The job description is not intended to be an inclusive list of duties and responsibilities. It is intended to describe the general nature of the position.

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