A Snapshot of Your Day
As a Supplier Development Engineer you are an important member in the supplier quality development team, with a preventive approach and a resolutive dedication implementing mid- and long-term strategies. You regularly conduct supplier audits or assessments, with focus on systems and processes quality, and identify areas for improvement. Developing and implementing of supplier development plans belongs to your daily tasks while collaborating with multi-functional teams to drive supplier improvement initiatives. Delivering training programs to suppliers on quality control and process improvement techniques allows you to bring your experience to the suppliers on how they deal with their business. Jointly with the material field teams, you analyze supplier performance metrics and providing regular updates to management. A strong relationship with suppliers to ensure open communication and collaboration is something you understand as crucial for your success.
How You'll Make an Impact
- Develop and qualify suppliers, defining and supervising measures to ensure top-notch quality standards.
- Consistently follow up on actions and commitments from supplier activities to ensure accountability and progress.
- Conducting audits and assessments with a strong focus on systems and processes, including ISO9001, ISO45001, ISO14001, SE CoC, ISO27001, Product Safety Assessments, and more.
- Performance based steering of suppliers as well as supporting (and eventually leading) fast response teams with contingency procedures (risk-based approach)
- Continuously evaluate risks at suppliers, collaborate with material field working groups, and define specific approaches such as onsite presence, special audits, and more.
- Keep a close eye on released suppliers' performance, using overall supplier scorecards to identify focus areas for immediate or regular reaudits.
- Collaborate on developing Material Field Roadmaps to pinpoint opportunities and risks, ensuring material availability and process stability.
What You Bring
- Bachelor/Master or Phd degree in engineering or in related field.
- Several years of experience in supplier development and quality management, with a strong background in R&D, Manufacturing, or Project Development.
- Strong analytical skills and hands-on experience with quality methods such as APQP, FMEA, 8D, RCA, and FMEA. Knowledge of supplier management standard methodologies and industry trends will be an asset.
- Holding a certification as an Auditor is a plus, especially VDA 6.3 / 6.7.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are important for the position as well as accuracy, self-initiative, flexibility, and collaboration with other team members.
- Fluent English and good knowledge of German (both written and spoken) are required.
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally (over 50% travel) as needed
About the Team
Our Grid Technology division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid. The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high voltage switchgears and transformers, and digital grid technology.
Check out this video to learn more about our Grid Technologies business: https://www.siemens-energy.com/global/en/offerings/power-transmission.html
Who is Siemens Energy?
At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. We meet the growing energy demand across 90+ countries while ensuring our climate is protected. With more than 94,000 dedicated employees, we not only generate electricity for over 16% of the global community, but we're also using our technology to help protect people and the environment.
Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.
Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo
Our Commitment to Diversity
Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character - no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.
Rewards/Benefits
- In addition to an attractive remuneration package in line with the market, you can expect an attractive employer-financed company pension scheme
- We also offer the opportunity to become a Siemens Energy shareholder
- We offer our employees the opportunity to work flexibly and remotely, and our inspiring offices provide space for collaboration and creativity
- The professional and personal development of our employees is very important to us. We provide them with the opportunities to learn and develop in a self-determined way, various attractive programmes and learning materials are available for this purpose
- In relation to the "compatibility of family and work", we have a wide range of offers, e.g. flexible working time models, childcare places at many locations, the possibility of trial part-time work or even a sabbatical
We value equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with disabilities.
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