The Plant Procurement Team Engineer will act as a primary interface between Plant and Procurement on all supplier variability issues (Quality & Delivery). The role will primarily be collaborating with Plant Quality teams, Category teams, R&D and other stakeholders locally and globally to minimize supplier quality, delivery, and warranty impact to the customer.
• Collaborate with plant stakeholders to secure supplier containment and minimize impact to plant production.
• Review and approve 8D root cause and corrective actions from suppliers to address quality and delivery issues.
• Evaluate data to identify potential risks and systemic improvement areas for suppliers in order to develop improvement strategies with the cross-functional team.
• Initiate intensified plant activities in plant for underperforming suppliers and drive meetings with suppliers and internal teams.
• Support manufacturing with 2nd line problem solving analysis by utilizing problem solving methodology to solve day to day issues.
• Support PPL and Procurement Launch Leader with new program launches in plants. • Support with global and local OKR initiatives and strategies.
• Provide internal and external training in area of my competences.
Knowledge/Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or proven equivalent experience.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience in Quality Engineering, Production, or Manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of problem-solving methodologies and applied skills.
• Intermediate level knowledge of Control Plans and Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)
• Understanding of one or more of the following manufacturing processes: Interior manufacturing, injection molding, stamping and welding.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience from the automotive industry in plant supplier quality, supplier development, logistics, or supply chain is strongly preferred.
• Green belt, black belt, or quality certification.
• Intermediate level knowledge of the PPAP process.
The Volvo Group is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of trucks, buses, construction equipment and marine and industrial engines. The Group also provides complete solutions for financing and service. The Volvo Group, with its headquarters in Gothenburg, employs about 100,000 people, has production facilities in 18 countries and sells its products in more than 190 markets.
