Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with design engineers to gain an in-depth knowledge piece part, assembly, and/or sub-system design intent
- Lead procurement team to strategically source parts matched with supplier competencies by reviewing and assessing supplier manufacturing processes and quality systems.
- Function as the lead liaison between purchasing, engineering, manufacturing and suppliers to resolve supplier quality issues and to provide technical support
- Create and define supplier technical and quality requirements based on customer and program requirements and expectations for NPI and production phases
- Create and implement a production part approval process (PPAP) with selected suppliers to enable rate production
- Develop and approve process controls to control critical characteristics
- Analyze supplier quality and delivery metrics to identify trends and pinpoint systemic performance gaps and root causes to drive supplier improvement plans
You should have the following
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or a STEM discipline
- 2+ years of manufacturing, mechanical, or supply chain engineering experience
- 2+ years of experience with mechanical assemblies, materials or processes
- 1+ years of experience with PCB systems
- Proven track record of taking ownership, successfully negotiating preferred pricing and driving results
- Knowledge of supplier quality processes (production part approval process, advanced product quality planning, first article inspection reports, etc.)
- Experience with quality systems (ISO 9000/TS/AS9100/NADCAP)
- Knowledge of statistical techniques and methods, e.g., design of experiments, Six Sigma, etc.
Salary
Competitive
Monthly based
Location
, Rift Valley, Turkana County, Kenya, Turkana County, Kenya
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Location
, Rift Valley, Turkana County, Kenya, Turkana County, Kenya