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The Supplier Quality Engineer - Technical Advisor utilizes quality and technical expertise to develop highly complex suppliers and products that can meet customer requirements, in addition to technically advising other Supplier Quality professionals; requires strong partnerships with the external supply base, with supply chain teams and with engineering to achieve results

Key Responsibilities:

Build strong relationships with all critical partners to improve quality and business outcomes, including: external suppliers, external customers, and internal customers and stakeholders, such as Purchasing, Manufacturing and Engineering; coach and mentor Cummins professionals on how to strengthen the soft skills required to develop effective relationships.
Utilize significant knowledge of manufacturing technology, product designs, and industry best practices to partner with a cross-functional team in the development of supply base strategies; lead supplier selection process for high complexity components. Utilize significant knowledge of manufacturing technology, product designs, and industry best practices to partner with engineering in the development of optimized and manufacturable product designs; will focus on high complexity components.
Utilize significant knowledge of manufacturing technology, product designs, and industry best practices to co-design a Right First Time manufacturing process with external suppliers that enables conformance to the engineering print, engineering standards and customer specific requirements Demonstrate master of industry common APQP processes, AIAG tools, and Cummins specialty tools to develop zero defect components within the external supply base;coach and mentor Supplier and Cummins professionals on how to improve effectiveness of APQP execution.
Embrace continuous improvement in the external supply base by leading high impact product and process focused projects on complex products and manufacturing processes; utilize industry proven methodologies, such as lean and six-sigma. Lead high-impact initiatives within the external supply base that focus on business and functional priorities.
Build the capability and competency of the global Supplier Quality Engineer team through the development and execution of high impact learning and growth tools - such as advanced Zero-Defect Mindset requirements, advanced Supplier Quality Standard Work, or Technology-Quality councils.

Competencies:

Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
Customer focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
Drives vision and purpose - Painting a compelling picture of the vision and strategy that motivates others to action.
Auditing - Applying auditing skills and techniques and Quality Management Systems knowledge to effectively appraise a manufacturing process for quality and safety risks and non-conformances.
Interpreting Technical Requirements - Applying knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing principles and Engineering Standards to correctly interpret the technical requirements of an engineering drawing; Applying knowledge to improve a product's design for manufacturability and measurability.
Manufacturing Process Design - Applying knowledge of manufacturing technology (methods, techniques, tools, equipment, etc) to design a Zero Defect manufacturing process that can consistently meet technical and customer requirements.
Manufacturing Process Validation - Applying core Automotive tools (i.e. DFMEA, PFMEA, Control Plan, SPC, MSA, Source Release and PPAP) to validate that a manufacturing process can consistently meet technical and customer requirements.
Measurement Process Design - Applying knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing principles and knowledge of measurement technology (standards, techniques, equipment, etc) to design a measurement system that can consistently meet industry and customer requirements.
Problem Solving - Solves problems and may mentor others on effective problem solving by using a systematic analysis process by leveraging industry standard methodologies to create problem traceability and protect the customer; determines the assignable cause; implements robust, data-based solutions; identifies the systemic root causes and ensures actions to prevent problem reoccurrence are implemented.
Quality Influence - Ability to recognize stakeholders, create a forum to professionally extract stakeholder perspectives, drive and engage in constructive conflict, and to influence outcomes in order to ensure Cummins makes a balanced decision inclusive of Quality priorities.
Statistical Foundations - Applies statistical tools and technique to influence decision making; leverages understanding of data collection methods, key statistics, graphical and analytical methods to describe process performance, gain insights and drive improvement action
Supplier Performance Improvement - Improving supplier performance by developing and executing an effective quality improvement strategy that consists of a project team, glidepath, reduction of manufacturing issues and improvement of systemic deficiencies.
Supplier Quality Project Planning and Execution - Applying Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) skills to develop and execute a quality plan that enables external suppliers to meet customer expectations; Requires facilitating communication and collaboration across cross-functional activities, when a program, initiative, or project concerns external suppliers.
Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.
Supplier Product Reliability - Ability to evaluate the supplier's product design, supplier's manufacturing process design and product validation process to ensure the supplier is capable to meet reliability expectations.

Education, Licenses, Certifications:

College, university, or equivalent degree in Engineering or a related technical or scientific subject required
This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Experience:

Preferably 10 years experience in a Manufacturing or Engineering role in the automotive industry, or a similarly regulated industry.

Min 15 yrs experience with Cylinder Block and Head Machining
Strong problem solving capability
Good communication capability
Advanced product quality planning skill
Solid data analysis skill
Working location: Shanghai or Wuhan

Job Quality

Organization Cummins Inc.

Role Category On-site with Flexibility

Job Type Exempt - Experienced

ReqID 2437194

Relocation Package Yes

100% On-Site No

About Cummins

At Cummins, we believe people should feel continuously challenged and engaged, making meaningful contributions and growing in their careers.

Size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Engineering

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Perks and Benefits

Health and Wellness
- FSA with Employer Contribution
- Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
- On-Site Gym
- HSA with Employer Contribution
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
Parental Benefits
- Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
- Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
Work Flexibility
- Flexible Work Hours
- Remote Work Opportunities
Vacation and Time Off
- Leave of Absence
- Personal/Sick Days
- Paid Holidays
Financial and Retirement
- Relocation Assistance
- Performance Bonus
- Stock Purchase Program
- Pension
- 401(k) With Company Matching
Office Life and Perks
- Company Outings
- Casual Dress
Professional Development
- Mentor Program
- Shadowing Opportunities
- Access to Online Courses
- Lunch and Learns
- Tuition Reimbursement