Supplier Quality Engineer EMEA - Plating & Painting

What you’ll do:

As a Supply Quality Engineer you will be responsible for commodity and sector supplier-quality performance, risk prioritization, and systemic quality improvement. You will own and monitors commodity DPPM and supplier-quality trends, leads structured quality problem solving for complex, chronic, recurring, and cross-site issues, and drives sustainable risk reduction. The role is a commodity/process SME with region focus; it partners with SDE commodity/process SMEs when specialized manufacturing-process expertise or supplier capability development is required.

The position is available in Hungary (3 days working from the office) or Poland, Czechia, Slovakia - in a remote working model.

As it requires up to 50% of travel, it is important to be located in comfortable commuting distance from the airport.

Responsibilities:

• Own and monitor commodity DPPM, supplier-quality performance, Pareto trends, chronic suppliers, and cross-site patterns.
• Prioritize suppliers and commodity quality risks using performance, recurrence, business impact and cross-site exposure.
• Lead structured supplier-quality problem solving for complex, chronic, recurring, systemic, and cross-site issues.
• Challenge and validate supplier root cause and corrective action, ensuring rigor, evidence, and recurrence prevention.
• Drive systemic corrective action, chronic supplier recovery, and commodity-level quality improvement.
• Plan and execute risk-based supplier audits and convert findings into prioritized quality-improvement actions.
• Identify systemic quality risks across sites and coordinate cross-site corrective action and standardization where required.
• Engage SDE commodity/process SMEs when quality risk exposes a manufacturing capability, process, capacity, scalability, rate-readiness, or specialized technical gap.
• Support defined APQP/PPAP quality activities and supplier-quality readiness for high-risk launches, changes, and transfers.
• Verify effectiveness and sustained reduction of supplier and commodity quality risk.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, or related technical discipline
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, or related technical discipline
• Expertise in plating and painting is required
• Additional experience in: plastic injection, molding, casting nonferrous, PCBA and electronics is an advantage

• Demonstrated experience of manufacturing process and area of assessing manufacturing capability and driving process supplier improvement

• Working knowledge of APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, Control Plans, MSA, SPC, and structured problem solving
• Knowledge of Lean / Continuous Improvement methodologies

What we offer:

• Wide Range of Employee Benefits: Hybrid work model, Annual bonus, Cafeteria, Private Medical Insurance, Life Insurance, - Eye-glass refund, AYCM partnership, Internal reward system (E-Stars)
• Employee Wellbeing Support: Access comprehensive support programs designed to enhance your overall wellbeing
• Family Friendly: Enjoy a family-friendly environment with policies that support work-life balance
• Talent Management and Career Development: We are dedicated to your professional growth, with a strong focus on internal mobility, continuous learning, and peer coaching
• Dog-Friendly: Bring your furry friend to work in our dog-friendly office
• Dedicated Spaces: Utilize our family room, multi-prayer room, stretching room, and chill room for your comfort and convenience
• Company Yoga Sessions: Participate in regular yoga sessions to stay fit and relaxed
• Social Responsibility: Join a socially responsible organization committed to making a positive impact
• Employee Appreciation Day: Celebrate with us on Employee Appreciation Day, recognizing your hard work and contributions