Senior Supplier Quality Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 20, 2026. First seen by Alion on Apr 30, 2025. HELLA scores C on the Alion truth index.
1.Advise and manage suppliers of the respective materials group systematically with regard to Quality performance and further develop the suppliers together with the Competence Leader Material Group Management in Purchasing and support the implementation of the necessary quality requirements at suppliers. 2.Evaluate the quality capabilities of suppliers
within the context of selecting suppliers on the basis of Hella requirements and release new suppliers, new locations and new processes in consultation with superiors and involved entities. 3.Support the Hella design development department in case of material group specific requirements. Identify potential improvements or risks at suppliers using the
material group knowhow and drive implementation together with the supplier including controlling of the implemented measures. 4.Plan, coordinate and conduct the process audits in accordance with current standards and track the suppliers audit action plan in agreement with the supervisor. 5.Support Supplier Quality Assurance Time to Market (SQA-TtM)
in the Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) phase for new technologies, supplier, processes in the project teams and at EMS(PCBA) suppliers. 6.Support Supplier Quality Assurance Order to Delivery (SQA-OtD) in the Start of Production (SOP) phase for root cause analysis, verify action plan at suppliers. 7.Support Hella plants to optimize the procedure,
reduce waste, drive the Lean Workshop at suppliers. 8.Participate in introduction and conduction of the supplier development programs to continuously improve the quality performance of suppliers and furthermore document progress and demonstrate the quality improvements at internal management meetings. 9.Coach and manage escalated suppliers in his material
group in accordance with the Hella escalation procedure and in agreement with the supervisor. 10.Involvement and support in major complaints, Quality problems caused by suppliers. 11.Create, develop and introduce processes and tools to improve 12.Supplier Quality Assurance processes and furthermore create training documents for material group specific
topics and train relevant Hella Departments. 13.Involvement in the annual supplier evaluation and quality target agreements with suppliers 14.Support the evaluating of feasibility studies for critical components. 15.Collaboration with others to fostering the improvement.