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Whether you’re an experienced professional, a recent college graduate or somewhere in between, IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact.\nWith interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales, supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40 diverse businesses around the globe, chances are, we have something special for you.\nPosition Summary\nThe Supplier Quality Engineer moves Mott’s supplier quality from good to great, with the goal of best-in-class supplier quality, delivery, and service. The role combines hands-on problem solving with strategic leadership. It builds strong supplier relationships and partners with Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, Operations, and suppliers to resolve nonconformances, strengthen process controls, and prevent defects. The position owns the supplier quality roadmap, develops and maintains a supplier handbook, and publishes supplier-quality KPIs and recurring-issue reports to guide priorities, strengthen supplier capability, and sustain measurable improvement.\nKey Responsibilities\nCreate and execute a strategic supplier quality roadmap that moves Mott’s supplier performance from good to great. Work with cross-functional stakeholders to define the current state, priorities, milestones, ownership, and measures of progress.\nDevelop, implement, and maintain a supplier handbook that clearly communicates quality expectations, qualification requirements, documentation standards, change controls, and nonconformance and corrective-action expectations; drive supplier understanding and adoption.\nPartner with Purchasing and Quality to evaluate, qualify, approve, and requalify suppliers based on product risk, technical capability, quality-system maturity, and performance; engage early in new product development and new supplier qualification to ensure suppliers can reliably provide components and outside services that meet Mott’s high standards.\nPlan and conduct risk-based qualification and process audits at new and existing suppliers; manage third-party auditors, communicate audit results, coordinate improvement plans, and follow up on issue resolution to verify closure.\nCommunicate drawing, specification, inspection, documentation, and traceability requirements to suppliers in partnership with Engineering and Quality.\nSupport qualification of new or changed purchased products and supplier processes; review and approve supplier first articles and certification package submissions within delegated authority, and confirm required inspection and test evidence before production release.\nLead supplier-quality resolution within Procurement, including Material Review Request (MRR) evaluation and root-cause analysis. Work hands-on with suppliers and internal teams to investigate nonconformances, coordinate containment, and support segregation, replacement material, and authorized disposition. Manage supplier deviation requests through the required review and approval process.\nOwn Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) management for underperforming suppliers; issue and manage supplier corrective-action requests, challenge root-cause analysis, verify implementation, and confirm effectiveness in preventing recurrence.\nAssess supplier controls for process consistency, inspection and testing, calibration, document control, training, and sub-tier suppliers.\nWork with Mott’s Quality team to establish incoming inspection Control Plans that define inspection requirements for purchased components and outside services.\nPartner with suppliers and internal stakeholders to evaluate proposed product, process, material, or manufacturing-location changes before implementation.\nDefine, track, and publish supplier-quality KPIs and scorecards covering defects, incoming rejections, corrective-action timeliness and effectiveness, and recurring issues. Report trends, risks, and improvement progress to suppliers and leadership. Use performance and risk data to recommend and approve, within delegated authority and in partnership with Quality, reduced incoming inspection and dock-to-stock status for high-performing suppliers.\nCollect, compile, analyze, and report supplier-quality data by supplier, defect type, root cause, and corrective-action history; lead and share continuous improvement activities at suppliers in response to quality escapes and recurring issues, and to reduce cost and lead time. Prioritize systemic improvements, escalate ineffective actions, and verify sustained results.\nBuild and maintain relationships with supplier Quality and Operations Management teams and with Mott Engineering, Procurement, Quality, Operations, receiving inspection, and support organizations. Collaborate to resolve supplier-quality issues while protecting product conformity and material availability.\nMaintain supplier qualification records, audit reports, inspection evidence, and corrective-action documentation in accordance with applicable quality-system requirements.\nSupport internal and customer audits, supplier performance reviews, and escalation of significant supplier-quality risks.\nPrimary Objective\nThe primary objective is to take Mott’s supplier quality from good to great by delivering a supplier quality roadmap with clear priorities, improvement milestones, and measurable outcomes. Success requires balancing hands-on issue resolution with long-term supplier development, supported by the supplier handbook, consistent KPI reporting, and systematic elimination of recurring quality issues.\nQualifications\nRequired\nBachelor’s degree in engineering, quality, manufacturing, or a related technical field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.\nExperience in supplier quality, quality engineering, manufacturing engineering, or a related technical quality role.\nAbility to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, inspection results, and technical quality requirements.\nExperience investigating nonconformances, performing structured root-cause analysis, and verifying corrective-action effectiveness.\nWorking knowledge of quality management systems, supplier assessments, process controls, inspection methods, calibration, and traceability.\nProficiency with spreadsheets, quality reporting, and data analysis; strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.\nClear written and verbal communication; ability to work directly with suppliers and lead cross-functional improvement activities.\nPreferred\nExperience conducting supplier quality-system or manufacturing-process audits and developing supplier improvement plans.\nExperience in a manufacturing environment with complex products, components, and supplier relationships.\nExperience with statistical process control, process capability analysis, measurement-system analysis, and risk-assessment tools.\nExperience with ERP systems, including NetSuite, and electronic quality-management systems.\nProfessional quality engineering or auditor certification, or training in lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement.\nSuccess Measures\nReduced supplier defect rates and incoming-material rejection rates.\nTimely supplier containment and corrective-action completion.\nSustained reduction in recurring supplier-quality issues, supported by trend reporting and verified corrective-action effectiveness.\nTimely completion of risk-based supplier qualification, requalification, first-article and certification package reviews, and internal and third-party supplier audit activities.\nReduced supplier-related scrap, rework, and cost of poor quality.\nFewer quality-related production interruptions and material shortages.\nImproved supplier process controls, incoming inspection Control Plans, inspection evidence, and traceability, including appropriate reduced-inspection and dock-to-stock approvals for high-performing suppliers.\nTimely closure of supplier audit findings and improvement-plan actions.\nTimely publication of accurate supplier-quality KPIs, scorecards, and recurring-issue reports that drive clear improvement priorities and actions.\nDelivery of supplier quality roadmap milestones, with measurable progress against the current-state performance baseline defined in the roadmap.\nCompletion, rollout, and ongoing maintenance of the supplier handbook, with demonstrated supplier understanding and adoption.\nMeasurable supplier continuous improvement in quality, delivery, service, cost, and lead time, including effective response to quality escapes.\nAre you ready to join a different kind of company where our people, our culture, and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world?\nTotal Rewards\nThe compensation range for this position is $112,700.00 - $169,100.00, depending on experience. This position may be eligible for performance based bonus plan.Benefits Package\nOur comprehensive U.S. benefit offerings include: Health benefits, 401(k) retirement savings program with company match, PTO, and more. More information on our benefits and rewards can be found on our career page: https://www.idexcorp.com/careers/our-benefits-and-rewards/\nIDEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IDEX gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other consideration or protected category made unlawful by federal, state or local laws.\nAttention Applicants: If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, please let us know. 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