About this role
About the Role As the Supplier Quality Engineer for Metallic Commodity, you will lead quality activities, quality strategies and relationships with key suppliers to ensure CNH quality standards are met. You will drive supplier quality excellence, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement for your supply base. You will collaborate closely with internal teams, including purchasing, engineering, and manufacturing plants, to improve quality of product and process. This position can be based in our offices in Oak Brook, IL, or Racine, WI, and is eligible for our hybrid work schedule with three (3) days per week in-office, and two (2) days remote/home office. What You'll Do
- Develop and implement a progressive supplier quality strategy for your commodity to enhance overall supplier quality performance.
- Lead cross-functional initiatives that promote supplier development, process excellence, and zero-defect culture.
- Cultivate long-term partnerships with suppliers through coaching, training, and collaboration.
- Lead new supplier selection and qualification processes through Potential Supplier Audits (PSA) and business case evaluations.
- Ensure adherence to Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP).
- Implement preventative quality strategies to mitigate risks before they impact production through Technical Reviews (TR), Quality Risk Assessments (QRA), Program Reviews (PR) and Process Audits (PA).
- Manage Supplier Quality Performance (SQP) and track and improve supplier quality metrics to ensure compliance.
- Ensure containment protocols are effectively executed to prevent non-conformities from reaching the production line.
- Enforce corrective and preventive actions (using 8D, 5Whys, Fishbone, FMEA, Control Plans, Poke Yoke and DOE methods) to resolve supplier issues efficiently.
- Lead resolution of top supplier quality issues.