Supplier Quality & Development Engineer

At Honeywell, we look for people driven by a desire to contribute, be challenged and grow. Our people make Honeywell a special company and are a key competitive advantage.  We are looking for a Senior Supplier Quality and Development Engineer to help us achieve our goals. You will be working within the Honeywell IA on Supply Chain initiatives. 

Responsibilities

Principal Accountabilities:

• Lead activities within the Commodity Manager to improve supplier quality, delivery, and performance for the assigned GBE’s products and suppliers.     
• Lead the issue resolution and root-cause analysis processes associated with supplier quality issues.
• Lead PPAP qualification activities associated with new parts as part of NPI projects and re-qualify parts as part of supplier transition projects.
• Utilize standard Honeywell processes to audit and approve new suppliers associated with the assigned GBE’s products and business. 
• Expand product knowledge to maintain expertise and be a local expert for Sourcing, Engineering, and Marketing teams
• Be an expert on Supplier Quality Tools – Lead / Assist with roll out, training and implementation of Supplier Quality tools for suppliers
• Lead / Support efforts to fully realize cost savings opportunities
• Lead / Support supplier development activities by using LEAN/Six sigma methodology in favor of business
• Liaison effectively with Commodity Managers, Program Managers…etc. on supporting High growth Region transition projects from Supplier Quality Perspective. 
• Will include travel – domestic and/or international

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree for Mechanical Engineering or related undergraduate degree required, Graduate degree preferred.
• At least 5 years work experience and strong knowledge related to the manufacturing, design, and good experience on Mechanical  Commodities, specifically in Machining/Casting/Stamping/sheet metal commodities. 
• Six Sigma Green Belt certification desired.      Black Belt / Lean Expert certification preferred.
• Bilingual – English is required.
• Experience with ISO standards and supplier quality auditing
• Working knowledge of QS, TS, and APQP standards and processes preferred
• Strong background in Statistical Process Control, capability analysis (Cp, Cpk), DFM
• Professional certification (CQE and CQA preferred) or willingness to obtain
• Must have demonstrated understanding of PPAP processes and implementation.
• Fluent using basic quality tools.
• Understanding of precision metrology techniques
• Project Management - will be expected to identify and implement projects with a high impact to the business.  As such, should possess proven track record of successful leadership of high impact projects.
• Demonstrated capability in identifying Best Practices and leadership in successfully implementing these
• Exposure to Value Engineering, Lean Systems thinker, Change agent
• Must be willing to work in a result based, fast paced environment, with minimal supervision
• Communication and Interpersonal – crisp verbal skills for velocity plus effective listening skills; effective facilitation skills and demonstrates high energy
• Execution – persistent drive for results utilizing sound project management, organizational and problem-solving skills
• Defective Parts Per Million (PPM) for suppliers in the region.
• Savings achieved through supplier transitions and/or Lean Manufacturing and Value Engineering at suppliers
• Supplier lead time reduction and ability to implement value-added supplier processes such as Consignment, Stocking Programs, and Kan-ban
• Supplier delivery performance as measured by on-time-to-request (OTTR).
• Overall supplier scorecard improvement annually

Honeywell Technologies is a global, pure-play automation company with a legacy of innovating to help solve the world’s most mission-critical challenges, enhancing the quality of life for people and communities around the world. We serve the building, industrial and process sectors with a broad portfolio of services, solutions and products, underpinned by our Honeywell Technologies Accelerator operating system and Honeywell Technologies Forge intelligence layer. By combining the deep domain expertise of our more than 50,000 employees with decades of data from our global installed base, we are uniquely positioned to lead the industrial sector’s transition from automation to autonomy.