Supplier Quality Engineer

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Job Description

We're looking for a Supplier Quality Engineer to join our Signify team, based in Vietnam. Through bold discovery and cutting-edge innovation, we lead an industry that is vital for the future of our planet: lighting. Through our leadership in connected lighting and the Internet of Things, we're breaking new ground in data analytics, AI, and smart solutions for homes, offices, cities, and beyond.​

At Signify, you can shape tomorrow by building on our incredible 125+ year legacy while working toward even bolder sustainability goals. Our culture of continuous learning, creativity, and commitment to diversity and inclusion empowers you to grow your skills and career.​

Join us, and together, we’ll transform our industry, making a lasting difference for brighter lives and a better world. You light the way. ​

More about the role

This is an exciting job opportunity for you to light the way as a Supplier Quality Engineer with Signify in Vietnam.

You will be responsible for:

Operational

• Implements supplier quality, and sustainability and supplier development processes where applicable.
• Sets supplier quality requirements to suppliers and products.
• (Leads and (co-)) decides on qualification of suppliers based on their competences and competitiveness during qualification audits.
• Drives early supplier engagement in the NPI process, validates and (dis)approves release of components, assemblies, and processes at suppliers.
• Owns the PPAP process.
• Implements supplier development initiatives and ensures a safe working environment for all people.
• Reports on performance, supports business reviews at suppliers.
• Controls and (dis)approves changes of products and processes at suppliers using industry standard practices.
• Engages suppliers in the Signify’s Sustainability Programs such as Hazard Substance Compliancy, Carbon Disclosure, SSD and Conflict Minerals and responsible for their continuous compliance.
   

Financial

• Compiles all data and prepares the rationale/case to ensure complete cost recovery in case of incidents.
• Supports the supplier development team in the identification of savings and responsible for implementation of the identified savings.
• Responsible for all quality related elements in supplier contracts, thus enabling cost of non-quality recovery.
   

Customer

• Works closely with suppliers to prevent quality incidents.
• Accountable for quick but complete resolution of complaints and (dis)approval closure of complaints.

More about you

While we value and appreciate all applicants, we believe that the following experience, skills and competencies will be needed to shine brightly in this job opening:

• BE/BTech in Electrical/Electronics with a minimum of 5 years’ experience.
• Experience preferably from Lighting or similar industry – Electrical, Electronic Appliance, Automobile
• Effectively implements all relevant supplier quality processes and tools.
• Is able to effectively manage risks with a differentiated approach.
• Can train SQ tools to suppliers.
• Has strong understanding of relevant commodity technology and business domains.
• Is able to determine supplier technical capabilities based on this knowledge and effectively apply knowledge to resolve customer and production issues.
• Understands sustainability and regulatory requirements and can apply them to ensure continuous compliance.
• Can define and implement improvement programs for suppliers.
• Understands financial implications of solutions and requirement.
• English, Vietnamese and Chinese language skills required.

Everything we’ll do for you

You can grow a lasting career here. We’ll encourage you, support you, and challenge you. We’ll help you learn and progress in a way that’s right for you, with coaching and mentoring along the way. We’ll listen to you too, because we see and value every one of our 30,000+ people.

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace fosters creativity, innovation, and a full spectrum of bright ideas. With a global workforce representing 99 nationalities, we are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where every voice is heard and valued, helping us all achieve more together.

See #SignifyLife through the eyes of our employees!

Who we are

Signify is the world leader in lighting. We provide professional customers and consumers with quality, energy-efficient LED lighting. And our lights, when connected, bring data to devices, apps and people – redefining what light can do and how you use it. Today, our innovations, such as LiFi – internet connectivity through light – and UV-C, solar and horticultural lighting, contribute to a safer, smarter, more sustainable world.

We’re operating in 74 countries with 32,000 people worldwide.