Supplier Sr. Quality Engineer

Job title: Supplier Sr. Quality Engineer

Company: Kone


Job description: KONE is a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry: our job is to make the world’s cities better places to live. At KONE, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, KONE provides elevators, escalators, and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization, which add value to the life cycle of any building.The KONE Safety & Quality Organization is responsible for a resilient, industry-leading supply chain network, which helps us meet and exceed our customers’ expectations. We are working towards a locally accountable, globally harmonized operating model for our supply chain operations. We work in an agile manner, navigating constantly changing market needs together with our customers and partners. KONE Supply Chain also drives the Safety, Quality, Environment and Sustainability work across KONE.Supplier Quality Management (SQM) is a global organization, part of the KONE Safety & Quality Organization that is responsible for ensuring a safe People Flow™.We are looking for a Supplier Sr. Quality Engineer to join the SQM team in Kunshan, ChinaIn this role, you will be responsible for supplier selection, qualification, development, and management processes to achieve the expected level of quality and service. The SQM Sr. Engineer ensures that suppliers are capable and complying with KONE’s quality and sustainability requirements. SQM effectively applies supplier quality management processes, tools, and resources to drive KONE Supplier Excellence.Responsibilities and key activities:

• Taking part in piloting and implementing quality practices and requirements, both in the SQM team and within the defined material category
• Partnering with stakeholders to ensure that product and process quality, technical and business requirements are defined for the category’s supplier base
• Manage supplier qualification process and participate in supplier negotiations as required to ensure supplier quality commitment
• Monitor and report supplier delivery/quality performance and ensure corrective/preventive actions
• Ensure audits/assessments at suppliers are planned and executed with the target of securing adherence to KONE’s quality and sustainability requirements. Ensure transparency of information
• Ensure that reported quality issues and audit/assessment findings are analyzed, root-caused and corrective/preventive actions agreed upon, implemented to prevent a reoccurrence of quality issues
• Continuously improve suppliers and mitigate potential risks to achieve business objectives and drive supplier development projects, as well as drive their performance by building and establishing effective corrective and improvement actions
• Act as result provider in new product/change projects and ensure the right quality via execution of production part approval process (PPAP)
• Actively support the implementation of Lean Six Sigma methodologies at suppliers and internal KONE processes
• Ensure compliance with quality, safety, and sustainability standards
• Implementing Quality Strategy together with the team and staying up to date with industry trends, regulations, and best practices related to supplier quality management.

Requirements for the role:

• At the minimum University/University of Applied Sciences level degree
• Minimum 3-7 years of experience in the Mechanics parts fabrication manufacturing environment(E.g. Machining, welding, assembly, casting, painting, plating, etc.) with a strong technical background
• Product and process auditing experience, management system auditing experience with ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001 or similar
• Fluency in English (Read, Write, and Spoken)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and can interface with many parties at all levels in an international and cross-cultural environment
• Good analytical, negotiation, and problem-solving skills accompanied by an excellent project management approach with strong stakeholder management capabilities
• Strong solution-oriented approach, capability to implement, and persistency in follow-up activities to ensure quality and sustainability
• Self-driven and self-motivated to learn and coach others to produce results
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally (~ 30% of the time)

Add-ons that will make the application stronger:

• B.SC level technical / Mechanic / industrial Eng degree
• Fluency in English and Chinese, both in writing and oral
• Certification within Lean and/or Six Sigma green belt
• Understand automotive industry quality practices such as VDA 6.3
• Strong background in mechanic engineering and/or material sciences

At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.Read more on

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Location: China

Job date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 08:09:06 GMT

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