Supplier Quality Engineer - Yankee Candle, Rubbermaid

Job ID: 19018 

Location: Havran, Czech Republic/ Manchester, UK

Reports to: Senior Manager, Quality Assurance

Contract type: fixed-term contract (12-months) with possibility to extend, hybrid

Your Role & Team in a Nutshell

As a Supplier Quality Engineer, you will coordinate and perform activities associated with Supplier Quality programs within Newell’s Home and Commercial Segment. You will work with suppliers to develop the right quality systems to support qualification of new products materials, and/or processes. You will also resolve defective material issues using root cause analysis and corrective and preventive actions.

This role priority is to develop and support new and existing suppliers of new local sourced FG or raw materials.

We will help you achieve your goals and develop by providing regular feedback and access to online training courses.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Work and communicate with Suppliers to achieve the right quality level to become a supplier to Newell Brands,
• Work with product development teams including internal Newell factories to define process parameters and criteria to ensure supplier process capability is effective to meet product and process requirements,
• Develop and implement procedures for random audits on raw materials, work in process and finished goods to verify product specifications,
• Qualify and develop new suppliers for finished goods/material suppliers,
• Interface with engineering and manufacturing to perform root cause analysis of non-conformances and drive closure of corrective actions,
• Support PPAP completion via data collection, analysis and data verification in the assigned region,
• Gather and analyze data to determine if existing processes and equipment have statistical process capability with respect to engineering standards,
• Participate in projects to reduce COF (specifically: Plant Scrap and Warranty Complaints),
• Work with suppliers to resolve defective material issues, using root cause analysis and corrective and preventive actions (CAPA),
• Work collaboratively with all segments and functions as needed.

What You’ll Need

Minimum:

• Fluent English language,
• Relevant supplier-quality experience,
• Ability to execute Quality methods and systems (statistics, reliability, sampling, and auditing, problem solving),
• ISO / QS / TS / FDA quality system working knowledge and auditing experience,
• Comfortable working directly with external suppliers,
• Highly autonomous,
• Able and willing to travel across Europe.

Your advantage:

• Fluent another European language,
• Experience in various types of manufacturing. Specific knowledge in the plastics, metals, or electronic goods preferred,
• Problem solving background,
• Minitab / SPC.

What You Gain

Newell Brands has a strong footprint in the EMEA region, with several thousand employees spread over many corporate offices and manufacturing facilities. You might recognise some of our iconic brands, like Parker, Sistema, Spontex, Crockpot, NUK, Coleman, and Yankee Candle, to name a few.

Join us and benefit from:

• Flexible hybrid working system (on average 3 days in the office and 2 days at home p.w.)
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning – 17,000+ courses for your professional and personal development
• Corporate Citizenship Philosophies – environmentally sustainable and socially sensitive business practices
• Bravo – our global recognition programme where teammates can recognise each other and exceptional work is rewarded
• Employee Referral Program – an opportunity to get a bonus
• Global Employee Assistance Program – confidential support for you and your family, complementing our commitment to your well-being at work and beyond
• Give@Newell – paid time-off for charity activities dedicated for local communities right where you live/work
• Access to Employee Resource Groups that foster an inclusive culture
• Core Values: Integrity, Teamwork, Passion for Winning, Ownership, Leadership

Are you interested?

If so, please click on “Apply Now” on this site and upload your CV.

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