JOB SUMMARY: Regional quality engineering support is required to ensure successful launches of new products. The job is to fill that role to the point that the need for US quality engineer staff to travel to the region is greatly reduced. Active role in the monitoring of product quality and supplier processes which are expected to assure quality.
JOB DUTIES: 1. Primary responsibility for supporting the launch and development process of new products by providing quality engineering expertise while working with the USA quality engineer and the supplier. 2. Assessment of project risks and areas where a supplier requires assistance and training to ensure a successful design and launch. 3. Recommend design changes to the design team or process changes to the supplier to ensure quality level requirements are met and product performance expectations achieved. 4. Onsite review of quality plans and development of plans as needed with the supplier. 5. Support of the new product launch team when they visit the Asia suppliers 6. Development / update of quality specification documents if not provided by the USA project team and training and communication of these requirements to the suppliers and the QCE inspection team. 7. Support the supplier selection and approval process by performing factory assessments. 8. Support the ongoing monitoring and improvement of supplier quality systems by performing quality system assessments according to plan. 9. Involvement in the training and development of new suppliers to ensure that they are prepared with the required systems and skills to successfully launch a new product with the Baby organization from a quality perspective. 10. Facilitation of supplier corrective action activity required as a result of product audits, customer audits, or field issues. Must lead the supplier through the process of problem definition, root cause. analysis, solution finding, implementation, and verification. 11. Must perform in process audits to verify quality systems are being maintained and that they are effective at suppliers. 12. Will perform product lot audits as needed. 13. Lead continuous improvement on process and product.
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Product Safety, Regulatory Affairs, or closely related field required. 2. 3+ years of experience within quality, supply chain, manufacturing and/or related field.
COMPETENCIES: 1. Process oriented, Continuous Improvement 2. Organizational, analytical and process efficiency skills 3. 7 Quality tools, DOE, SPC. 4. Advanced Quality Planning tools. 5. Able to use MS office software (word, excel, ppt, Power BI, Teams etc.), outlook mail system. 6. Certified QE or QA preferred 7. Can communication in both English and local language.
