Supplier Quality Engineer

Supplier Quality Engineer Bowling Green, Kentucky

Position Overview A leading automotive manufacturing organization is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to join their facility in Bowling Green. This role is responsible for ensuring that external suppliers deliver high-quality parts, raw materials, and services. The Supplier Quality Engineer collaborates cross-functionally with purchasing, engineering, and operations to resolve supplier-related issues, perform vendor audits, evaluate performance metrics, and support comprehensive APQP processes across prototype and production programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure suppliers deliver quality parts, materials, and services in alignment with organizational and industry standards.
• Conduct supplier audits, assess operational capabilities, and provide constructive feedback to internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop, track, and maintain the internal supplier performance rating, reporting, and development systems.
• Collaborate with purchasing, engineering, and operations to quickly resolve supplier quality discrepancies and implement corrective actions.
• Administer process flow charts, FMEAs, and APQP documentation to support TS 16949 / QS9001 and ISO 14001 systems.
• Review, evaluate, and approve designs and concepts for production tooling, check fixtures, and assembly equipment for new programs and engineering changes.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, cost reduction/containment tracking, and departmental procedural development.
• Support safety, health, and environmental compliance, including audits, hazard analyses, and incident reviews.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A. or B.S.) in Engineering, Quality Sciences, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of two (2) years of automotive industry experience in quality, materials, or related manufacturing functions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience interfacing directly with automotive suppliers and conducting external vendor audits.
• Strong familiarity with AIAG standards, automotive customer requirements, and core quality tools (APQP, FMEA, PPAP).
• Knowledge of tooling design, concept evaluation, check fixtures, and tooling costing.
• Familiarity with Lean manufacturing concepts, production scheduling, inventory reconciliation, and container/packaging studies.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and statistical software packages.
• Ability to travel on short notice when necessary.

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