Supplier Network Quality Auditor

Job Description

Job Description

We're ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you'll collaborate on some of the world's toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

As a Supplier Network Quality Auditor, you will evaluate supplier's capability, performance, and potential in several aspects based on a risk management approach by auditing suppliers. Your main area of responsibility is to support within North American and as an auditor you will coach the supplier together with SQE on making risk mitigation plans. The majority of your time will be spent evaluating suppliers and identifying weaknesses, gaps, and potential risks through the application of different tools such as Supplier Evaluation Models for Automotive purchasing. You will also calibrate with existing lead auditors within the SQE organization by sharing best practices to secure a fact based and robust output from the audits which will be an input for sourcing decisions. This is a senior position which means we are looking for someone with extensive knowledge and the ability to present audit reports to key stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will have an eye for details but have a good general understanding of the situation, being able to make risk assessments and focus on the right areas. You will be expected to travel frequently (approximately to 3-4 times per month) to visit with the network.

Qualifications of a successful candidate include :

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or 5 years of technical experience needed (extensive experience and strong performance can substitute for academic degree)
• Audit skills and good knowledge of ISO 19011
• A structured approach with good analytical skills, logical thinking, and strong problem-solving abilities
• Strong continuous improvement skills
• Experience from various production processes
• Sustainability minded
• Good English communication skills, both orally and in writing
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Preventative mindset with leadership to solve problems and to make decisions
• Ability to create networks and to lead cross functional activities within multi-cultural teams
• Ability to work with significant independence but is also a team player

Salary Range : $70,000-80,000

The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate's combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience

ALTEN Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our Policy is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression or veteran status.

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Compliance Notice : Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Drug Screening Requirement : As a federal contractor, Alten USA maintains a drug-free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.