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Supplier Quality Lead Specialist

Veolia Water Technologies and Solutions
Minnetonka, MN, United States
Full-time

Company Description

Part of Veolia Group, Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions brings together experienced professionals in pursuit of the same goal : to solve the world's most complex challenges related to water scarcity, quality, productivity, the environment and energy.

We're always looking for passionate and creative people to help us in this mission!

Job Description

Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions (WTS) is a worldwide leader in water recovery, treatment and reuse. We design and supply a range of water systems, from food and beverage applications, to municipal water, to microelectronics ultrapure water and heavy industrial wastewater treatment.

At WTS, we realize diverse teams make smarter decisions, deliver better results, and build

stronger communities. We're an organization that champions diversity and inclusion at every rung of the ladder and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

We offer challenging and meaningful careers, with competitive benefits and flexible work arrangements.

Duties &Responsibilities

Manage the quality of externally supplied materials in support of customer

projects and products. This includes the disposition of supplier non-

conformances and issuance / management of Supplier Corrective Action Reports

SCAR)

Collaborate with internal engineering and external suppliers to determine

feasibility of designs for manufacturability at external vendors

Perform root cause analysis, involving engineering and other key departments,

for supplier non-conformance issues

Audit current suppliers to evaluate risk by monitoring changes in management, key

personnel, and process changes

Support the development of new and existing suppliers by improving their quality

Management systems to improve overall part and documentation quality

Collaborate with internal manufacturing to optimize monitoring solutions for incoming

supplied material

Hard Skills

Proven experience in reading and deciphering engineering drawings and other

related industrial specifications

  • Practical experience with special processes (welding, casting, molding, etc.)
  • Ability to work with suppliers to manage relationships, supplier performance, and

product conformance

Ability to drive technical discussions with internal and external teams and suppliers

in each of the manufacturing / installation sites as defined per project

Ability to analyze data to support root cause analysis and informed decision-making.

Soft Skills

  • Expert : Demonstrate subject matter expertise in the field.
  • Strategic : Gets the big game. Understands long term. Respects short term but

doesn't get hung up in the noise.

  • Inspirational : Ability to inspire / motivate others.
  • Curious : Ability to pose high impact questions, seeing opportunities in areas where

others see problems.

  • Courageous : Champions ideas and helps transform them into actions.
  • Humble : Respectful towards peers, team members, leadership, and stakeholders.
  • Holistic : Think customer and Company first.
  • Accountable : Demonstrates responsibility ownership and commitment. Taking

responsibility for making tough calls when necessary.

Ambitious : Identifies underlying truths and comes up with ideas that change the way

we conceptualize issues, depicts vision of future that rallies teams to compete in

new ways.

Self-motivated : Able to work independently and determine where support is needed

Qualifications

Education & Experience

Required :

Bachelor's degree in mechanical or chemical engineering or other technical engineering

degree and 4+ years of supplier quality or inspection related work experience

Work experience with steel fabrication, pressure vessels, plastic injection molding, oil

and gas or water treatment systems, and / or electromechanical assembly processes

Work experience with QRQC, Lean Six Sigma, DOE, Deming Cycle, FMEA, 8D, APQP,

Control Plan, PPAP, MSA, etc.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.

21 hours ago
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