Supplier Development Engineer

About The Role

The Supplier Development Engineer is a crucial part of the procurement process, reporting directing into the Procurement Manager. Supporting the business with current suppliers and new suppliers. This role requires extensive UK and international travel.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Supply Chain Strategy in eliminating risk of single source vendors.
• Generate, develop and maintain an approved supplier list for Brush, ensuring compliance and life cycle through auditing and collaboration.
• Support the vendors on Business Improvements and collaborating on cost saving initiatives through value engineering.
• Interface with cross functional areas of the business (Purchasing, Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Quality and Finance) to identify best in class suppliers that support the business strategies.
• Participate in technical reviews with qualified suppliers.
• Participate in the supplier selection process and lead the on-site evaluation of new suppliers by conducting an initial SSA (supplier sourcing audit).
• Apply APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) process after source selection on every high and medium risk new program.
• Communicate and ensure all approved suppliers agree and sign up for the BRUSH Supplier Quality Manual, which clearly defines expectations.
• Capture on- time delivery and quality incidents from system driven supplier performance data, that forms part of KPI / balanced scorecard measures to be communicated across the supply base.
• Manage processes for non-conforming products & suppliers ensuring any financial liabilities affecting BRUSH are recharged to the supplier. Continuous improvement activities for prevention and future proofing for both parties.
• Verify all APQP elements are optimized and meet program requirements (FMEA. Process flow. Control plans, run rate etc.) RFT (right first time) culture.
• Communicate supplier issues with Purchasing, Engineering, Quality and Manufacturing & NPD on a timely basis.
• Support tooling refurbishment evaluations and cost implications to ensure supply continuity of product is maintained.
• Prioritize role requirements to meet the flexibility and timelines of the business needs.
• Ensure all parts are compliant through the business parts approval process. (PPAP).
• Support for cost down and VA/VE initiatives.
• Develop part approval, effective problem solving, risk analysis and other best practices with suppliers
  
  

Qualifications

Qualifications, Knowledge, Experience & Skills:

• Degree or equivalent in Engineering / Quality is desirable.
  
  

Skills

• Advance Microsoft Project and Excel.
  
  

Knowledge

• Thorough working knowledge of SQA / SQE processes & practices.
  
  

Experience

• Relevant experience of working in a dynamic fast-paced engineering and/or manufacturing environment
  
  

About The Organisation

BRUSH Transformers provide agile and adaptive engineering solutions and products, including consultancy services, design, and project management as well as award-winning product technology, to a wide range of projects.

A chosen partner for national and regional power generation and distribution network operators, through innovation and a commitment to delivering solutions that address grid-resilience and drive system change, we support the global drive to net-zero, helping create a future-proof Infrastructure.