Supplier Quality Team Leader - St. Ives, United Kingdom - Danaher

    Danaher
    Danaher St. Ives, United Kingdom

    1 month ago

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    Full time
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    Who we are

    We are renowned globally for our Coding and Marking solutions. Manufacturing industries far and wide benefit from our expertise in batch and date coding of products and packaging. As a key player in both the continuous inkjet and laser marking industries, we hold a significant and increasing worldwide market share, achieved by continuing emphasis on engineering excellence and best in class products, outstanding marketing, customer service and professional management.

    The Supplier Quality Team Leader is responsible for the development and management of existing vendors ensuring they deliver on Linx requirements for Quality Delivery and Cost, you will also be responsible for auditing potential new vendors to determine if they can meet the requirements of Linx.

    You will be responsible for taking ownership of supplier quality issues raised through the operations daily management meetings and communicated via the ME's and SQE's ensuring prompt containment and root cause is established followed by robust countermeasures to prevent re-occurrence.

    Key Responsibilities

    • Plan, organise and drive sustainable Quality improvement across incumbent supplier base.
    • Oversee the incoming inspection of parts via an extended team
    • Develop a team to deliver year over year improvements to Supplier PPM, ECN & NCR metrics.
    • Ensure supply base is capable of meeting requirements for Quality by providing support for NPD projects via the implementation of selected APQP tools (eg. PPAP, FMEA's Control Plans etc.), alongside PSP and other DHR approved tools.
    • Work closely with cross functional teams to, organise, and drive sustainable quality improvements across incumbent supply base.
    • Lead the Supplier Quality team with two direct reports - Quality Technician and Supplier Quality Administrator
    • Support the Strategic Buyers in identifying, qualifying and developing new vendors capable of fulfilling the QDCI requirements
    • Supplier Audit / Assessments
    • Ensure that equipment required for inspection or external equipment is always within calibration

    Your Education and/or Background Experience will include:

    • Experience working within a company producing electromechanical assemblies (preferred not essential) or industrial manufacturing.
    • Able to give examples of a hands-on approach to problem solving
    • Experience, and understanding of, the APQP / PPAP tools
    • Capable and confident of working independently on tasks
    • Technical knowledge to interpret drawings & including Geometric Dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)

    Our Offer

    You will be part of a dynamic team in which there is a high focus on delivering results and continuous improvement, but also where having fun and teamwork is very important.

    You will work in a leading global company, with a Manager who cares about you, your strengths and will help you to develop the best possible version of yourself.

    At Danaher, your potential is amplified. Our culture of continuous improvement defines who we are, drives our success, and translates to a career without limits for our team of 65,000 intellectually curious associates. Listen to our voices:

    When you join us, you'll also be joining Danaher's global organization, where 80,000 people wake up every day determined to help our customers win. As an associate, you'll try new things, work hard, and advance your skills with guidance from dedicated leaders, all with the support of powerful Danaher Business System tools and the stability of a tested organization.

    At Danaher, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

    If you've ever wondered what's within you, there's no better time to find out.