About the role

  • Supplier Quality Manager responsible for developing quality assurance processes at an agile battery solutions company. Leading a team in ensuring automotive quality standards and supplier performance in Finland.

Responsibilities

  • Managing Salo plant’s team of supplier quality engineers
  • Developing and executing supplier quality strategies aligned with company and customer requirements
  • Defining and maintaining supplier quality standards, procedures, and KPIs
  • Conducting supplier audits according to customer-specific requirements
  • Driving robust problem-solving processes to address supplier quality issues
  • Leading supplier selection, qualification, and onboarding activities
  • Engaging with critical suppliers to resolve systematic quality issues
  • Ensuring effective supplier involvement in APQP, PPAP, and change management
  • Ensuring components meet quality requirements through direct support and inspection
  • Leading escalation and recovery plans for underperforming suppliers

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in the field of Engineering, Quality or Supplier Quality
  • 5-10 years of relevant working experience
  • Excellent knowledge in Quality Management Systems
  • Strong experience with supplier audits and assessments
  • Strong knowledge of IATF 16949, VDA 6.3, APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA
  • Proficiency in quality problem-solving and data analysis
  • Strong problem-solving knowledge in manufacturing processes
  • Fluent spoken and written English is required, Finnish or German are seen as an asset

Benefits

  • Opportunity to join an agile and innovative team dedicated to driving the global energy transition through advanced battery solutions.
  • Flexible working hours and a hybrid working model
  • Great development opportunities with clear career paths, target agreements and regular feedback
  • An employer committed to sustainable, environmentally conscious business practices that is expanding rapidly
  • Friendly colleagues who want to set things in motion
  • Performance-related bonuses
  • Employee benefits such as free use of our gyms at Salo and Uusikaupunki sites, occupational healthcare, lunch benefit, ePassi benefits for sports, culture and wellness, discounts at various stores and gyms, and bonuses for certain private occasions
  • Versatile e-learning opportunities to explore new horizons

Job title

Supplier Quality Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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