Vendor Relations Engineer / Mechanical Engineer / SQE Engineer
Vendor Relations Engineer / Mechanical Engineer / SQE Engineer
A leading Medical Company
Location: Shanghai
(a)Reason for Vacancy:
This is a new appointment.
(b)Organisation Structure:
This role will report to the IPO Procurement Manager, and is based at Shanghai office.
This role is one of a team of procurement specialists based in Shanghai and servicing all of company¡¯s manufacturing sites.
(c)Role Purpose:
The main focus of the role will be to provide technical management of vendors based in China and supplying operations worldwide.
The role will be focused on Mechanical Engineering aspects of vendor relations, and will involve providing guidance to vendors on The company¡¯s¡¯s technical requirements, ensuring vendor quality meets those requirements and supplying advice and feedback about Chinese vendors to The company¡¯s purchasing officers and engineers.
(d)Position Description:
The successful candidate will carry out the following activities:
1.Work with The company¡¯s Purchasing and Engineering staff in China and worldwide to ensure delivery of high-quality, low-cost components and assemblies in a timely manner;
2.Identify potential vendors that meet The company¡¯s¡¯s needs. This will involve assessing technical, commercial and regulatory suitability of these vendors, although with an emphasis on the technical aspects;
3.Develop knowledge of the The company¡¯s product lines and provide the liaison between the factory and the suppliers in integrating new existing and new products into the The company¡¯s supply chain.
4.Carry out or participate in formal Supplier Audits;
5.Arrange for Quality Control of parts as required by The company¡¯s¡¯s Quality System. This will include:
a)Ensuring that suppliers conduct their own inspection.
b)Arranging for local, third-party inspection of trial batches from new suppliers.
6.Manage relations with vendors for on-going production, such as expediting line-stops or quality problems.
(a)Qualifications:
Degree Qualifications in either Manufacturing (Industrial) or Mechanical Engineering are expected.
(b)Personal Qualities:
Candidates should have significant experience in manufacturing, preferably with the following features:
• low-volume, high-mix environment
• high-technology products (electronics, optics, etc)
A broad knowledge of manufacturing techniques applicable to The company¡¯s products will be needed. These include (but are not limited to):
1. Sheet metal
2. Machining (turning, milling, grinding)
3. Sheet-metal
4. Injection-moulding
5. Casting (pressure and gravity die-casting, sand-casting and investment casting)
6. Optical glassware
The successful candidate will be able to work with considerable autonomy and exercise mature professional judgement in both technical and commercial matters.
Excellent skills in the following areas will be essential:
• Team work
• Communication, both written and verbal
A reasonable level of IT skill would be expected (familiarity with e-mail, word processing and spreadsheets). Furthermore, some level of CAD (computer-aided design) skills would be required (familiarity with at least one package and ability to learn others)
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