Supplier Development Engineer - Monterrey, México - Caterpillar

Caterpillar
Caterpillar
Empresa verificada
Monterrey, México

hace 1 semana

Rodrigo Fernández

Publicado por:

Rodrigo Fernández

Reclutador de talento para beBee
Descripción

Career Area:

Procurement


Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.


When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do - but also about each other.

We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities.

We don't just talk about progress and innovation here - we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live.

Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.


Role Definition

Assesses the supplier quality and ensures that all the products are free from defects and are in compliance with manufacturing specifications and legal standards.


Responsibilities

  • Ensuring the quality of supplies by conducting tests and assessments on incoming supplies to identify any quality issues; Developing supplier inspection, testing, and evaluation mechanism.
  • Generating reports on supplier quality, by monitoring their defect rates and areas that can lead to potential flaws; Guiding suppliers to reduce these defect rates.
  • Researching the potential vendors, assessing their manufacturing environment, practices, and procedures; Conducting supplier quality control audits to ensure compliance with organizational and federal policies and standards.
  • Supporting suppliers in improving their performance through process enhancements, implementing process controls, and developing quality assurance plans.

Skill Descriptors
Effective Communications

  • Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.
  • Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.
  • Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.
  • Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.
  • Looks for and considers nonverbal cues from individuals and groups.
Problem Solving

  • Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives.
  • Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder.
  • Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information.
  • Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution.
  • Uses factfinding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.
Process Improvement

  • Defines the critical workflow for executing key processes.
  • Identifies process problems that limit performance.
  • Implements methods for improving and establishing controls for critical processes.
  • Focuses on the most significant problems to maximize efficiency gains.
  • Surfaces systemic problems to be addressed at the organizational level.
Follows up on identified activities.

Quality Orientation

  • Confronts root causes of problems wherever they exist.
  • Eliminates unnecessary work and all non valueadded activities.
  • Uses objective quality criteria and data to drive decisions.
  • Documents learnings regarding quality outcomes so that the data can be used for improvement.
  • Surfaces quality problems whose root causes fall outside the group's responsibility.
Manufacturing Standards, Procedures and Policies

  • Contributes to the development and implementation of specific manufacturing procedures.
  • Investigates the need to refer potential exceptions upward for review and approval.
  • Explains the rationale for procedures and standards in own area of responsibility.
  • Participates in the implementation of manufacturing standards and procedures to one's own function.
  • Provides feedback for improvement of procedures.
Supplier Management - MFG

  • Facilitates supplier partnering arrangements that share risk and reward.
  • Monitors supplier performance; works to resolve discrepancies between performance and agreements.
  • Develops quality standards and controls for suppliers.
  • Builds and maintains partnerships with multiple and/or large suppliers.
  • Evaluates issues and terminates supplier relationships as appropriate; works with legal departments.
  • Ensures the fulfillment of report and recordkeeping requirements.
Supplier Evaluations and Certification

  • Documents and pursues results of reference calls or other sources for a specific supplier.
  • Participates in selecting and certifying a specific supplier and/or product.
  • Assists with the steps and procedures for supplier certification.
  • Researches several types of sources of information for a supplier's or a product's reputation.
  • Assesses a product or service using predefined evaluation criteria.
  • 3 years in similar positions

Degree Requirement
Engineering Degree


Additional Information
50% or more national and international travel

Visa, valid passport, and own vehicle for transportation.


Location:
Santa María Offices

**The Caterpillar Code of Conduct states that we will select and place employees based on their qualifications for the job to be performed, without regard to race, religion, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, s
Más ofertas de trabajo de Caterpillar
Ver todas las ofertas de empleo de Caterpillar