Senior Supplier Quality Engineer - Saudi

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future? If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.

What You Will Do

Position Description

In Volvo Group Trucks Purchasing, we are now looking for a Saudi Senior Supplier Quality Engineer to be based in Dubai, UAE.

You will join a passionate team, creating business value in an open, multicultural and dynamic environment. We value team players, with energy and creativity, who are willing to drive the change and strive for the best in order to deliver results and motivated by challenging situations.

As Saudi Senior Quality Engineer you will take on the important challenge to secure Volvo & Renault Trucks objectivities for local sourcing in Saudi. You will work with your other colleagues in Volvo to build & industrialize localization plan for different parts being delivered to Volvo & Renault Trucks Plant in Saudi.

We can offer you

• The opportunity to work in a highly competitive environment with purchasing responsibilities.
• The challenge to be the cornerstone of all activities from the early phase of the project until its complete industrialization
• Be able to work and develop in a dynamic and multicultural organization.
• The chance to join our solid cross functional team consisting of team players with energy and creativity, who are willing to drive the change and strive for the best in order to deliver result.
  
  

Who are you?

We believe that you have a quality-oriented mindset with strong communication and networking skills. In addition to this you enjoy managing many parallel activities and you have a target-oriented approach. A successful candidate has a high level of integrity and trust and gets quickly up to speed. You have a positive mindset and like to be a part of a team. At the same time you feel comfortable managing your own work, and taking the lead whenever needed.

Qualifications

• 6 or more years of quality assurance, process quality, process engineering, or design engineering experience
• Continuous improvement and zero-defect mentality
• Ability to create networks, collaborate, and lead cross-functional activities within multi-cultural teams
• Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain or related field, or equivalent working experience
• Experience of local sourcing projects
• Arabic language in addition to English will be a merit
• Supply Chain Evaluations experience will be an advantage
  
  

What’s in it for you?

Core Responsibilities

Senior Supplier Quality Engineer will perform quality assurance activities of purchased items within project phase with the objective of monitoring and guiding suppliers to define and establish processes that can deliver parts according to the agreed specifications on a consistent basis. You are responsible for the industrialization of products from sourcing phase through PPAP approval and will manage a portfolio of suppliers.

Additional Responsibilities

• Perform supplier auditing and quality assurance activities of purchased items within project, with the objective of monitoring and guiding suppliers to define and establish processes that can deliver parts according to the agreed specifications
• Be responsible for the industrialization of products from sourcing phase through PPAP approval, tracking and monitoring the entire APQP process along the way
• Manage a portfolio of suppliers
• Participate and contribute during design and technical specification and manufacturing feasibility reviews with suppliers and Volvo stakeholders
• Review tool design practices with suppliers, providing input as needed
• Lead review of pFMEA and Control Plans, securing Safe Launch / pre-launch and serial production product and process characteristics are optimized toward Zero Defect Mentality
• Promote best practices for automated process control, mistake proof, automatic inspection, and segregation of defective parts in production process
  
  

Ready for the next move?

• If you are curious to explore how we put our words into actions, follow us on LinkedIn and volvogroup.com.
• If you want to make a real impact in your career, the transportation business is where you want to be. We look forward to meeting you.
• Are you excited to bring your skills and disruptive ideas to the table? We can’t wait to hear from you. Apply today!
  
  

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Who We Are And What We Believe In

Our focus on Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity allows each of us the opportunity to bring our full authentic self to work and thrive by providing a safe and supportive environment, free of harassment and discrimination. We are committed to removing the barriers to entry, which is why we ask that even if you feel you may not meet every qualification on the job description, please apply and let us decide.

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, across the globe, our trucks, buses, engines, construction equipment, financial services, and solutions make modern life possible. We are almost 100,000 people empowered to shape the future landscape of efficient, safe and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents with sharp minds and passion across the group’s leading brands and entities.

Group Trucks Purchasing has 125 BSEK in purchasing annual spend and 2,550 supply chain partners in serial production. We deliver the best possible products and service that bring value to our customers through scouting and working with high performing supply chain partners. We support Volvo Group's mission ‘Driving prosperity through transport solutions' through sustainability, business ethics and innovation. Joining us means working in a global context with 1,400 colleagues from diverse backgrounds and different nationalities across 25 countries while contributing to the core business and results of Volvo Group.