Key Responsibilities

• Oversee supplier qualification processes to ensure vendors can consistently deliver products and components that meet engineering drawings and specifications.
• Lead product and manufacturing process qualification at assigned suppliers, ensuring timely completion aligned with business needs.
• Execute rigorous new supplier evaluation and onboarding, including quality and compliance audits, in collaboration with sourcing teams to meet business objectives.
• Perform surveillance audits to confirm suppliers maintain effective process controls, robust quality systems, and stringent product acceptance standards.
• Support serial production and product release activities, ensuring compliance with project and customer requirements.
• Coordinate and conduct inspections at supplier sites to verify product quality compliance.
• Facilitate customer witness inspections such as Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) and Customer Observation Points (COP) at supplier facilities.
• Oversee testing at independent third-party laboratories.
• Manage Supplier Responsibility Governance (SRG) metrics, conduct audits per regional plans, and collect process data for Critical-to-Quality (CTQ) characteristics.
• Perform process capability analysis, drive supplier improvements, and lead continuous improvement initiatives to address recurring issues.
• Handle supplier non-conformance reports (NCRs), service notices, warranty claims, and deviation requests, acting as the primary technical interface with suppliers and engineering.
• Conduct thorough root cause analysis (RCA) to resolve quality issues and prevent recurrence.
• Serve as the technical liaison between sourcing, design engineering, and materials/process engineering teams while engaging suppliers.
• Ensure adherence to quality procedures and specifications, providing technical guidance to suppliers for compliance.
• Collaborate with commercial, engineering, and manufacturing teams to remove barriers impacting quality and delivery.
• Provide sourcing quality input during product design reviews and assist in supplier base development, including onboarding new suppliers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering.
• 8–12 years of hands-on experience in electrical/electronics engineering, design, quality, or manufacturing within electronics and instrumentation products.
• Familiarity with PCBAs, wire harnesses, cables, control cabinets, sensors, transducers, switches, and control transformers.
• Minimum 3 years in supply chain or supplier quality roles.
• Strong ability to interpret engineering drawings, international standards, and manufacturing processes; capable of leading technical reviews with suppliers.
• Expertise in PCBA quality checks and wiring schematic interpretation.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills.
• Strong communication skills in English and local language; ability to work in global, cross-functional teams.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally (>50%) on short notice.
• Customer-focused and results-driven mindset.

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.