About Heraeus
Making displays foldable? Helping hearts beat with medical innovations? Or breathing new life into precious metals? As a family-owned global technology group we help our customers to always being one step ahead. Whether production, research, sales or administration - we love being the invisible force behind innovation. We deliver world-class quality in the areas of Metals & Recycling, Healthcare, Semiconductor & Electronics and Industrials. As one of the top 10 family-owned companies in Germany, we employ around 16,400 employees in 40 countries.
The following challenges await you:
Managing a Global Team: You lead, coach, and develop supplier quality and supplier development engineers. You foster a collaborative, data-driven, and results-focused culture.Driving Supplier Performance: You establish, monitor, and improve supplier KPIs such as PPM, audit scores, and delivery quality.Leading Supplier Development Initiatives: You conduct proactive supplier capability assessments, identify gaps, and implement improvement roadmaps.Overseeing Audits & Assessments: You manage the global supplier audit program, including initial qualifications, periodic audits, and escalations for critical suppliers.Ensuring APQP Excellence: You ensure effective supplier participation in Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and flawless PPAP submissions during product launches, engineering changes, and transfers.Resolving Problems & Managing Escalations: You lead critical issue resolution, perform robust root cause analyses, and implement sustainable corrective actions. You ensure global deployment of lessons learned.Collaborating Cross-Functionally: You work closely with procurement, engineering, manufacturing, and customer quality teams to align supplier strategies and solve issues collaboratively.Building Strategic Supplier Partnerships: You partner with procurement to develop long-term supplier relationships focused on capability growth, innovation, and shared goals.Leading with Digital & Data-Driven Tools: You utilize digital tools and analytics to monitor trends, predict risks, and prioritize supplier development activities.What you bring with you:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, or related field; Master’s degree preferred.Minimum of 10 years in supplier quality and development leadership roles within the ideally in the automotive manufacturing sector.Sound knowledge of quality management systems and methods such as ISO 9001 and IATF 16949 as well as knowledge of core tools (APQP, SPC, MSA, FMEA, PPF, PPAP)Experience leading structured supplier development programs and capability improvement initiatives.Proven success in leading and developing global teams across regions and cultures.Certified quality professional (e.g., CQE, CQA) or Six Sigma Black Belt preferred.Excellent communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills.Willingness to travel globally (~30–50%)..joqReqDescription .float-right { position: relative; right: 0px; bottom: 40px; float: right; } .joqReqDescription .float-left { float: left; margin-top: 15px !important; } .openmind { width:300px; } .badge { height: 80px; }.ex_footer { height: 140px; }.logos_hpm_bottum img{ max-height: 140px; padding: 20px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; }.logos_hpm_bottum{ height:140px;}Curious? Apply now!
We look forward to receiving your documents by reference code 58202 via our online application portal.
Any further questions?
Our Recruiting Team, Heraeus Electronics, is happy to assist you by email: recruiting.het@heraeus.com. Or visit us at jobs.heraeus.com.
ReqID: 58202