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Job Title: US Supplier Quality InspectorJob Description

You will drive and manage the performance of your supply base from a QDCF-TSR standpoint, addressing low-performing suppliers and providing strong technical assistance. Your mission is to return suppliers to health, ensure zero tolerance for impacting operations or customer satisfaction, and support resourcing activities away from troubled suppliers. You will collaborate with global teams, ensuring adequate performance, capacity, and flexibility throughout the supply chain.

Responsibilities

• Analyze supplier capacity and investment requests

• Engage actively with suppliers and supply chains

• Assess supplier weaknesses accurately and provide solutions

• Monitor high-risk supplier development issues to prevent crisis

• Develop and drive supplier problem-solving techniques

• Fix and develop supplier production systems and processes

• Drive supplier operational excellence

• Set focused priorities to reach objectives

Essential Skills

• Strong sense of urgency and commitment

• Ability to handle uncertainty and unexpected situations

• Experience with multitasking and managing workload efficiently

• Drive sense of urgency to suppliers with focused communication and results

• Customer-focused mindset

• Provide timely information for accurate decisions

• Create trustful relations and support finding solutions

• Strong collaboration and leadership skills

• Execute in a complex regional organization

• Anticipate bottlenecks, explore contingencies, and provide solutions

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• University degree in engineering, or supply chain management preferred

• 5 years of experience in supply chain quality and development or production

• Experience in automotive or heavy commercial truck industry REQUIRED

• Strong problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills

• Accountability and project management abilities

• Ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment

• Desire to work in a collaborative team

• Strong integrity and creativity

• Flexibility and preparedness to travel with short notice

• Proficiency in manufacturing engineering, process improvement, lean manufacturing, crisis management, and risk management

• Experience with root cause analysis and Six Sigma

Work Environment

Open work environment with no assigned desks, but all team members sit in the same area. Lockers are provided. Travel required up to 40% of the time, primarily on the East coast, but also to suppliers in IN, MI, and Mexico.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

• Hiring diverse talent

• Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection

• Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes

• Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com (%20actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com) for other accommodation options.