Salary is up to £52,000 + Company car As a Supplier Quality & Development Engineer, you will be the go-to expert in Supplier Quality Management, overseeing and enhancing all aspects of supplier quality performance activities. Your primary responsibilities will include: - Defining and tracking the correct Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to ensure industry-leading quality performance from the supply base. - Developing the supply base to ensure they meet requirements across key quality areas such as delivered quality, on-time delivery performance, and continuous improvement. - Collaborating with suppliers to form mutually beneficial partnerships. - Assessing, measuring, and developing suppliers via on-site Quality, Cost, Delivery Development, Management (QCDM). - Implementing Lean, Best in Quality, Production Parts Approval Process (PPAP), and Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) methodologies. - Conducting supplier audits (both remote and on-site) to implement lean activities. - Participating in Bill of Materials (BoM)-wide Value Add/Value Engineering activities. - Reviewing supplier capacity in readiness for planned production run rates using standard Overall Effectiveness & Run at Rate activities. - Ensuring process control standards are in place and monitored, identifying improvement opportunities. - Monitoring suppliers' adherence to Engineering Change Notification (ECN) processes. - Reviewing, approving, and valid...