Line Manager: Supplier Quality Manager
Responsibilities
This role is responsible for ensuring supplier quality performance through audits, supplier development and problem-solving activities. As a hands-on role, the Supplier Quality Engineer acts as the primary quality interface between AIXTRON and its suppliers.
- Conduct supplier audits (on-site and remote) as lead auditor, ensuring compliance with AIXTRON standards and industry regulations.
- Act as the key contact for supplier-related quality issues, leading root cause analysis and ensuring sustainable corrective and preventive actions.
- Support supplier selection decisions by providing quality assessments, risk evaluations and input on supplier capability.
- Assess and continuously improve supplier processes, workflows and manufacturing capability to ensure stable product quality and delivery performance.
- Support supplier quality planning activities (e.g. inspection planning, validation, first article inspection) to ensure production readiness.
- Actively support new product introduction (NPI), ramp-up and supplier transfer projects to secure quality and process stability.
- Identify supplier quality risks and drive corrective and continuous improvement measures in collaboration with suppliers.
- Define, agree and track supplier improvement actions and programs to ensure sustainable performance enhancement.
- Collaborate closely with Engineering, Procurement and Production to align quality requirements and resolve issues.
- Monitor supplier quality performance based on KPIs and maintain accurate documentation (e.g. audits, action tracking, inspection plans).
Qualifications and Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Mechanical, Electrical, Quality Management, or related disciplines.
- At least 3 years of experience in Quality Assurance, Quality Control or Supplier Quality Engineering, semiconductor or electronics manufacturing background is preferred.
- Knowledge of commonly used manufacturing processes and evaluation of defects in components and assemblies
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and specifications.
- Command of quality tools is required, such as FMEA APQP, 8D,SPC, etc.
- Knowledge of quality management standards.
- Structured, analytical, and fact-based mindset with solution-oriented attitude
- Practical skills to handle multiple tasks/projects with time/priority planning.
- Willingness to travel domestic and international.
- Proficiency in MS Office and SAP is preferred.
- Fluent in English; Bahasa Malaysia.
Working Conditions & Environment
· Role based at AIXTRON Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
· Majority of the work is at Batu Kawan site
- Visits to supplier locations will be requested as needed.
