Lead Supplier Quality Engineer - Automotive Industry

About the Role As a Supplier Quality Engineer Lead, you will hold full end-to-end ownership of your portfolio. Your expertise will play a pivotal role in selecting the most suitable suppliers for sourcing awards and ensuring a quality-assured project launch. Beyond project initiation, you will maintain a proactive relationship with suppliers to drive continuous improvement and uphold a zero-defect mindset. Key Responsibilities Sourcing Stage : Collaborate with cross-functional teams to select suppliers, ensuring alignment with quality expectations and risk management protocols. Project Phase : Lead initiatives such as RTS (Review of Technical Specification), APQP, and PPAP to secure seamless project launches. Serial Production : Monitor and challenge supplier performance, driving continuous improvement and maintaining adherence to the client's quality standards. Conduct audits at supplier locations and ensure compliance with agreed standards. Build and maintain a robust network of partners, including suppliers, buyers, engineers, production teams, project stakeholders, and the warranty department. What We Are Looking For Experience : 8 years in Supplier Quality Engineering or a related field, preferably within the automotive sector. Technical Expertise : Hands-on experience with tools like APQP, PPAP, and conducting various types of supplier audits. Leadership Skills : Ability to take charge in supplier locations, production plants, and office environments, driving results aligned with organizational goals. International exposure and ability to work with multicultural teams is appreciated. Risk Management : Strong capability to manage and mitigate risks during sourcing, project execution, and running production phases. Collaboration : A team player with a proven ability to build and nurture partnerships across diverse stakeholders. Flexibility : Willingness to travel to supplier locations, production facilities, and offices of the client, in France and abroad. Language Requirements: Fluent French and English are mandatory. | WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM TMC? TMC is an international high-tech consultancy company that brings expertise to its clients to support them in realizing their technological challenges. As such, TMC is operating as an expert center at the disposition of its clients and we help them to be more competitive in an ever more global and faster-changing technological world. At TMC, people are the driving force behind technological innovation. That is why we want to create the best possible conditions for tech talents to thrive. We offer you a challenging and stimulating work environment in which you can be the director of your career. As an Employeneur you are part of our TMC family. Next to our outstanding technical expertise, fun and engagement are meaningful parts of our culture. | WHY CHOOSE FOR EMPLOYENEURSHIP? We are truly unique thanks to our Employeneurship model which is a true innovation for the High Technology consulting business. It is the business relationship of the 21st century for highly skilled technical professionals. It is built around 5 main pillars: You will have a permanent employment contract, offering you stability and security; You will get to know your market value and have a share in the profit your work generates thanks to the individual profit-sharing; We will support you with one-on-one coaching and training designed to help you develop your entrepreneurial skills; The competence cells structure provides you with a strong meaningful, and relevant network; The entrepreneurial lab: a playground for new ideas and a potential launch for start-ups.

Location: Lyon, FR

Posted Date: 1/10/2025