Supplier Quality Engineer

Permobil founder Dr. Per Uddén believed that helping people achieve the greatest level of independence is a basic human right and, for over 50 years, Permobil has held fast to that belief. Permobil is a global leader in advanced rehabilitation technology, passionate about better understanding our users’ needs and improving their quality of life through state-of-the-art healthcare solutions. Today, those solutions include power wheelchairs, seating and positioning products, power assist, and manual wheelchairs.

Permobil is part of Patricia Industries, a subsidiary of Investor AB and is headquartered in Sweden. Permobil has 1600 team members in more than 15 countries around the world. For more information regarding the company’s storied history and complete product line visit permobil.com (http://www.permobil.com/).

We are now recruiting a Supplier Quality Engineer



Key tasks

As Supplier Quality Engineer in the group sourcing team you will contribute to defining and executing the global sourcing strategy within Permobil Group. The group sourcing team defines and presents supply chain strategies based on category management and supplier quality assurance including responsibility for suppliers and their performance.

The position as Supplier Quality Engineer involves a structured and methodical approach, with responsibility for ensuring supplier product and process compliance.

You will develop relationships with new and existing suppliers as well as being responsible for product and process quality from the supplier base. Following-up and monitoring of key quality and compliance measures is part of the role.

You will also be part of evaluating and selecting new suppliers. You will be visiting our suppliers to drive risk assessments and compliance control in our evaluation process.

Key duties with this position that covers both global and regional activities are:

- Leadership in driving effective corrective action response with suppliers

- Provide training, monitor and improve local site claim handling process
- Assist with development of inspection work instructions and control plans
- Perform supplier qualification audits and lead follow up of any required next steps
- Work integrated with product development (US and Sweden) in new projects
- Support business with supplier quality analysis and suggestions for improvement also for quality issues related to product design
- Participate production process design. production process validation and part approval (PPAP)
- Participate in CAPA projects
- Participate in developing and communicating supplier quality manual
- Participate in continuous improvement of supplier quality frameworks


Our environment is international though a majority of the work is conducted with global suppliers.

This position is located in Timrå and includes travelling.



Your background

Our Supplier Quality Engineer is expected to analyze, suggest and implement improvements at of our Quality Management System, both internally and at suppliers in an independent way. The level of problem solving is also affected by the fact that the process around supplier quality always have to be at the highest standard and continuously improved to secure the safety for Permobil users.

No internal supervisory responsibilities are related to the position but it requires high level of supervision, coordination and communication with all sites within Permobil as well as the contacts with the suppliers.

Key competences with this position that covers both global and regional activities are:

- Solid knowledge in Quality Management Systems
- Experience in design, production engineering and production methods


- Basic project management
- Strong relationship management and communication skills
- Persuasive and influential with a high level of attention to details
- Power of initiative and strong driving force
- Fluent in English (spoken and written)


We expect you to have university degree (or similar) in engineering and/or quality/supply chain management or equivalent work experience from other product development, supply chain, quality engineering, project management or similar positions.



We offer you

The chance to be part of an amazing team in a global and fast growing, exciting company. Your work will have a tangible impact on the way that we operate, and we promise you that you will have the opportunity to utilize every tool in your toolkit and work with talented and ambitious people who strive for excellence. Are you ready to make a difference and be a part of our future journey? Then you should apply today. We really looking forward to meeting you!



Information

For further information about this position please contact Karin Frisendahl, +46 70 377 45 46, karin.frisendahl@jeffersonwells.se or Mats Andersson, +47 70 854 30 42, mats.andersson@jeffersonwells.se, recruiting partners at Jefferson Wells.

For contact with union representatives, please email: unionen@permobil.com

Please submit your application in our recruitment system, no later than November 14th, 2021.