Supplier Quality Engineering Team Leader

At Frencken Mechatronics, every micron matters. Behind each high-tech system we build for the semiconductor, healthcare, and analytical industries lies a story of precision, collaboration, and continuous improvement. From cleanroom assemblies to complex modules, our teams work at the forefront of innovation - solving technical challenges that push the limits of manufacturing.

Currently we are looking for a Supplier Quality Engineering expert, ready to take on a dual role of Team Leader and Senior Engineer.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Quality and operational performance of a selected number of suppliers.
• Work with suppliers on performance monitoring, solve technical issues, and drive technical process improvements (for example quality and yield improvement, process control, risk analysis and reduction).
• Manage a small team of supplier quality engineers.
• Work closely together with Frencken’s procurement team and suppliers’ team.
• Responsible for the entire quality and technical process performance for suppliers and their n-tier suppliers.
• Monitor, review and drive supplier quality performance from incidents to structural improvement.
• Contribute to supplier development (implementing SPC, lean, FMEA, operational excellence at suppliers or n-tier suppliers).
• Optimize manufacturing processes at suppliers by improving quality, testing and qualification infrastructure.
• Support the development of a procurement-wide quality strategy.
• Carry out supplier improvement plans (SIP) and prioritize according to supplier performance.

Background

• Completed (minimum) HBO education, preferably in Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum of 7 years of work experience in a similar role.
• Experience in a production environment with high-tech products and complex assembly processes.
• Experience in improvement projects in supply chain.
• Experience in relationships with suppliers.

Personal and Professional Skills

• Excellent communication skills.
• Convincing/negotiation skills.
• Relationship builder (internal and external).
• Pro-active attitude.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Ability to switch between complex matters and high-level conclusions.
• Understanding of manufacturing technology.
• Result oriented, hands-on mentality.
• Fluent in English.

What We Offer

• A collaborative, informal, and supportive working environment.
• Challenging, cutting-edge high-tech projects.
• Competitive salary and benefits package: 27 vacation days + 13 ADV days, bonus scheme.
• Strong focus on personal growth and development.
• A team of passionate engineers who share your drive for technology.