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About the Company

Are you a driven and technically interested person who thrives on working with quality, sustainability issues, and is attracted to helping suppliers develop? Then you are the one we are looking for!

At Alfa Laval, we always go the extra mile to meet the toughest challenges. Our driving force is to create success for our customers, people, and the planet. This can only be achieved through dedicated and curious people. Curiosity is the spark behind good ideas. And good ideas generate progress.

Alfa Laval in Ronneby, with approximately 420 employees, is one of Alfa Laval's four global factories where copper-brazed and stainless steel heat exchangers are manufactured. These are used in applications such as heat pumps, air conditioning, district heating systems, wind power/solar energy installations, and similar fields where our customers are market leaders. The products contribute directly to more efficient energy utilization and thus have a positive impact on the environment. Alfa Laval in Ronneby is in a very expansive phase, and we need to strengthen our team with new employees.

We create a better everyday life for people. We love what we do and we are good at it. Do you want to join us and contribute to a more sustainable future through technical inventions?

Tasks and Responsibilities

Do you want to work in a key role where you get to combine quality, supplier development, and improvement work in an international industrial environment?

In the role of Supplier Developer/SQA, you will become an important part of the purchasing organization and work closely with both suppliers and internal functions to ensure high quality, delivery precision, and long-term development. The role involves broad responsibility where you handle quality deviations and drive more proactive work related to improvements in sustainability, quality, lead time, and cost efficiency.

You work closely with strategic and operational buyers as well as functions within production, quality, planning, and finance. The role also involves supplier audits and qualification of new products according to PPAP methodology. Here you have great freedom to influence working methods, drive initiatives, and contribute to the continued development of the supplier base in line with business growth. The role may involve travel to our suppliers to maintain and strengthen the collaboration with the supplier.

Examples of tasks:

• Follow up and develop suppliers' performance in quality, delivery, and cost
• Initiate and drive improvement activities together with suppliers
• Handle and follow up on quality deviations and ensure long-term corrective actions
• Conduct supplier audits and develop collaboration with existing suppliers
• Drive qualification of new products at suppliers according to PPAP methodology

Your Profile

To succeed in the role, we believe you thrive in a business where you take significant personal responsibility and work closely with both internal and external contacts. You are a proactive and structured person who combines a quality focus with a business-minded and solution-oriented approach.

The role requires good collaboration skills and a diplomatic approach, as you will drive issues that affect several parts of the organization while simultaneously building long-term relationships with suppliers. You are communicative, receptive, and have the ability to get others involved in change and improvement work. At the same time, you are brave enough to raise problems and drive issues forward in a constructive way.

The role requires that you have:

• Post-secondary technical education from University College (YH) or University
• Some years of experience in similar tasks within purchasing quality, SQA, or production quality
• Experience from manufacturing industry or equivalent relevant industrial background
• Good knowledge of reading drawings
• A strong interest in quality-related issues

If you also have experience with Lean and Six Sigma, we see this as an advantage.

As part of Alfa Laval's work for a safe and healthy workplace, alcohol and drug testing is applied upon hiring.

Apply today!

Application

If you fit the profile above, do not hesitate to apply today!

Remember to motivate as thoroughly as possible why you are suitable for this position and to update your details in your CV.

Apply for the position by clicking apply and register in our database, this is to follow the guidelines applicable for GDPR. For questions regarding the position or the recruitment process, please contact the responsible recruitment team:

Marie Johansson can be reached at 070-091 14 03 or on [email protected]

Lisa Engborg can be reached on [email protected]

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