Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

Description

About Cirkul, Inc.

Cirkul Inc. is a venture-backed, direct-to-consumer startup company that develops

transformational hydration products that reimagine how flavored beverages are created,

personalized, and enjoyed at home and on the go. You may have read about us going viral on

TikTok or our latest funding round which valued us at over $1B

(https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-13/cirkul-water-becomes-tiktok-famous-

now-valued-at-1-billion)

Overview

Cirkul Inc. is growing its quality team and is looking for a Supplier Quality Engineer. This

individual will help to further the quality organizations ability to support supplier quality

operations throughout the business. Key initiatives include managing supplier management

systems, including supplier quality manuals, procedures, and improvement activities.

Responsibilities

• Manage suppliers key performance indicators and work with supply chain partners for quality issues and coordinate with the supplier to drive timely resolution.
• Collaborate with suppliers to ensure root causes are documented, corrective actions are documented, and corrective actions are taken and sustained. Ensure supplier-caused quality agreement-related issues have documented root causes and countermeasures in place.
• Monitor the supplier's quality performance, such as product defects, on-time delivery, and other incidents involving the supplier's failure to meet established requirements.
• Develop current suppliers' phase-out plans, and new supplier phase-in to improve overall supply chain performance and coordinate with Supply Chain.
• Document and Issue Supplier Corrective Action Requests / Notifications based on supplier performance.
• Develop and maintain a supplier management system, including supplier quality manuals, procedures, scorecards, and improvement activities.
• Perform initial suppliers' assessments and ongoing supplier audits. Play a critical role in oversight, development, and approval of process validations at supplier sites.
• Maintain the supplier CAR database. Interface with Suppliers as necessary to resolve CAR issues. Document, Issue, and Resolve Audit-Related Corrective Action Reports.
• Help develop, document, and maintain Quality Assurance Supplier Requirements.
• Certify Suppliers - In concert with Procurement and Quality - develop, Document, and maintain the Criteria and Approve the "Master" Supplier List.
• Collaborate with Engineering to define parameters/critical/tolerances to align the supplier's capability with product requirements.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years of Quality Engineering experience, preferably with high-volume
• Coach, and mentor.
• Consumer products CQE Certification is preferred.
• Ability to travel up to 40%.
• Ability to exercise professional judgment in identifying organizational improvement.
• Preferred CQE and/or CQA certification is a plus.
• Candidate should possess a 4-year technical degree; an Engineering degree is
• Ability to effectively work with cross-functional teams as a change agent, facilitator,

A Little More About Cirkul

Cirkul Inc. is a rapidly growing beverage technology company on a mission to make a healthier

world by helping people enjoy drinking more water. The company has developed an innovative

beverage delivery system that makes drinking more water delicious, fun, and personalized. The

technology reduces the shipping weight of bottled beverages by 99% and uses 84% less plastic.

Cirkul Inc. offers its customers over 50 unique flavors, all with no sugar, zero calories, zero

carbs, no artificial colors or flavors, and a range of functional enhancements. Hundreds of

thousands of consumers are using Cirkul to transition away from single-use plastics and sugar-

filled beverages to healthier, better-for-you alternatives. The company is growing at a

tremendous pace, is consistently profitable, and is backed by world-class investors.

Cirkul, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in hiring a diverse workforce and are

committed to sustaining an equitable and inclusive, people-first environment. We do not

discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national

origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. If you'd like more information about your

EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please download the available EEO in the Law & EEO

is the Law Supplement documents