Sourcing Quality Engineer

Overview

We’re Kingfisher, A team made up of over 76,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas - to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.

At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

We’re recruiting for a Sourcing Quality Engineer to join our Group Quality Design team in Turkey. We’re looking for a candidate who has experience in the quality and/or production of Sanitaryware products to help ensure that our products comply with the legal, safety and quality requirements.

THIS ROLE IS BASED IN TURKEY

What's the job?

• Evaluate, perform risk assessment and develop new products to ensure they comply with legal, safety and quality requirements
• Ensures product documentation, specification sheets, bills of materials, detail drawings, assembly drawings and instructions for use and installation of product developed based on Kingfisher requirements, manage sample sealing process
• Ensure products and associated packaging and manuals meet quality, legal and safety requirements
• Audit of factories based on Kingfisher requirements((quality system assessment, process capability analysis etc.); ensure implementation of agreed corrective actions
• Follow up on non-conforming from the factory audit, in-line inspection, FRI inspection, quality complaints from internal customers, product returns. Identify/drive root cause analysis, corrective action and preventive action implementation in factories
• Ensure quality sourcing procedures are fully understood and implemented by factories, inspection and test agents
• Manage FRI inspections and evaluate results of inspections conducted by either 3rd party agencies or local teams, define and obtain DCL. Occasionally conduct During Production Inspections and FRI inspections followed by a relevant report
• Lead and drive CTQ-CTP-PFME- Control Plan exercises in factories
• Closely working with vendors to maintain product quality and secure quality expectations to meet Kingfisher requirements
• Lead and coordinate test process with the supplier and verify those stages are fulfilled on time

What you'll bring

• University degree in an engineering field
• Preferably min 3 years experience in a similar role in a sourcing office
• Solid Quality Assurance technical skills
• Strong time and project management skills
• Strong proficiency in MS Office required
• ISO quality system knowledge, QA and QC methods knowledge, experience with European standards and directives
• Good communications skills with the ability to work in a dynamic organization
• 30% ~50% of the time-traveling (mostly within the geographic footprint)
• Fluent level of written and verbal English.

Be Customer Focused – constantly improving our customers’ experience

• I listen to my customers
• I use available data to help make decisions

Be Human – acting with humanity and care

• I do the right thing
• I am respectful

Be Curious – thrive on learning, thinking beyond the obvious

• I build and share new ideas
• I try new things and share my learnings

Be Agile – working with trust, pace and agility

• I have courage to be creative
• Done is better than perfect, I aim for 80/20

Be Inclusive – acting inclusively in diverse teams to work together

• I embrace allyship
• I have self-awareness and a desire to learn

Be Accountable – championing the plan to deliver results and growth

• I own my actions
• I understand the Kingfisher plan and how it relates to my role

At Kingfisher, we value the perspectives that any new team members bring, and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements.

In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here!

We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.

Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible.

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