Supplier quality engineer emea - plating & painting

Join Eaton, a global leader where equality and inclusivity are at the heart of our mission. Here, everyone is valued and belongs. Be part of a team that delivers cutting-edge, energy-efficient solutions, making a tangible impact on the world. We empower our customers to manage electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical energy more effectively, safely, and sustainably. At Eaton, we’re dedicated to enhancing quality of life and protecting the environment with our innovative energy management technologies and services.

Our EMEA Business Service Center (BSC) in Budapest is Eaton’s largest office in the region. With a diverse team of over 700 people, representing 40+ nationalities and speaking 20+ languages, the BSC is the central hub for business services. It empowers seamless operations and drives exceptional results across our electrical, industrial, and corporate teams. We are proud to be a Disability Friendly Workplace, ensuring an inclusive environment for all our employees.

We're on an ambitious growth journey towards doubling our sales across EMEA by 2030 - and we're looking for people who want to help shape that success.

What you’ll do:

As a Supply Quality Engineer you will be responsible for commodity and sector supplier-quality performance, risk prioritization, and systemic quality improvement. You will own and monitors commodity DPPM and supplier-quality trends, leads structured quality problem solving for complex, chronic, recurring, and cross-site issues, and drives sustainable risk reduction. The role is a commodity/process SME with region focus; it partners with SDE commodity/process SMEs when specialized manufacturing-process expertise or supplier capability development is required.

The position is available in Hungary (3 days working from the office) or Poland, Czechia, Slovakia - in a remote working model.

As it requires up to 50% of travel, it is important to be located in comfortable commuting distance from the airport.

Responsibilities:

• Own and monitor commodity DPPM, supplier-quality performance, Pareto trends, chronic suppliers, and cross-site patterns.
• Prioritize suppliers and commodity quality risks using performance, recurrence, business impact and cross-site exposure.
• Lead structured supplier-quality problem solving for complex, chronic, recurring, systemic, and cross-site issues.
• Challenge and validate supplier root cause and corrective action, ensuring rigor, evidence, and recurrence prevention.
• Drive systemic corrective action, chronic supplier recovery, and commodity-level quality improvement.
• Plan and execute risk-based supplier audits and convert findings into prioritized quality-improvement actions.
• Identify systemic quality risks across sites and coordinate cross-site corrective action and standardization where required.
• Engage SDE commodity/process SMEs when quality risk exposes a manufacturing capability, process, capacity, scalability, rate-readiness, or specialized technical gap.
• Support defined APQP/PPAP quality activities and supplier-quality readiness for high-risk launches, changes, and transfers.
• Verify effectiveness and sustained reduction of supplier and commodity quality risk.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, or related technical discipline
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, or related technical discipline
• Expertise in plating and painting is required
• Additional experience in: plastic injection, molding, casting nonferrous, PCBA and electronics is an advantage
• Demonstrated experience of manufacturing process and area of assessing manufacturing capability and driving process supplier improvement
• Working knowledge of APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, Control Plans, MSA, SPC, and structured problem solving
• Knowledge of Lean / Continuous Improvement methodologies

What we offer:

• Wide Range of Employee Benefits: Hybrid work model, Annual bonus, Cafeteria, Private Medical Insurance, Life Insurance, - Eye-glass refund, AYCM partnership, Internal reward system (E-Stars)
• Employee Wellbeing Support: Access comprehensive support programs designed to enhance your overall wellbeing
• Family Friendly: Enjoy a family-friendly environment with policies that support work-life balance
• Talent Management and Career Development: We are dedicated to your professional growth, with a strong focus on internal mobility, continuous learning, and peer coaching
• Dog-Friendly: Bring your furry friend to work in our dog-friendly office
• Dedicated Spaces: Utilize our family room, multi-prayer room, stretching room, and chill room for your comfort and convenience
• Company Yoga Sessions: Participate in regular yoga sessions to stay fit and relaxed
• Social Responsibility: Join a socially responsible organization committed to making a positive impact
• Employee Appreciation Day: Celebrate with us on Employee Appreciation Day, recognizing your hard work and contributions

All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.