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Job Description

About the role When series production wobbles, you steady it. You own supplier quality performance in your categories — protecting customers, lines and warranty — and make the numbers visibly better. Location: Zeekr EU HQ, Jachthavenweg 112, 1081 KJ Amsterdam What you'll do KPI ownership: batch conformity, PPM, field failures — you set targets with suppliers and chase them. 8D lead: fast response on incidents, root cause closed, learnings deployed across suppliers and models. Audit plan: run the annual cycle — VDA6.3 process, system and special-process audits — with risk-tiered follow-through. Change control: approve 4M changes and keep sub-tier risk visible. Feed-forward: push series lessons back into development standards so problems can't recur. Hard calls: recommend improvement, re-sourcing or exit for underperformers. What makes you a good fit Experience: 3-5 years supplier quality at an OEM or Tier-1, with a series-production portfolio you owned alone. Problem solver: 8D, QC tools, FMEA, SPC, MSA — including the nasty bulk cases. Process depth: you know how the parts in your categories are actually made. Field presence: firm and fair at supplier sites, negotiating in English without a script. Even better if Overseas supplier experience, VDA6.3 qualified, or a second European language. Sound like you? Apply — 10 working days to hear back. Inclusion statement per Appendix A. Appendix A We build teams from varied backgrounds and encourage candidates of all genders, ages, nationalities, abilities and identities to apply. If you meet most — not all — of the criteria, we still want to hear from you. Reasonable adjustments are available at any stage of the recruitment process; just tell your recruiter. Applicants should be legally able to work in Netherlands; where roles qualify, we will assess work-permit sponsorship support case by case.

Core Responsibilities

Own supplier quality performance for assigned categories, including conformity, PPM, and field-failure KPIs, and lead incident response and root-cause resolution using 8D. Manage supplier audits and 4M change approvals, apply lessons to development standards, and recommend improvement, re-sourcing, or supplier exit when needed.

Requirements

Requires 3–5 years of supplier quality experience at an OEM or Tier-1, with independent ownership of a series-production portfolio and knowledge of relevant manufacturing processes. Candidates should be proficient in 8D, quality-control tools, FMEA, SPC, and MSA, and able to negotiate in English; overseas supplier experience, VDA 6.3 qualification, or another European language is an advantage.