Supplier Quality Manager

Howyou’llmake an impact

• Partners with Supply Chain Management (SCM) to develop standardized supply base management and quality training materials for localized deployment.

• Drives the deployment of and adherence to the supplier qualification process, ensuringactive suppliers maintain full qualification and compliance. 

• Provides transparent, regular quality and compliance status updates to the Supply Chain Management (SCM) leadership team.

• Guarantees corporate quality processes are thoroughly understood and effectively implemented across the organization

• Representsthe “Voice of Supplier”,sharing strategic supplier perspectives and constraints when collaborating with internal functions, safeguarding long-term supply base sustainability and operational health.

• Coordinates with R&D, Engineering, Project Management, and SCM leadership to ensure SQEs receivetimelyinputfor an effective execution of critical product qualifications (APQP,PPAP, FAI, FAT). 

• Supports Supplier Quality Engineers (SQEs) during the planning and execution of product qualifications, ensuring a rigorous evaluation of critical risk-assessment documentation, including supplier PFMEAs, Control Plans, and Process Flow Diagrams.

• Oversees the prompt resolution ofsupplierNon-Conformances(NCs), ensuring suppliersidentifyand execute robust process improvements.

• Co-defines supplier quality Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) with global SCM, ensuring regular performance reporting aligned with overall SCM strategy.

• Defines targeted supplier site inspections driven by specific risk profiles - such as underperforming vendors, new critical product introductions, or novel product developments - and collaborates with PQMs to formally integrate these requirements into Quality Control Plans (QCPs) or Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs).

• Minimum of 7+ years of progressive experience within Quality Assurance, Supplier Quality, or Operations, including a proventrack recordof at least 3 years in a leadership or team management role within a matrixed, large-scale organizational structure.

• Certified Lead Auditor (ISO9001 or similar).

• Six Sigma Green Belt.

• Demonstrates expert-levelproficiencyinleveragingstructured methodologies (e.g., 8D, 5-Why, Ishikawa, Six Sigma DMAIC) to rapidly diagnose,contain, and remediate systemic supplier quality anomalies

• Mastery of advanced quality planning methodologies, including APQP/PPAP, FMEA, Control Plans, MSA (Gage R&R), and SPC (Statistical Process Control).

• Demonstrated capability to direct, mentor, motivate, and balance the workloads of geographically dispersed and multi-cultural Supplier Quality Engineers (SQEs) across different time zones.

• Demonstrates exceptional communication skills, synthesizing dense technical data into streamlined, high-impact reports and presentations tailored for SCM leadership and key business stakeholders.

• Proven ability to cultivate strong, collaborative networks with internal engineering, global category management, and project quality teams, fostering an environment of shared accountability for supply base success.