Supplier Quality Engineering Manager

The Supplier Quality Engineering Manager tracks data, identifies improvement projects, and manages cross-functional implementation to improve performance of suppliers and key components by implementing process controls and quality assurance plans.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:  

• Support the implementation of the Quality Management System with special emphasis on the Supplier Management System.
• Contribute to new business initiatives/projects and review/communicate the impact on Supplier Quality Activities.
• Lead supplier development strategy, designing the metrics for the function and supplier performance.
• Work with cross functional teams to define process parameters and criteria to ensure supplier process capability is effective to meet product and process requirements.
• Create, issue, monitor and assure completion and effectiveness of Supplier Corrective Action Requests.
• Perform on-site supplier visits for root cause analysis and verification of corrective actions of Supplier Quality issues.
• Promote the use of customer preferred techniques for continuous improvement such as Lean, Six-Sigma, Poka-Yoke (Error Proofing), Measurement System Analysis and FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis.
• Monitor, communicate and improve key supply chain KPI’s, supplier escapes, DPPM and waste.
• Provide leadership in identifying, articulating, and resolving supplier problems related to First Article Inspections, line rejects, and warranty.
• Stay current and up to date on any changes that may affect the supply and demand of needed products and materials and advise others of any impact.
• Manage, coach, and develop a high performing Supplier Quality team that meets agreed objectives, and which delivers best practice results, added value and continuous improvements. 
• Lead incoming inspection area, inspectors, documents, and workflow, being responsible to elaborate, update and coordinate incoming inspection plans.
• Liaison between supplier and the company by participating in and approving/rejecting drawing reviews, design reviews, reliability assessments, factory testing, process, and supplier capabilities. 

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelors’ degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
• Must have 3+ years of Supplier Quality Engineering leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Proficient with MS Office.
• Travel expected to be up to 25%.
• Must have excellent communication skills.

Physical Demands: 

• Required to sit, type, occasionally stand, walk, lift, carry, push, pull and lift or move up to 20 pounds.