Senior Manager, Supply Chain Engineering

** Job Description*
* Manages a team of engineers responsible for evaluating and qualifying supplier components at varying degrees of complexity and integration level. Leads supplier development initiatives, collaborating with design and procurement teams to enhance supplier capabilities and ensure seamless integration of components into product development. Ensures supplier readiness for New Product Introduction, monitoring team activities that support components and supplier processes are validated and production-ready before full-scale launch.

Develops and enforces robust processes for managing non-conforming components, including quarantine, rework, and disposition strategies. Provides technical leadership on design changes, process optimizations, and supplier transitions, mitigating risk and ensuring minimal impact on production and quality.

** Responsibilities*
* ** Key Responsibilities*
* ** Select and Qualify Components:*
* -Manages a team of engineers responsible for

evaluating and qualifying supplier components at varying degrees of complexity

and integration level, ensuring alignment with technical specifications,

reliability standards, and lifecycle requirements.

-Provides technical and strategic direction on

complex component reliability assessments, leveraging supplier data, industry

standards, and accelerated life testing methodologies to drive informed

decision-making.

-Partners with Supplier Quality, Supply Chain Security,

and Test Engineering teams to establish robust qualification criteria, ensuring

components meet product performance, safety, and manufacturability standards.

-Drives supplier-driven quality and process

improvement initiatives, reviewing manufacturing processes, material

traceability, and process controls to enhance overall component consistency and

reliability.

** Supplier Engagement:*
* -Manages supplier relationships, ensuring

alignment on technical specifications, quality expectations, and production commitments

to support business objectives.

-Manages supplier audit processes, assessing

production capabilities, process controls, and adherence to quality and

security management systems, driving improvements where needed.

-Leads supplier development initiatives,

collaborating with design and procurement teams to enhance supplier

capabilities and ensure seamless integration of components into product

development.

-Executes strategies to improve supplier

efficiency, yield, and overall product quality through continuous collaboration

and performance monitoring.

** New Product Introduction:*
* -Ensures supplier readiness for New Product

Introduction (NPI), monitoring team activities that support components and

supplier processes are validated and production-ready before full-scale launch.

-Leads supplier coordination efforts, aligning

production plans with project timelines, demand forecasts, and

manufacturability requirements.

-Monitors pilot production validation efforts,

ensuring that supplier manufacturing processes meet established quality, cost,

and performance expectations.

** Failure Analysis:*
* -Oversees the resolution of supplier-related

quality excursions and failures, ensuring timely and effective

corrective/preventive actions (RCA, CAPA).

-Leads failure analysis investigations on supplier

components, utilizing advanced analytical techniques (e.g., X-ray, scanning

electron microscopy [SEM], electrical testing) to determine failure modes and

prevent recurrence.

-Defines and monitors key supplier quality

metrics, including yield, defect rates, and overall performance, implementing

data-driven continuous improvement initiatives.

-Develops and enforces robust processes for

managing non-conforming components, including quarantine, rework, and

disposition strategies.

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* Cross-Functional Collaboration:

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* -Serves as the primary interface between internal

stakeholders, facilitating alignment with Design, Operations, Quality, and

Procurement teams.

-Drives cross-functional initiatives to enhance

product quality, reduce costs, and improve supply chain performance, ensuring

business objectives are met.

-Provides technical leadership on design changes,

process optimizations, and supplier transitions, mitigating risk and ensuring

minimal impact on production and quality.

-Develops and mentors a high-performing

engineering team, fostering technical expertise, strategic thinking, and

leadership capabilities to support long-term business success.

** Core Responsibilities*
* ** Planning & Execution:*
* -Manages multiple medium- to large-scale projects

or initiatives across teams, ensuring timelines, deliverables, and budgets when

applicable are monitored and met. Provides direction to teams on project work,

setting priorities, and aligning with business needs. Guides teams on adjusting

plans to accommodate resource or timeline changes.

** Collaboration & Partnership:*
* -Drives cross-functional partnerships to align on

expectations and shared objectives across multiple teams. Coaches team members

to develop strategic relationships with business leaders,…