Supplier Quality Manager

The Supplier Quality Manager will report to the Quality Center Manager and will manage the Supplier Quality team on product quality related issues. The SQA Manger will respond to supplier manufacturing quality issues and manage the system that tracks non-conformance problems. Candidate must build effective relationships with plant staff and shop floor production personnel to lead incoming quality and improve outgoing quality.

Develop inspection standards and best methods for performing inspection and plan, prioritize, set goals, and manage multiple projects in a technical and business environment. This role will lead and support all quality and continuous improvement initiatives through the Kaizen methodology by working collaboratively within cross-functional manufacturing teams and facilitating consensus from the main stakeholders.

Specific Roles & Responsibilities:

• General
  • The SQA Manager is the liaison between Corporate Supplier Quality and plant quality teams to ensure adherence to supplier part print specifications with an overall objective to protect the customer and the plant.
  • Ensure Quality Systems are followed according to Corporate Standards
  • Support plant Cost Deployment (CD) initiatives

• SQ Manager Aspect
  • Primary contact for supplier quality issues for the plant
  • Manage NCT process for suppliers
  • Manage and track all supplier GIMs to closure (within 90 days)
  • Ensure team follows WCM Supplier Quality Process (8 Stages, S&P Matrix Development, QC 7 Steps of problem solving, Tie all losses to CD)
  • Develop Strategic Business plan for plant supply base
  • Ensure urgent response to address any reactive Supplier Quality Issues
  • Coordinate with MLM to address any part supply issues
  • Attack all supplier quality field issues
  • Manage Supplier Visits for key components
  • Provide supplier sort data for daily plant hot sheet reporting