Supplier Quality Leader

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This role will be responsible for the leadership of Supplier Quality: defining, planning, initiation and control of supplier-related quality assurance and management activities.

• Supplier performance leadership – Leading the supply base to required performance levels by developing supplier targets, analyzing supplier performance and cost of quality data, creating scorecards, and maintaining periodic supplier reviews for performance, maintenance, and improvement plans.
• Quality improvement and corrective action – Reducing supplier quality nonconformance costs by driving process improvement, tool modification, CAPA verification, product and process audits, Kaizen events, SIP initiatives, and effective corrective action for quality issues and non-conforming components.
• Supplier qualification and advanced planning – Leading technical design reviews with suppliers using APQP, communicating requirements and PPAP expectations, and qualifying supplier processes through process validation, first article review, measurement system analysis, PFMEA, control plans, Gage R&R, capability studies, metrology, and process monitoring.
• Problem solving and technical oversight – Leading 8D and RRCA problem-solving activities using systemic, logical, and sequential approaches while providing senior technical oversight for issue resolution, root cause analysis, and preventive and corrective action implementation.
• Supplier systems, audits, and reporting – Establishing and maintaining AssurX CATSWeb supplier usage and licensing, supporting plant and supplier training, preparing reports on supplier quality-system effectiveness, and participating in VDA, product and process, and CAPA verification audit programs.
• Cross-functional collaboration – Partnering with procurement, manufacturing plant quality teams, and engineering teams on supplier selection, make/buy input, preferred supplier identification, supplier categorization, general quality agreements, documentation optimization, and supplier-related quality metrics.
• Change control and product reliability – Implementing methods to inspect, test, and evaluate supplier processes, products, and production equipment for new projects, while ensuring effective change control and proactive communication with suppliers about design or process changes that could affect product quality.

• 3+ years of experience with the following:
  • Supplier Quality in the electro-mechanical industry, including plastic injection and metal stamping commodities.
  • Technical writing, verbal and written communication, interpersonal skills, and engagement with stakeholders and team members in remote locations.
  • Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing, general statistics, and supplier quality analysis.
  • Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
  • Problem solving with strong attention to detail, critical thinking, analytical ability, task prioritization, and project management.
• 40% travel, both domestically and…