Sr Manager, Supplier Quality

As a Senior Manager of Supplier Quality, you'll guide our global performance management program and elevate our supplier quality standards. You'll lead a team of Supplier Quality Engineers and work closely with cross-functional partners to support continuous improvement and strategic supplier development. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to critical quality initiatives, develop partnerships with key stakeholders, and facilitate problem-solving activities that address non-conformances.

Key responsibilities include:

·        Lead and develop the Supplier Quality team; build talent and succession plans, strengthen organizational capabilities, and manage performance against business priorities.

·        Manage team performance through ongoing coaching and formal performance reviews; identify development needs and support individual development plans.

·        Own the supplier quality framework across the supplier lifecycle, from initial assessment and qualification through ongoing monitoring and improvement.

·        Assist in setting the direction for the Supplier Quality organization, translating business and quality priorities into team objectives, operating plans, and clear accountability.

·        Accountable for regulatory compliance and supplier risk management, ensuring risks are assessed, prioritized, and addressed across the supply chain.

·        Define supplier quality metrics and review performance trends to guide priorities, resource allocation, new technologies, and process improvements.

·        Drive the adoption of technologies and processes that strengthen supplier oversight and support material qualification, product changes, and sustaining engineering.

·        Oversee quality improvement programs that deliver measurable gains in supplier performance and product quality.

·        Using data analysis, quality tools, project management, and professional skills, lead initiatives to enhance supplier performance and product quality.

·        Build strategic alignment across Sourcing, Manufacturing, Product Engineering, Global Technical Support, Operations, and Commodity Management to resolve systemic supplier quality challenges.

·        Develop senior-level supplier relationships and engage supplier leadership in addressing systemic issues and improving quality capability.

·        Plan and lead supplier quality audits, document findings, and follow up on corrective actions.

·        Own the supplier audit program and corrective action governance, ensuring findings are addressed and recurring issues are prevented.

·        Oversee the supplier nonconformance and corrective action system, ensuring timely containment, effective root cause analysis, and sustained corrective and preventive actions.

·        Guide continuous improvement priorities across the supplier network, aligning projects and resources with business needs and quality risks.

·        Maintain and analyze supplier quality and performance metrics to identify trends, investigate non-conformances, and conduct root cause analysis.

·        Lead continuous improvement projects that improve supplier performance and product quality.