Supplier Quality Manager
Recruiter: Jonathan Lee Recruitment
Location: Wolverhampton
Salary: £53,000 + package
Application date: 12th May 2021
Are you a Supplier Quality Manager confident in establishing, maintaining and executing the supplier quality system, governing supplier selection, supplier qualification and supplier metrics? You will drive continuous design and process related improvements with externally sourced suppliers, implement processes for identifying suppliers for strategic development and develop a system for the continuous development of suppliers.
Key responsibilities for this Supplier Quality Manager role will include;
• To ensure new factored products follow appropriate approval processes
• To define and maintain inspection standards and schedules for all factored product
• Providing feedback and manage issues with suppliers & colleagues to a conclusion that protects customer and working with Purchase Dept to recover costs where possible
• Managing supplier improvement process by using direct contact and EMEA Asia Sourcing Office
• Ensuring that all quality activity is monitored and co-ordinated in an effective manner
• Taking active involvement in NPI process to ensure lessons learned from previous launches are built on and that gateway process is correctly adhered to
• Reporting on supplier performance and drive structured improvement activity
• To develop and maintain quality management system for all overseas factored product
• Actively support NPI process from a quality perspective on all factored product
• Hold regular structured reviews on quality performance and improvement with key suppliers and colleagues alike
• To manage all supplier concerns and returns in a timely, cost-controlled manner
• Recover consequential costs eg: inspection, site work from the supplier of a poor quality product
• Report on a routine basis performance trends (KPIs) and areas for improvement with key suppliers
• Arrange and conduct supplier audits
• Day to day of the management of the QA teams based at other sites
In addition to a proven track record in driving improvement, extensive experience in dealing with an international supply base and extensive experience in dealing with certification bodies and maintaining ISO9001 accreditation, this Supplier Quality Manager role will also require;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, particular focus on working with international partners
• Customer Focus
• Structured Problem Solving (8D, 5 Why, Design of Experiments, etc.)
• Experience in creating and using PPAPs
• Continuous Improvement
• Planning and Organisation
• Design and development of inspection standards and procedures
• Internal Auditor for ISO9001:2015
• Understanding of REACH and RoHS compliance
• Ability to gather, analyse and report on key Quality data/statistics
• Knowledge of Microsoft packages; Outlook, Word, Excel (Pivot analysis, etc.), PowerPoint
• Data analysis driven