Global Quality Engineer – Soft Goods

The Global Quality Engineer at YETI is responsible for managing supplier quality and ensuring that YETI's manufacturing partners are qualified and capable. This role involves activities such as supplier qualification, manufacturing capability assessment, and driving PPAP on new/revised products. The Global Quality Engineer also facilitates problem-solving and continuous improvement activities, audits supplier processes, and gathers data for pre-shipment and warranty/reliability analysis. Additionally, this role serves as a bridge between new product development and manufacturing process approval, ensuring that YETI's manufacturing partners can consistently produce high-quality goods. The Global Quality Engineer collaborates with various teams and plays a key role in major product development projects, while also developing and standardizing processes and tools for supplier quality activities.

• Drive supplier quality throughout YETI's suppliers by implementing manufacturing processes and statistical process controls
• Engage in APQP-based manufacturing and supplier quality program, including development of PFMEA's, Gage R&R, Control Plans, and Process Validation
• Gather pre-shipment and warranty data, analyze using LEAN tools, and drive continuous improvement
• Analyze new supplier capability during supplier selection process
• Incorporate Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) in major product development projects and product changes, focusing on process controls
• Partner with suppliers to manage change management process
• Create, maintain, and implement quality documentation such as SOPs, SIPs, workflows, standards libraries, manuals, etc.
• Analyze statistical data to determine quality requirements and establish quality and process improvement activities

• Experience in managing supplier quality in a fast-paced and demanding growth environment
• Ability to partner with manufacturing engineering and global sourcing teams to ensure supplier qualification and capability
• Knowledge of managing supplier qualification, manufacturing capability, and driving PPAP on new/revised products
• Proficiency in problem-solving and sustaining activities on existing products
• Ability to audit supplier processes for quality and conformance
• Experience in driving continuous improvement activities related to product and process improvement
• Knowledge of gathering pre-shipment and ongoing warranty/reliability data
• Familiarity with LEAN tools and their application in driving continuous improvement
• Strong partnership and engagement with project management, marketing, product development, manufacturing, and suppliers
• Ability to work as a core team member on major product development projects
• Proficiency in developing and standardizing processes and tools for supplier quality activities
• Knowledge of APQP-based manufacturing and supplier quality programs
• Familiarity with PFMEA, Gage R&R, Control Plans, and Process Validation
• Ability to analyze supplier capability during the selection process
• Experience in incorporating Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) in product development projects and changes
• Proficiency in process controls including PFMEAs, Control Plans, CAPA, process capability, and continuous improvement
• Strong skills in creating, maintaining, and implementing quality documentation
• Ability to analyze statistical data to determine quality requirements and establish quality and process improvement initiatives.

• Opportunity to work in a fast-paced and demanding growth environment
• Partnership and engagement with various departments and suppliers
• Development and standardization of processes and tools
• Implementation of sustainable processes and statistical process controls
• Analysis of supplier capability and selection process
• Incorporation of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) in product development projects
• Continuous improvement through root cause analysis and LEAN tools
• Regular audits of supplier processes for conformance
• Collaboration and promotion of a culture of quality and continuous improvement
• Opportunity for international and domestic travel
• Equal Opportunity Employer