Manager, Supplier Quality - US/CAN/MX
About The Position
As part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, the Manager, Supplier Quality helps advance the company’s mission to enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. This role maintains and elevates supplier quality standards while leading a team responsible for supplier quality and performance. The manager implements the supplier quality and performance management program in alignment with global Procurement/Sourcing, Operations, and Commodity Management functions; establishes division-level supplier quality systems; coordinates cross-business-unit meetings; and implements continuous improvement initiatives. The position leads and develops the Supplier Quality team, manages supplier quality programs and metrics, and collaborates with internal functions and supplier leadership to improve supplier performance and product quality. It supports new material qualification, changes, and sustaining engineering activities, and leads supplier audits, risk reduction, nonconformance investigations, and corrective actions. Travel is up to 25% as needed. The work schedule is standard Monday through Friday, and the environmental condition is an office setting.
Requirements
- Advanced degree plus 6 years of experience, or a bachelor’s degree plus 8 years of experience in Quality Engineering or Supplier Quality Engineering.
- At least 3 years of direct Supplier Management experience.
- Proficiency in quality management systems (QMS) and project management tools.
- Experience with quality management software programs and Microsoft Office Suite.
- Demonstrated experience building consensus and implementing improvements.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and develop team members.
- Experience establishing and maintaining supplier performance metrics.
- Expertise in problem-solving and root cause analysis.
- Ability to support new product development and value engineering initiatives.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills.
- Team management experience, including leadership and accountability for team performance, workload prioritization, and talent development.
- Experience leading management reviews, escalating supplier risks, maintaining supplier governance cadence and KPI targets, and executing a supplier quality strategy.
- Ability to travel up to 25% as needed.
Nice To Haves
- Preferred field of study: Engineering or Science.
- Experience working with commodities such as machined parts, electrical components, plastics, resin, and chemicals.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop the Supplier Quality team; set goals and priorities, assign work, and provide regular feedback.
- Manage team performance through coaching and formal performance reviews; identify development needs and support individual development plans.
- Develop and maintain performance metrics, implement new technologies, and support processes from new material qualification through sustaining engineering.
- Lead quality improvement programs and initiatives that deliver measurable results in supplier performance and product quality.
- Use data analysis, quality tools, project management, and professional skills to improve supplier performance and product quality.
- Partner with Sourcing, Manufacturing, Product Engineering, Global Technical Support, Operations, and commodity management to address supplier quality needs and advance improvement.
- Build relationships with supplier senior management and collaborate with supplier teams to identify and implement measurable quality improvements.
- Plan and lead supplier quality audits, document findings, and follow up on corrective actions.
- Assess supplier, material, and process risks; recommend and track actions to reduce quality risks.
- Maintain and analyze supplier quality and performance metrics to identify trends, investigate non-conformances, and conduct root cause analysis.
- Investigate supplier-related nonconformances and coordinate containment, root cause analysis, and corrective and preventive actions.
- Manage implementation and ongoing use of the supplier quality and performance management program.
- Provide supplier quality support for new material qualification, changes, and sustaining engineering activities.
- Lead management reviews, escalate supplier risks, maintain supplier governance cadence and KPI targets, and execute a supplier quality strategy.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
