Supplier Quality Manager

Philips•Latham, NY

1d•$120,000 - $170,400•Hybrid

About The Position

In this role, you are responsible for overseeing supplier partners' high-quality performance by applying Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) in product industrialization, driving continuous quality improvement throughout the product lifecycle, ensuring regulatory compliance, and identifying improvement opportunities through CoNQ data analysis. Your role includes managing technical capability assessments of potential new suppliers, supervising APQP plans, fostering collaboration between R&D and suppliers, ensuring Critical to Quality (CtQ) characteristics are communicated, overseeing Part Submission Warrant (PSW) plans, and managing the quality relationship with key suppliers. You will also initiate supplier improvement and development initiatives within the APQP framework, including supplier performance monitoring, quality risk assessment, and mitigation strategies, while supporting the development, execution, and maintenance of supplier audit schedules.

Requirements

Bachelor's/ Master's Degree in Engineering Science, Supply Chain Management, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering or equivalent.
8+ years of experience with Bachelor's in areas such as Quality Engineering, Safety Engineering, Process Engineering, Continuous Improvement Techniques or equivalent.
US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

3+ years of Management experience with Supplier Quality Management, APQP (PPAP) and Process Validation, medical device regulations and standards, Supplier Evaluation Methodologies, Data Analysis, DFX Methodology. CAPA.

Responsibilities

Manages technical capability assessments of potential new suppliers, ensuring their capabilities align with organizational standards, and manages the supplier selection.
Supervises, monitors, and controls APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) plans as part of both the NPI and sustaining change processes, ensuring consistent quality throughout the product lifecycle. Manages talent across the team, while driving employee selection, performance management, compensation management, career development, and ensuring effective operational management.
Fosters collaboration between R&D and suppliers through Design for Excellence (DfX) initiatives, promoting innovative designs that meet quality standards.
Ensures Critical to Quality (CtQ) characteristics are effectively communicated to suppliers and incorporated into their processes, supporting consistent quality output.
Oversees Part Submission Warrant (PSW) plans, deliverables, line releases, and completion, ensuring all parts meet specified quality requirements before production approval.
Manages the quality relationship with key suppliers, negotiating Supplier Quality Agreements, conducting defect analyses to determine supplier responsibility, and serving as an independent reviewer for Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCAR), while providing guidance and leadership in specific SQ functional areas such as APQP and SCAR.
Initiates supplier improvement and development initiatives within the APQP framework, including supplier performance monitoring, quality risk assessment, and mitigation strategies, while supporting the development, execution, and maintenance of supplier audit schedules.