Global Supplier Quality

Celestica International LP•Fort Worth, TX

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Global Supplier Quality team drives customer-focused excellence and continuous improvement throughout external and vertically integrated suppliers, ensuring compliance with industry, customer, and Celestica requirements. The team promotes a Zero Defect culture, maximizes value, prevents quality problems, and quantifies, manages, and mitigates supply-chain risk to maintain the flow of quality parts while minimizing disruption. The role provides leadership and guidance to Global Supplier Quality team members and works with suppliers, site representatives, and commodity teams to improve supplier quality and resolve problems. It leads quality planning for new product introductions, launches, transitions, and significant process changes; supports supplier onboarding and risk-based supplier audits; and develops and maintains supplier quality processes. The position monitors requirements flowed down to suppliers, reports supplier performance and key issues, drives corrective action and supplier development, participates in business reviews, and facilitates supplier education on core quality tools. The position is based in Fort Worth, Texas, and is not remote. It involves travel, listed as 25%–30% in the experience section and 25%–50% under physical demands. Work takes place in a manufacturing environment, with periods of sitting and visual concentration, exposure to typical manufacturing hazards and conditions, and frequent repetitive computer-related movements.

Requirements

At least 10 years of relevant experience in manufacturing engineering, quality, and/or supply chain.
Proven leadership and collaboration skills.
Ability to lead and manage multiple projects and teams effectively.
Practical knowledge of relevant international industry quality standards, as appropriate, including AS9000 series, ISO13485, AI(TF)16949, FDA, and VDA.
Experience with electronic and mechanical assembly and a wide range of manufacturing processes.
Extensive experience conducting quality audits.
Advanced problem-solving skills, including leading teams in root-cause analysis and corrective action using the 8D process and formal quality tools.
Extensive knowledge of core quality tools, including APQP, FMEA, PPAP, Control Plans, SPC, and Gage R&R.
Understanding of GD&T and control of key/critical characteristics.
Ability to communicate and interact effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
Highly motivated, passionate, collaborative, and able to work remotely.
Ability to travel; the description states 25%–30% in Typical Experience and 25%–50% under Physical Demands.

Nice To Haves

Lead Auditor certification.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership and guidance to other Global Supplier Quality team members.
Monitor customer and Celestica requirements and expectations flowed down to suppliers and sub-suppliers, ensuring expectations are clear and understood.
Lead quality planning during new product introduction, flawless launch, transitions, and significant process changes; participate in supplier onboarding.
Support the risk-based Supplier Audit program and perform on-site or virtual supplier audits to assess quality systems and capabilities.
Develop, deploy, document, maintain, and continually improve Global Supplier Quality processes and procedures.
Report key issues, supplier performance, and other metrics to management.
Work with Celestica site representatives, commodity teams, and suppliers to drive root-cause analysis and corrective action.
Identify risks and supplier performance issues, and drive Supplier Quality Development to address systemic issues.
Participate in periodic business reviews of high-impact and preferred suppliers and engage in supplier performance objectives.
Facilitate and manage supplier education on core quality tools, including FMEA, Control Plans, 8D/root-cause analysis, and problem resolution.
Follow site and global policies, including Health Tech policies; practice company values; follow risk management procedures and the global environmental policy; collaborate in continuous improvement of Global Supplier Quality.