Global Supplier Quality Engineer Senior

Our commitment to pay range transparency fosters an equitable workplace, where everyone can feel valued. The annual compensation range for this position is stated below. The salary offered within this range will be based upon the geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level. Salary Range:

$87,000.00 - $130,600.00

Purpose Statement: The Senior Supplier Quality Engineer drives the organization's Zero Defect Strategy and continual improvement into the supply base for both compliance and risk mitigation within operations in complex programs or key customers. This role will represent the supplier quality function to customers, external auditors and internal teams for all incoming raw material and services. This role is a key technical and indirect leadership assignment that will apply fundamentals of quality in order to influence suppliers in meeting or exceeding expectations.

As a primary driver of Supplier Quality support, you will collaborate closely with both global and regional Supply Chain teams to maintain robust supplier management systems and provide critical oversight for material and supplier onboarding processes.

Key Job Accountabilities:

• Executes high-level material and onboarding system management, including overseeing restricted supplier controls, maintaining item restrictions, providing Approved Supplier List (ASL) accuracy maintenance oversight, and managing critical material monitoring through secondary verification solutions.
• Leads supplier corrective action activities across multiple levels of the supply chain using data trends, audit findings, and non-conforming parts data. Oversees Supplier Fast-Track PO material handling, receiving processes, and Non-Conforming Material routing and workflow execution. Analyzes data to provide feedback for supplier performance improvements and assists in categorizing suppliers by risk for additional development or auditing.
• Assists in guiding or shaping future Supplier Quality Strategies and supports the development of Supplier Quality Engineers in both technical growth and supplier quality fundamentals. Provides overall assistance to Global SQ managers for system upgrades, and applies domain depth to standard operating procedures, work instructions, and templates to improve standard work and operational rigor within the function.
• Serves as the Advanced Sourcing & Solutions SQ Partner to lead preliminary new supplier assessments and execute the initial pass of onboarding workflows, ensuring proper supplier classification. Applies deep knowledge of critical-to-quality features to confirm early supplier capability, to enable a successful hand-off to regional teams for the remainder of the qualification process after completing global support activities.

Education/Experience Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with 4 or more years of related experience is preferred. An equivalent combination of education and/or experience will be considered.

Other Qualifications:

• ASQ Certification preferred (CQE, CQA, CMQOE)
• Broad understanding of materials, manufacturing technologies, and processes.
• Experience with ERP systems (e.g., JD Edwards).
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and influence cross-functional, global, and regional teams.
• Proficiency in root cause analysis and corrective/preventative action (CAPA) methodologies.
• Working knowledge of industry Quality Management System (QMS) standards and practical experience with supplier auditing.

This document does not represent a contract of employment and is not intended to capture every possible assignment the incumbent could be asked to perform.