Global SQE Manager - EMEA remote (m/w/d)

TE Connectivity Ltd.; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary Package

Performance-Based Bonus Plans

Health and Wellness Incentives

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Community Outreach Programs / Charity

Employee Resource Group

Job summary

TE Connectivity Ltd. is seeking a senior leader to head the global Supplier Quality Organization. You will define the strategy for supplier quality, drive risk reduction, and manage costs while ensuring compliance across multiple markets and sites.

In this role you will partner with Procurement, Operations, Engineering, and Manufacturing Quality, while building a high-performing global SQE team and driving zero-defect initiatives with a focus on continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in SQE or similar senior supplier quality roles.
• Experience in electronic, automotive, industrial, aerospace, medical, or highly regulated manufacturing.
• Strong problem solving and change management in matrix environments.
• Excellent English, written and verbal, with global collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Establish and drive the supplier quality strategy aligned with TE objectives.
• Develop and manage the supplier quality budget and resources.
• Lead cross-functional teams in problem resolution and process improvements.
• Partner with Procurement, Operations, Engineering, and Quality functions.
• Build and develop a high-performing global SQE organization.

Skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

English fluency

ERP systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree or Masters in relevant field

Tools

ERP systems

BI/data mining tools

Job description

At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world.

Summary

Lead the global Supplier Quality organization to ensure supplied materials, components, and services consistently meet TE quality, reliability, regulatory, and customer requirements. Develop and execute the supplier quality strategy aligned with business growth, operational excellence, risk reduction, and cost competitiveness.

Responsibilities

• Establishing and driving the supplier quality strategy aligning with the company's overall business objectives.
• Developing and managing the supplier quality budget and resource allocation.
• Leading cross-functional teams in problem resolution and process improvement initiatives.Other Attributes
• Partner with Procurement, Operations, Engineering, Manufacturing Quality, and Customer Quality functions.
• Build and develop a high-performing global SQE organization.

Supplier Quality Management

• Own supplier qualification and approval processes.
• Lead supplier audits, surveillance activities, and capability assessments.
• Establish supplier scorecards and performance review processes.
• Drive corrective actions and supplier development initiatives.
• Ensure robust APQP, PPAP, Safe Launch, and supplier validation processes where applicable.
• Monitor supplier quality, delivery, sustainability, compliance, and operational risks.
• Lead escalation management for critical supplier quality issues.
• Implement preventive quality systems that reduce defects and field failures.
• Drive zero-defect and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Minimize production disruptions caused by supplier quality issues.
• Improve supplier quality performance while reducing COPQ and warranty exposure.

Knowledge And Skills Requirements

• Requires Bachelors degree in appropriate field with 12 or more years of experience; or Masters with 10 or more years of experience in SQE role
• Strong experience with electronic, automotive, industrial, aerospace, medical, or highly regulated manufacturing environments.Thrives in matrixed, highly collaborative environments supporting multiple markets, organizations, and sites
• Motivated, self-driven, positive approach to consensus building, problem solving, and change management
• Proficiency with ERP systems, business intelligence applications, data mining and analysis
• Excellent English (verbal / written) require
• Location: Europe - remote
• Travel Requirements: Up to 20% (domestic and international)

About TE Connectivity

TE Connectivity plc (NYSE: TEL) is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. As a trusted innovation partner, our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, energy networks, automated factories, data centers enabling artificial intelligence, and more. Our more than 90,000 employees, including 10,000 engineers, work alongside customers in approximately 130 countries. In a world that is racing ahead, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, WeChat, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).

What TE Connectivity Offers

We are pleased to offer you an exciting total package that can also be flexibly adapted to changing life situations - the well-being of our employees is our top priority!

• Competitive Salary Package
• Performance-Based Bonus Plans
• Health and Wellness Incentives
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Community Outreach Programs / Charity Events
• Employee Resource Group

Across our global sites and business units, we put together packages of benefits that are either supported by TE itself or provided by external service providers. In principle, the benefits offered can vary from site to site.