Global Supplier Quality Leader: Drive Global Transformation

Somfy; Porto; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

SOMFY is seeking a Global Supplier Quality Leader to drive supplier quality across development and mass production. You will lead process development, qualification plans, and audits, partnering with Purchasing, Production, and Project teams to ensure QCDT goals are met.

This high-visibility role offers the opportunity to influence international suppliers, advance continuous improvement, and shape the quality culture across regions, with a clear path for career progression within a growing

Qualifications

• Higher education degree in Engineering, Quality, Production, Industrialization or related field.
• Experience in supplier quality, project quality, production quality, industrialization or technical purchasing.
• Knowledge of quality tools and problem-solving methodologies.
• Ability to conduct process audits and assess supplier production capacity.
• Experience in an industrial environment and regular interaction with suppliers.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement supplier process development, ensuring compliance with QCDT with project and purchasing teams.
• Lead definition and validation of supplier product/process qualification plans.
• Ensure transfer of supplier projects to mass production with proper information handover.
• Analyze, manage and resolve supplier claims.
• Drive continuous improvement actions to enhance supplier performance.
• Conduct process and capacity audits at suppliers.
• Follow up on annual qualifications of supplier production processes.
• Initiate supplier performance escalation with purchasing when required.
• Ensure relevance of incoming inspection instructions across Group sites.

Skills

Supplier quality

Project quality

Production quality

Industrialization

Technical purchasing

Quality tools

Problem solving

Process audits

Supplier communication

English fluency

Education

Higher ed in Engineering/Quality/Production/Industrialization

Job description

SOMFY is seeking a Global Supplier Quality Leader to drive supplier quality across development and mass production. You will lead process development, qualification plans, and audits, partnering with Purchasing, Production, and Project teams to ensure QCDT goals are met.

This high-visibility role offers the opportunity to influence international suppliers, advance continuous improvement, and shape the quality culture across regions, with a clear path for career progression within a growing