Global Supplier Quality Leader: Projects To Mass Production

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

As a trusted partner in the automation of openings and closings for homes and buildings, SOMFY is committed to inspiring new ways of living for everyone.

A French, family-owned, and independent group, we have been continuously growing since our founding. For 50 years, we have been the global leader in home automation and a pioneer in smart living solutions. Innovation drives our daily operations and ensures the excellence of our products and services.

We are present in 59 countries, with 8 production sites and 17 R&D centers .

Deeply committed to the well-being of our

6.000 employees, we invest in their long-term employability through internal mobility and skills development. We actively promote diversity and inclusion, supported by a strong corporate culture.

Job Description 1. Role overview

This role combines two complementary dimensions of supplier quality:

quality during the project/development phase

and

quality during mass production. The objective is to ensure that suppliers deliver compliant components, on time and with sustainable performance throughout the full product life cycle.

Ensure the

development, validation, transfer and continuous performance

of processes and components supplied by external suppliers, securing Quality, Cost, Delivery and Technical objectives from project phase through to mass production.

3. Main responsibilities

• Define and implement supplier process development, ensuring compliance with the QCDT scenarios agreed with project and purchasing teams.
• Lead the definition and validation of supplier product/process qualification plans.
• Ensure the transfer of supplier projects to mass production, securing the handover of information, risks, requirements and technical knowledge to industrial teams.
• Analyze, manage and ensure the effective handling of supplier claims.
• Drive continuous improvement actions to enhance overall supplier performance, with a focus on medium-term objectives.
• Conduct process and capacity audits at suppliers.
• Follow up on annual qualifications of supplier production processes.
• Initiate supplier performance escalation processes, in collaboration with purchasing, when required.
• Ensure the relevance of incoming inspection instructions across Group sites.

4. Performance indicators

• Compliance with project milestones and QCDT phase transitions.
• Response time to secure purchased components.
• Supplier Success Index.
• Number of supplier claims during development and production.
• Number of recurring quality issues.

5. Target recruitment profile

The ideal profile is a Supplier Quality professional with cross-functional experience between

and

mass production. The person should be able to act both preventively, during projects and industrialization, and correctively, during the series life of components, with a continuous improvement mindset.

Qualifications

• Higher education degree in Engineering, Quality, Production, Industrialization or a 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.

Valued skills and experience

• Experience with APQP, PPAP, FMEA, control plans, 8D, Ishikawa, 5 Why and root cause analysis.
• Knowledge of purchasing processes, supplier development and industrialization.
• Ability to manage international suppliers and influence internal stakeholders.
• Experience in claims management, PPM indicators and supplier improvement plans.
• Autonomy, rigor, negotiation skills and results orientation.

6. Main interfaces

The role will interact regularly with

Suppliers, Purchasing, Production, Project Managers, Technical Design, Methods, Industrialization, Metrology, Laboratory and Quality teams. It is a highly cross-functional coordination role, requiring strong communication with technical, operational and purchasing stakeholders.

Additional Information What We Offer

The opportunity to lead a strategic global transformation project.

A key leadership role with high visibility across all regions.

Exposure to multinational operations and collaboration.

Career progression within a growing and innovative manufacturing framework.

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