Remote-Eligible Supplier Quality Manager

Liebherr Group; Newport News (VA); Remote; USD 129,000 - 142,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Major medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K with company match

Paid vacation

Personal days

Job summary

Liebherr-America, Inc. in the United States is seeking a Senior Supplier Quality Manager to oversee supplier quality performance and ensure compliance with LME specifications.

You will communicate quality requirements to suppliers and focus on systems and processes that build quality into components. The role leads supplier assessments, audits, and development plans, partners with Purchasing and Engineering, promotes continuous improvement, and manages a team of 4–8 direct reports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university with 6 to 8 years of relevant experience, including 2 years in a supervisory or managerial role.

Responsibilities

• Conducts quick and efficient assessments of potential suppliers Quality Systems.
• Works with Purchasing, Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering to ensure supplier capabilities match requirements.
• Lead processes to establish tools, evaluate, manage and develop a diverse supply base in support of the LME’s objectives, support specific goals regarding product quality; innovation; supplier cost reduction, responsiveness and delivery.
• Work with suppliers and LME functional groups to develop supplier quality capability.
• Develops the process ensuring that product development programs include suppliers.
• Develops plans for process control, capability and sustainability with the supplier.
• Promotes supplier-led initiatives aimed at developing new innovative products.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and cost reduction with existing and new suppliers and investigate trend problems and develop proactive corrective action programs.
• Manage supplier’s process improvements when quality issues result from existing process deficiencies and evaluate supplier’s capability with respect to product improvement. Assists in identifying, communicating and resolving supplier quality problems.
• Supervisory Duties: Manages Direct Reports 4 to 8.
• Responsible for the overall direction, coordination and evaluation of Supplier Quality team.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.
• Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work, appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Liebherr-America, Inc. in the United States is seeking a Senior Supplier Quality Manager to oversee supplier quality performance and ensure compliance with LME specifications.

You will communicate quality requirements to suppliers and focus on systems and processes that build quality into components. The role leads supplier assessments, audits, and development plans, partners with Purchasing and Engineering, promotes continuous improvement, and manages a team of 4–8 direct reports.