Supplier Quality Leader

Siemens; Peachtree Corners (GA); Hybrid; USD 94,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens is seeking a Supplier Quality Leader based in Peachtree Corners, GA. The role includes leadership of supplier quality activities, CAPA and audits, and collaboration with procurement, manufacturing, and engineering to ensure supplier performance and product reliability.

The position requires 3+ years in supplier quality within electro-mechanical industries, strong communication skills, and willingness to travel up to 40% domestically and internationally.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• 3+ years of supplier quality experience in electro-mechanical industries including plastics and metal stamping.
• Strong writing and communication, remote collaboration skills, and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead supplier quality activities including setting targets, scorecards, supplier reviews, and continuous improvement plans.
• Drive CAPA, audits, and corrective actions to reduce nonconformances and cost of quality.
• Lead design reviews with suppliers using APQP, PPAP, and qualification of processes with FMEA and control plans.
• Oversee 8D and RRCA problem-solving and provide senior technical guidance for issue resolution.
• Manage supplier systems, audits, and reporting; support training and CAPA verification.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with procurement, manufacturing quality, and engineering on supplier selection and metrics.
• Ensure change control and product reliability when introducing new supplier processes or changes.

Skills

Supplier Leadership

CAPA Audits

8D Problem Solving

APQP/PPAP

Gage R&R

Cross-functional Teamwork

Change Control

Quality Metrics

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

SAP

Job description

Here at Siemens, we take pride in enabling sustainable progress through technology. We do this through empowering customers by combining the real and digital worlds. Improving how we live, work, and move today and for the next generation! We know that the only way a business thrives is if our people are thriving. That’s why we always put our people first. Our global, diverse team would be happy to support you and challenge you to grow in new ways. Who knows where our shared journey will take you?

Transform the everyday with us!

We are looking for a Supplier Quality Leader. This position will be based in Peachtree Corners, GA. Remote work is possible for highly qualified candidates. This role will be responsible for the leadership of Supplier Quality: defining, planning, initiation and control of supplier-related quality assurance and management activities.

You’ll make a difference with:

• Supplier performance leadership – Leading the supply base to required performance levels by developing supplier targets, analyzing supplier performance and cost of quality data, creating scorecards, and maintaining periodic supplier reviews for performance, maintenance, and improvement plans.
• Quality improvement and corrective action – Reducing supplier quality nonconformance costs by driving process improvement, tool modification, CAPA verification, product and process audits, Kaizen events, SIP initiatives, and effective corrective action for quality issues and non-conforming components.
• Supplier qualification and advanced planning – Leading technical design reviews with suppliers using APQP, communicating requirements and PPAP expectations, and qualifying supplier processes through process validation, first article review, measurement system analysis, PFMEA, control plans, Gage R&R, capability studies, metrology, and process monitoring.
• Problem solving and technical oversight – Leading 8D and RRCA problem-solving activities using systemic, logical, and sequential approaches while providing senior technical oversight for issue resolution, root cause analysis, and preventive and corrective action implementation.
• Supplier systems, audits, and reporting – Establishing and maintaining AssurX CATSWeb supplier usage and licensing, supporting plant and supplier training, preparing reports on supplier quality-system effectiveness, and participating in VDA, product and process, and CAPA verification audit programs.
• Cross-functional collaboration – Partnering with procurement, manufacturing plant quality teams, and engineering teams on supplier selection, make/buy input, preferred supplier identification, supplier categorization, general quality agreements, documentation optimization, and supplier-related quality metrics.
• Change control and product reliability – Implementing methods to inspect, test, and evaluate supplier processes, products, and production equipment for new projects, while ensuring effective change control and proactive communication with suppliers about design or process changes that could affect product quality.

You’ll win us over by having the following qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• 3+ years of experience with the following:
  • Supplier Quality in the electro-mechanical industry, including plastic injection and metal stamping commodities.
  • Technical writing, verbal and written communication, interpersonal skills, and engagement with stakeholders and team members in remote locations.
  • Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing, general statistics, and supplier quality analysis.
  • Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
  • Problem solving with strong attention to detail, critical thinking, analytical ability, task prioritization, and project management.
• 40% travel, both domestically and internationally; international travel experience and the capability to operate in foreign cultures required.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States on a continual and permanent basis without company sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications:

• SAP proficiency.
• Certified Quality Auditor certification.
• Certified Quality Engineer certification or equivalent.
• Process Excellence certification, such as Six Sigma Black Belt.
• Self-motivated, high-energy, results-oriented team contributor with the ability to take initiative, work independently, communicate clearly, and present complex data in a coherent manner.

$94,207 $161,498