Supplier Quality Manager

Philips International; Latham (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

401k match

HSA

Stock purchase plan

Education reimbursement

Job summary

Philips is seeking a Supplier Quality Manager in the Latham, NY area to oversee supplier performance using APQP in product industrialization and drive continuous quality improvements across the lifecycle.

You will lead supplier quality initiatives, manage APQP plans for NPI, develop talent, and coordinate with R&D to ensure quality from design to production, with a strong emphasis on regulatory compliance and risk mitigation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/Master's Degree in Engineering Science, Supply Chain Management, Electrical Engineering or Electronic Engineering or equivalent.
• 8+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, Safety Engineering, Process Engineering, or Continuous Improvement.
• 3+ years of Management experience with Supplier Quality Management, APQP (PPAP) and Process Validation, medical device regulations and standards, Supplier Evaluation Methodologies, Data Analysis, DFX Methodology and CAPA.

Responsibilities

• Oversee supplier partner quality performance using APQP in product industrialization.
• Manage APQP plans in NPI and sustaining changes for product lifecycle.
• Lead talent development, performance and compensation management within SQ team.
• Foster collaboration between R&D and suppliers via Design for Excellence initiatives.
• Ensure CtQ characteristics are communicated to suppliers and integrated into processes.
• Supervise PSW plans, line releases, and production readiness.

Skills

Supplier Quality Management

APQP

PPAP

Process Validation

Data Analysis

DFX

CAPA

Education

Engineering degree

Supply Chain Management

Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Tools

SCAR

Job description

Job Title: Supplier Quality Manager

In this role you are responsible for overseeing supplier partners' high-quality performance by applying Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) in product industrialization, driving continuous quality improvement throughout the product lifecycle, ensuring regulatory compliance, and identifying improvement opportunities through CoNQ data analysis.

Your role:

• Manages technical capability assessments of potential new suppliers, ensuring their capabilities align with organizational standards, and manages the supplier selection.
• Supervises, monitors, and controls APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) plans as part of both the NPI and sustaining change processes, ensuring consistent quality throughout the product lifecycle.
• Manages talent across the team, while driving employee selection, performance management, compensation management, career development, and ensuring effective operational management.
• Fosters collaboration between R&D and suppliers through Design for Excellence (DfX) initiatives, promoting innovative designs that meet quality standards.
• Ensures Critical to Quality (CtQ) characteristics are effectively communicated to suppliers and incorporated into their processes, supporting consistent quality output.
• Oversees Part Submission Warrant (PSW) plans, deliverables, line releases, and completion, ensuring all parts meet specified quality requirements before production approval.
• Manages the quality relationship with key suppliers, negotiating Supplier Quality Agreements, conducting defect analyses to determine supplier responsibility, and serving as an independent reviewer for Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCAR), while providing guidance and leadership in specific SQ functional areas such as APQP and SCAR.
• Initiates supplier improvement and development initiatives within the APQP framework, including supplier performance monitoring, quality risk assessment and mitigation strategies, while supporting the development, execution, and maintenance of supplier audit schedules.

You're the right fit if:

• Bachelor's/ Master's Degree in Engineering Science, Supply Chain Management, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering or equivalent.
• 8+ years of experience with Bachelor's in areas such as Quality Engineering, Safety Engineering, Process Engineering, Continuous Improvement Techniques or equivalent.
• We prefer 3+ years of Management experience with Supplier Quality Management, APQP (PPAP) and Process Validation, medical device regulations and standards, Supplier Evaluation Methodologies, Data Analysis, DFX Methodology and CAPA.
• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this Office/Remote position.

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations. This is an office role.

About Philips

We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others. Learn more about our business. Discover our rich and exciting history. Learn more about our purpose. Learn more about our culture.

Philips Transparency Details

The pay range for this position in Latham NY is $120,000 to $170,400 Annually. The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity. In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered.

Beneficial/Total Rewards

• Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more.
• Details about our benefits can be found here.

Additional Information

US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future. Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position. For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to Latham NY. #LI-PHI This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug‑free workplace. At Philips, we believe that every human matters. As a global health-tech leader, we focus on improving people’s health and wellbeing through meaningful innovation. The people who work here share our passion and are motivated to bring this purpose to life. For more than 130 years, we have been creating technologies and innovations that improve people's lives and support healthcare practitioners. Headquartered in the Netherlands and operating in more than 100 countries globally, we focus our advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights on Precision Diagnosis, Image Guided Therapy, Enterprise Informatics, Monitoring/ Connected Care, Sleep & Respiratory Care and Personal Health. Together, we deliver better care for more people because we believe that every human matters. That's why we're taking steps to create an environment where we acknowledge and embrace our differences and uniqueness and listen to and value each other's views. When people feel cared for and listened to, they bring their best qualities to work, leading to better collaboration, communication, innovation and success.

It is the policy of Philips to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy/childbirth or related medical conditions, age, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran or military status, marital or domestic partner status or any other characteristic protected by law.

To ensure reasonable accommodations for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974 and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact 888-367-7223, option 5, for assistance.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug‑free workplace.