Senior Manager - Supplier Quality - Amazon - Shenzhen

Job description
Job Title: Sr. Manager Supplier Quality
Location: Shenzhen, China

Summary:
Supply Quality Manager strives to be the leader in supplier quality management and ability to scale to support Amazon Kindle’s engagement from CM (contract manufacturing to ODM (original design manufacturer). Key responsibilities include developing approved Suppliers for Mass Production of high quality parts. Manage suppliers in Mass Production to continuously produce high quality parts consistently, with improvement in yield quarter to quarter. Qualify and bring-up of new suppliers to support increased capacity and/or new programs (addressing all aspects of supplier process readiness).
Responsibilities:
• Interface and associate the organization and Management of existing and potential new Suppliers
• Participate in supplier sourcing and lead the quality related aspects in this process
• Lead and take part in Supplier assessment teams, qualify and disqualify the supplier based on capability and compliance to quality process
• Give input for, and participates in negotiations on Quality clauses, legal agreements and deploy the supplier quality manual where applicable
• Drive Supplier ownership of quality at all stages of the engagement
• Educate the Suppliers on quality and continuous improvement tools and processes
• Ensure all mechanicals commodity suppliers conform to the Quality requirements starting at supplier induction
• Manage programs increasing supplier capability in line with desired capability having commodity strategy as an input
• Quarterly review of supplier performance in participate with GCMs
• Provide input for further fine tuning of the supplier selection process
• Manage a team of supplier process engineers, to include coaching, skills evaluation, personal and professional development, and mentoring
• Coordinate special, quality related projects across suppliers
• Gather weekly, monthly & quarterly performance reporting (metrics) and communicate trends to managers
• Manage the assessment/audit planning for the supply base of the commodity (included are all audit types)
• Develop standard processes and procedures with effective implementation

Desired Skills and Experience
Requires a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering. Masters/PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering preferred.
Minimum 15 years’ experience with 10 years in a manufacturing and/or quality environment.
10+ years in people management. 5+ years in NPI delivering consumer electronics.
Excellent written and oral communication skills in both English and Mandarin.
Working knowledge of statistical tools for cause analysis and statistical decision making.
Ability to implement problem solving methodology to identify, define and resolve quality issues.
Translate Quality Systems strategy into tactical plans and drive implementation.
Proven track record driving and/or improving product quality using DFx, DMAIC, lean and six sigma methodologies.
Preferred Qualifications
CQE/CQM preferred.
Black Belt/Master Black Belt preferred.
Multinational company experience preferred.

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