Supplier Quality Manager

KONE•Allen, TX

About The Position

Founded in 1910, KONE is a global leader that provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization that add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Our mission is to improve the flow of urban life and make our world’s cities better places to live by providing innovative solutions that help make people’s journeys safe, convenient and reliable. Our operations in over 60 countries around the world has helped us achieve our position as an innovation and sustainability leader with repeated recognitions by Forbes, Corporate Knights for clean capitalism and others. Are you ready to make your next career move to join our team as our Supplier Quality Manager for KONE Americas in KONE Allen, TX? Do you enjoy improving supplier performance? Does managing the supplier related KPI(s) and driving effective and timely actions to improve performance motivate you? Do you thrive in areas where you support supplier selection and certification processes with quality/technology risk input? Do you demonstrate a passion for team coaching and development? Do you bring a start-up mindset with a commitment to promoting quality commitment and equitable outcomes, while ensuring compliance with quality, safety, environmental and ethical standards? If you answered a resounding YES to these questions, then we have an amazing opportunity for you! Location of position: Allen, TX (preferred) or Torreon, MX As our Supplier Quality Manager, you will lead and manage tribe SQM activities within your region, representing SQM in the category/tribe and driving the execution of SQM initiatives aligned with global and regional plans. You will also ensure supplier “Launch” readiness in PD/CR projects through risk management (FMEA) Critical-to-Quality (CtQ), and change management (KPPAP) while also coaching and developing SQM regional team members and providing operational leadership to suppliers to key KONE stakeholders. Lastly, you will conduct supplier audits according to the annual plan and manage the Quality Annex within the Supply and Purchasing Frame Agreement in close collaboration with the KONE contract owner. You will bring 6+ years of progressive and successful experience in engineering, manufacturing, process and methods, supplier quality management, quality engineering, supply chain management, sourcing, or other relevant fields to KONE.

Requirements

6+ years of progressive and successful experience in engineering, manufacturing, process and methods, supplier quality management, quality engineering, supply chain management, sourcing, or other relevant fields to KONE.
B.SC level technical STEM / quality / industrial Eng. Degree. 5 years of related experience can be in lieu of a degree.
Auditing of suppliers and Supplier performance management
ISO 9001/14001/18001/45001
Methods and tools related to (supplier) quality management such as quality control plans, Critical to Quality, Statistical Process Control, Failure-Mode-Effect Analysis, DMAIC Methodology, Six Sigma and Lean, Mistake proofing
Stakeholder and contract management skills
Prioritization, Execution, Collaboration, Result Focus and Problem-Solving Skills.
Experience with new product introductions (NPIs)
In-depth knowledge of Advanced Product Quality Planning and TS16949 standard, methodology and tools (required).
Root cause corrective action and preventive action experience within a manufacturing setting (required)

Responsibilities

Lead and manage tribe SQM activities within your region
Represent SQM in the category/tribe and driving the execution of SQM initiatives aligned with global and regional plans
Ensure supplier “Launch” readiness in PD/CR projects through risk management (FMEA) Critical-to-Quality (CtQ), and change management (KPPAP)
Coach and develop SQM regional team members and providing operational leadership to suppliers to key KONE stakeholders
Conduct supplier audits according to the annual plan
Manage the Quality Annex within the Supply and Purchasing Frame Agreement in close collaboration with the KONE contract owner