Manager, Supplier Engineering

Job Description

Primary Function of Position

Manage a team Supplier Engineers working throughout the product development lifecycle for the Ion Instruments and Accessories. Lead the team to execute strategic projects to optimize commodities, sub-commodities and individual suppliers; execute detailed projects with suppliers to implement changes and improvements affecting quality, cost, capacity, risk; manage supplier and sub-tier supply-chain risk; and support launch of new products. Ability to understand and solve complex issues associated with supplier's manufacturing process, quality and business inter-relationships.

Essential Job Duties

Lead a team of supplier engineers in strategic supplier selection, evaluation, development, and improvement to establish and maintain a highly performing, long term sustainable production supply chain.

Supplier Selection and Evaluation

Lead a product family in developing and implementing a robust long-term supplier strategy.

Select and evaluate suppliers that fit the supplier strategy and influence key stakeholders to utilize and maximize the use of the Production supply base.

Lead the assessment of suppliers against key selection criteria for Preferred Suppliers.

Develop suppliers in operations and quality to meet requirements of ISI and promote new suppliers to production status.

Manage supplier relationships to effectively partner ISI and the supplier.

Using the ASL and Global Commodity Matrix, manage quality and performance of the commodity supply base within ISI in partnership with Engineering and Purchasing.

Process Development

Take a lead role in manufacturing process selection

Complete Production Part Qualification deliverables : pFMEA, Special Process Validations, FAI, and Process Capability Analysis

Support transfer of parts and suppliers from NPI to sustaining production

Provide status of the readiness (quality, capacity, delivery) of the supply chain for major production process changes.

Drive changes to ISI requirements as necessary by initiating and managing changes to specifications and drawings through the ECO process.

Manage the planning and implementation of supplier change management projects using the Supplier Change Request process (SCR).

Promote DFM enhancements by engaging suppliers and Engineering early in the development cycle to deliver feedback on manufacturability improvements in the designs prior to production.

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