61 Work collaboratively with cross functional teams (US/Asia sourcing, US CIM, Merchandising team, US/Asia supply chain, etc.) to bring in new qualified Direct purchase suppliers per sourcing strategies from quality perspective o Filter, prioritize and conduct factory assessment on design capability verification, capacity analysis, quality system and compliance systems; follow up with factories to improve. o Travel with merchandising teams to introduce factory quality systems and critical process, demonstrate factory best practices, call out opportunities and follow up for improvements. o Support product testing projects, perform witness testing at factories or 3rd party service providers as needed. o Be able to learn product knowledge quick, including what’s the product for, how it’s used, how it’s made, how does it fail, how to test, what’s the new technology, etc. o Manage quality projects to move DI program along. o Visit factories per other ad-hoc requests (e.g. product validation, sub-supplier assessment, lead time verification, etc.) o Provide training to new suppliers on quality programs during onboarding phase. o Support new product development process. 61 Work with compliance manager to support Compliance program o Perform assessment on factories to document major opportunities that factory needs to take actions on to meet compliance audits. o Follow up to assist factories and aim to coach them pass audits. o Support *** time compliance for Factory Assessments on new vendors as needed. 61 Existing supplier quality performance maintenance o Visit existing suppliers on a regular basis to ensure constant quality requirements are in place consistently to enable company quality objectives are met. 61 Other quality projects o Support pre-shipment inspection process, provide technical comments. o Monitor outside agency (sourcing agency, quality service provider) quality performance.
Requirements:
o Ethical, comply with corporate code of conduct. o Minimum of 3 years-experience Quality, automotive parts industry preferred. o Minimum of a bachelor degree in Operations/Supply Chain, Quality, or Engineering. Master's degree is a plus. o Intermediate Excel, Word, PowerPoint o Intermediate Finance and Data Analytics skills o Basic Retail foundation and project management skills o Intermediate written and verbal communication skills, to include presentation skills o Analytical skills and statistical analysis proficiency. o Excellent written and spoken English skills. o Quality Management Systems experience with ISO9001 or TS16949. o IRCA Certified ISO9001:2008 Lead Auditor, ISO9000, ISO/TS16949 internal auditor is a plus. o Able to accommodate significant travels domestic and internationally per business needs.