Supplier Quality Systems Specialist (Senior or Subject Matter Expert)

Supplier Quality Systems Specialist (Senior or Subject Matter Expert)

Company:

The Boeing Company

Job ID:

00000439627

Date Posted:

2024-10-04

Location:

USA - Tukwila, WA

Job Description Qualifications:

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) is seeking a Supplier Quality Specialist (Senior or Subject Matter Expert) to support BDS programs located in Tukwila, WA.

This position will be supporting the Site Supplier Quality team for the P-8 & E-7 Programs. This team lead position will support a dynamic team responsible for ensuring quality requirements are properly incorporated into the procurement cycle, suppliers are prepared and capable of delivering critical commitments, and supply base failures are comprehensively and expeditiously resolved.  

Position Responsibilities:

Level 4:

• Leads Quality reviews of proposals, contracts, regulatory, program and customer requirements ensuring early quality involvement in program development.
• Develops Quality budget and cost estimates.
• Leads multi-function, multi-site groups to develop company directives, policies, processes, procedures and metrics to assure program, contract, customer, regulatory requirements, international standards and working agreements are deployed.
• Leads stakeholders in analysis of process data, metrics, models and flows to identify root cause of complex problems and development and implementation of preventive or corrective actions.
• Conducts research, compiles and analyzes performance reports and process control statistics to continuously improve process capability.
• Conducts quality source selection and process capability assessments of suppliers' ability to meet program quality requirements and support business decisions.
• Develops Quality criteria for supplier source selection and a coordinated response for review and approval by senior management.
• Develops scope, schedule, plans and leads hardware, software and system level audits to determine compliance with quality management system standards, configuration assurance, related business, regulatory and customer requirements, and reports results to management.
• Trains senior management on preparation for third party audits.
• Analyzes data to provide material review dispositions for complex nonconforming materials, parts and equipment.
• Assists in the development of new standard repairs for nonconforming materials, parts and equipment.
• Works under minimal direction.

Level 5:

• Leads Quality reviews of complex proposals, contracts, regulatory, program and customer requirements ensuring early quality involvement in program development.
• Develops Quality budget and cost estimates.
• Represents the Company on industry working groups to develop industry standards for quality.
• Advises senior leadership on development of business strategies that influence directives and policies.
• Advises multi-function groups on development of processes, procedures and metrics to assure program, contract, customer, regulatory requirements, international standards and working agreements are deployed.
• Consults in high level reviews of corrective actions at the enterprise and customer level to assure that trends or systemic issues are identified and advises on development and implementation of preventive or corrective actions.
• Conducts research, compiles and analyzes performance reports and process control statistics to continuously improve process capability.
• Develops new applications for statistical tools to maintain and improve process capability.
• Conducts business unit risk analysis to determine audit focus areas. Develops and manages business unit audits plans and schedules.
• Trains and advises senior management on preparation for third party audits.
• Performs benchmarking of enterprise best-practices.
• Works under consultative direction.

This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at the listed location.

This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship.  An interim and/or final U.S. Secret Cle