Manager, Supplier Quality

Date Posted:

2024-01-05

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HTX99: Field Office - TX Remote Location, Remote City, TX, 73301 USA

Position Role Type:

Remote

Collins Aerospace is seeking hire a Manager, Supplier Quality to lead West coast Supplier Quality Team addressing tactical day to day issues including members from current supplier quality team. Candidates should desire to build experience in Supplier Management, Quality Management Systems (QMS), Root Cause and Corrective Action, Continuous Improvement, Data Analysis, Specification Review, Inspection Methods, and a general understanding of GD&T as well as Project Management. Candidates must have good communication, organizational and time management skills and a strong interest in developing a quality focus.

*Position is Remote. Southwest/West Coast locations are preferred (TX, AZ, CA, & WA).

Primary Responsibilities

• Develops and leads implementation of solutions to nonconformities and to satisfy quality issues raised by possible drawing, design and customer inputs

• Drives processes to identify and manage risk in product development, (PFMEA, MSA, Process Flow, PPAP and Control Plans, etc.) with suppliers

• Directs Escape management procedures, root cause analysis, develops recommendations for corrective action for design problems for supplier produced products & processes

• Coordinate cross-functionally to address supply base nonconformances and develop recovery plans

• Provides analysis of customer quality requirements against external procedures and processes to ensure compliance

• Leads onsite supplier audits/assessments (QMS, Manufacturing Process Reviews, Measurement System Analysis, Special processing, Etc.)

• Desiring experience with aerospace manufactured products incorporating chemical, electrical, and mechanical commodities

• Position will report directly to Senior Manager of Supplier Quality

• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and non-verbal) and must be able to summarize quickly and concisely complicated technical topics

• Travel Required is 50% or more

Qualifications/Experience Needed:

• Typically requires University Degree and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 12 years of relevant experience

• U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee or asylee) or eligible to obtain necessary export authorizations required: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62

• Minimum 5 years of Leadership experience

• Previous professional experience and knowledge of AS9100/ISO 9001 and AS9102 standards.

• Experience conducting root cause investigations using a range of Root Cause Analysis tools (Fault tree/ Cause and effect diagram/ Fishbone / etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• Program and or technical project management experience

• Experience with external customers

• Aerospace industry experience

• AS9145 / APQP / PPAP experience

• Manufacturing experience in mechanical, electromechanical, and/or electronic assemblies.

• NADCAP/ Special processing experience

• ASQ CQE / Six Sigma certifications

• MRB experience

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

Our Advanced Structures team leverages advanced materials and additive manufacturing to develop complex interior and exterior solutions. These solutions ensure structural integrity of the aircraft, help aircraft take off and land, stay trim in the air, move forward, carry cargo and conduct rescues. We delight our customers with superior products and best-in-class service. Our global team is committed to continuous improvement – we work hard to make our solutions lighter-weight, stronger and more technically advanced, so that plane travel can be safer, more affordable and more sustainable in the years to come. We are looking for the best and brightest to fly and land with us!

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