Supplier Quality Manager

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

In this role you will develop, implement, and maintain supplier quality strategies to ensure that all purchased materials and components meet company standards and regulatory requirements. You will lead supplier quality initiatives and team, manage supplier performance, and drive continuous improvement across the supply base.

Why Join Us?

Strategic Leadership Visibility! You will be the supplier quality leader for nVent flagship Anoka site. This is a high-growth, high visibility site encompassing 3 plants at 2 locations, where you have an opportunity to make a strategic impact over supplier quality related matters, including establish supplier quality strategy and develop a highly effective supplier quality team.

Freedom to grow!  This is an opportunity to work within the latest Integrated Management systems but have the freedom to change processes and systems to best serve your customer.

Individualized Mentorship!  Work with a talented team that has a history of recognizing each individual’s passion and provide development opportunities that result in growth and promotion.

WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION:

• Leadership & Strategy

  • Develop and execute supplier quality strategies and plan to support the AI driven rapid growth.

  • Lead and develop the Supplier Quality Engineering (SQE) team at the Anoka site.

  • Partner with sourcing, engineering, and operations teams to ensure supplier quality supports business needs.

• Supplier Management

  • Be the primary liaison between nVent and supply base with a key responsibility to resolve supplier quality issues.

  • Own and improve Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Product Part Approval Process (PPAP) activities.

  • Establish and monitor supplier KPIs (quality, delivery, cost). 

  • Coordinate supplier corrective actions as needed, including cross-site contaminants.

  • Conduct supplier audits, assessments, and risk evaluations to ensure compliance with ISO 9001 and other applicable standards.                                          

• Supplier Quality Systems & Continuous Improvement

  • Drive and coach root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions (8D, DMAIC) for supplier-related issues.

  • Collaborate with suppliers for supplier development to implement best practices and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

  • Support customer/supplier onsite visits and customer audits. Report on supply chain quality issue to end customers.

YOU HAVE:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality Management, or related field (Master’s preferred).

• 8+ years in supplier quality, quality engineering, or manufacturing quality roles preferred.

• 3+ years in a leadership or managerial capacity preferred.

• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), ASQ Certified Quality Manager (CQM), Lean Six Sigma Green/Black Belt preferred.

• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001, APQP, PPAP, SPC, Process Capability Studies, FMEA, Control Plans, and GD&T.

• Excellent problem-solving (such as RCCA, 8D, and 3L5Y), negotiation, and communication skills.

• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 30%.

• Some knowledge and experience in Reliability preferred

WE HAVE:

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day

  • nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.

  • Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nV