Supplier Quality Manager for Northrop Grumman overseeing risk management in the Navigation, Intelligence, and Connectivity Division. Responsible for engaging and managing supplier relationships for high-quality product delivery.
Responsibilities
Responsible for Supplier Quality risk management for the NIC Division
Leads and mentors Supplier Quality Managers and Engineers (SQEs)
Assures supplier process and product quality, including contractual, regulatory, and technical compliance
Develops Supplier Management Plans (SMPs)
Conducts product and process verification activities, monitors supplier quality performance, and drives root cause corrective action analysis for supplier quality issues
Keeps leadership apprised of supplier performance, quality status, and risks
Actively engages in supplier evaluation, qualification and selection as part of the Business Acquisition Process (BAP)
Manages implementation of Supplier Quality processes, including supplier approval activities, supplier product readiness reviews (SPRRs), source selection evaluations, supplier segmentation, development and execution of supplier quality risk assessments and mitigation plans, and supplier quality requirements development and flow-downs
Defines supplier segmentation strategies for critical, key, and high-risk suppliers
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree and 9+ years of relevant experience OR a Master’s Degree and 7+ years of relevant experience
Experience leading and managing supplier relationships to ensure timely delivery of high-quality products and services
5+ years of experience as team lead and/or manager of people including working in a cross-functional environment
Experience working with engineering, manufacturing, and program management
Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance
U.S. citizen
Experience in managing a broad range of suppliers including providers of complex components/assemblies/systems, services, and commodities
Experience with source selection evaluations, supplier classification designation
Ability to assess a supplier’s factory operational model and walk a manufacturing line/process
Experience conducting Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis and related evaluation tools/processes
SAP Business System experience
Familiarity with ISO 9001/AS9100 Quality Management System certification process
3+ years of leadership experience in disciplines such as quality, program
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