Manager, Supplier Quality - US/CAN/MX

About the role

• Work Schedule
• Standard (Mon-Fri)
• Environmental Conditions
• Office

About the role

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world's toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

What will you do

As a Manager, Supplier Quality you will maintain and elevate our supplier quality standards while leading a team responsible for supplier quality and performance. You will implement the supplier quality and performance management program while ensuring alignment with global Procurement/Sourcing, Operations, and Commodity management functions. You will establish division-level systems for supplier quality, coordinate cross-business unit meetings, and implement continuous improvement initiatives.

Key responsibilities include

• Lead, coach, and develop the Supplier Quality team; set clear goals and priorities, assign work, and provide regular feedback to support strong performance and professional growth.
• Manage team performance through ongoing coaching and formal performance reviews; identify development needs and support individual development plans.
• Develop and maintain performance metrics, implement new technologies, and support various processes from new material qualification to sustaining engineering.
• Lead the implementation of quality improvement programs that deliver measurable results.
• Using data analysis, quality tools, project management, and professional skills, lead initiatives to enhance supplier performance and product quality.
• Partner with Sourcing, Manufacturing, Product Engineering, Global Technical Support, Operations, and commodity management to address supplier quality needs and advance quality improvement.
• Build effective working relationships with supplier’s senior management and collaborate with their teams to identify and implement measurable quality improvements.
• Plan and lead supplier quality audits, document findings, and follow up on corrective actions.
• Assess supplier, material, and process risks; recommend and track actions to reduce quality risks.
• Maintain and analyze supplier quality and performance metrics to identify trends, investigate non-conformances, and conduct root cause analysis.
• Investigate supplier-related nonconformances and coordinate containment, root cause analysis, and corrective and preventive actions.
• Lead continuous improvement projects that improve supplier performance and product quality.
• Manage the implementation and ongoing use of the supplier quality and performance management program.
• Provide supplier quality support for new material qualification, changes, and sustaining engineering activities.

How will you get there?

• Advanced Degree plus 6 years of experience, or Bachelor's Degree plus 8 years of experience in Quality Engineering or Supplier Quality Engineering, including 3+ years of direct Supplier Management experience
• Preferred Fields of Study: Engineering or Science
• Proficiency in quality management systems (QMS) and project management tools
• Experience with quality management software programs and Microsoft Office Suite
• Demonstrated experience in building consensus and implementing improvements
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop team members
• Experience in establishing and maintaining supplier performance metrics
• Expertise in problem-solving and root cause analysis
• Capability to support new product development and value engineering initiatives
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills
• Team management experience including leadership and accountability for team performance, workload prioritization and talent development.
• Experience leading management reviews, escalating supplier risks, supplier governance cadence, KPI targets, and execution of a supplier quality strategy.
• Travel up to 25% as needed
• Experience working with commodities ranging from machined parts, electrical components, plastics, resin, chemicals.