Job Description Summary

As the Supplier Quality Leader you will drive supplier excellence, robust quality system and compliance, continuous six sigma process improvement and comprehensive performance management

Job Description

As the Supplier Quality Leader, you will be responsible for:

• Developing and executing strategy for Supplier Quality in conjunction with Sourcing, Operations, and other cross functional business partners.

• Evolving the organization to stay competent, contemporary and ahead of business needs.

• Lead and coach a team of supplier quality personnel to effectively monitor and have a positive influence on the supplier performance.

• Product Qualification / Validation, Supplier Quality Assurance and Supplier Quality Development.

• Supplier qualifications, action plans, audits, performance monitoring, and assisting key suppliers towards industrial excellence.

• Ensuring supplier adherence to GSI's and customers’ quality requirements (product and system).

• Presenting projects plans, strategy road-maps, risks and recommendations to senior business leaders.

• Communicating solutions across our function and with cross-functional partner organizations.

• Ensure Regular reporting of Performance indicators and Non-Conformity Management.

Qualifications / Requirements

• Master’s degree from an accredited university or college in engineering or equivalent.

• Consolidated experience in Quality and supply chain operations.

• Driven by an open, unbiased, positive attitude to investigate issues and come up with root causes based solutions.

• Apply clear thinking in solving complex and urgent issues.

• Collaborative attitude … an inclusive leader able to engage the wider organization as needed.

• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute strategy.

• Strong oral and written communication skills in both English and Italian.

• Strong leadership experience in a matrixed environment.

• Fluent written and spoken Italian and English.

• Travel on need basis to suppliers to prevent issue to reach our factory.

Desired Characteristics

• Previous experience in Supplier Quality

• Exceptional influencing, interpersonal and leadership skills

• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems including overcoming obstacles

• Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects / change

• Ability to lead a multi-cultural team including leadership of remote team members

• Ability to document, develop, plan, and execute programs

• Established project management skills

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No