Supplier Quality Manager

Overview

Manage supplier quality program, audits, improvements, and compliance for GTI Fabrication.

Key Responsibilities

• supplier quality
• apqp support
• scorecard dashboards
• scar management
• rcca activities
• supplier audits

Tasks

-Lead GTI’s Supplier Quality Management program, ensuring consistent quality and reliability of materials, components, and subassemblies. -Support Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and NPI activities to ensure supplier readiness for new product launches. -Maintain supplier scorecards and dashboards that visualize trends, performance, and improvement actions. -Work cross-functionally with Operations, Procurement, and Quality to reduce variability, improve yield, and strengthen supplier relationships. -Partner with Engineering and Supply Chain to define critical supplier quality requirements, inspection plans, and performance metrics. -Develop and implement supplier qualification, evaluation, and auditing processes to ensure conformance with specifications and regulatory standards. -Manage the Supplier Corrective Action Request (SCAR) process and ensure timely closure of quality issues. -Collaborate with Engineering on new supplier onboarding, ensuring first-article inspections (FAIs) and PPAPs are completed to GTI standards. -Lead root-cause and corrective action (RCCA) activities with suppliers to address nonconformances and recurring issues. -Drive supplier performance improvement initiatives based on measurable KPIs — defect rate, on-time delivery, cost of poor quality (COPQ), and corrective-action cycle time. -Provide leadership and training to internal stakeholders on supplier quality expectations and best practices.

Requirements

• netsuite
• power bi
• cqe
• six sigma
• iso 9001
• gd&t

What You Bring

-Proven success managing metal fabrication, machining, or electrical component suppliers. -Regular travel to supplier facilities (10–25%) for audits and technical reviews. -Competence with ERP and quality-management systems (NetSuite preferred) and advanced Excel or Power BI analytics. -Hands-on experience performing supplier audits, capability assessments, and first-article inspections. -Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or related technical field. -Familiarity with weld inspection, dimensional inspection, and mechanical assembly processes. -7+ years of experience in supplier quality, quality engineering, or manufacturing quality leadership within an industrial or fabrication environment. -Experience with digital supplier quality tools or automated inspection data systems. -Proficiency with root-cause analysis tools (8D, 5 Why, Fishbone) and statistical process control (SPC). -Excellent communication and negotiation skills; able to partner effectively with both suppliers and internal teams. -Work performed in both office and manufacturing environments. -Exposure to geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) and weld standards (AWS D1.1). -Experience in modular fabrication, energy systems, or defense manufacturing. -Knowledge of supplier quality risk assessment and advanced supplier development frameworks. -Certification in CQE, CQA, or Six Sigma Green/Black Belt. -Strong working knowledge of ISO 9001, APQP, PPAP, FMEA, Control Plans, and auditing practices.

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About Gti Fabrication

-Born in Buffalo, NY, began by crafting disaster relief gear for the Defense Department, laying the groundwork for modular innovation. -Rapidly scaled by expanding into Phoenix and Monterrey to meet booming demand in energy storage and industrial fabrication. -Specialist in Defense, Energy, Industrial, Off-Shore, Oil & Gas, Construction, Renewable Energy, Disaster Relief, Modular Buildings, OEM Manufacturing. -Goodyear, AZ facility features AI-driven battery loading and full U.S. manufacturing compliance.

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