Senior Supplier Quality Manager

Cornerstone Building Brands is looking for a Senior Manager of Supplier Quality to join its team. As a Senior Manager, Supply Quality, you will provide quality leadership and expertise working with suppliers to define and deploy strategies that drive quality improvement. You will manage and conduct supplier maturity assessments, continuous improvement plans, audits / compliance, and oversee the containment of supplier quality escapes in our manufacturing facilities. In this role you will travel up to 75% domestically.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute the Supplier Quality Management System Strategy
• Coach and lead suppliers to deliver zero defects, ensuring the supplier has all the relevant prevention and detection skills required. Implements processes to capture and report quality metrics, 8D reporting and other inputs to supplier performance methodologies
• Develops processes, methods and systems to capture supplier quality defects at Cornerstone Building Brands manufacturing locations; implements chargeback policies to supplier based on findings. 
• Coach suppliers in complying with relevant requirements; ensure material and component specifications are documented and adhered to
• Conducts ongoing supplier audits in accordance with risk profiles and Cornerstone Building Brands quality standards
• Support Strategic Sourcing with the supplier approval process by assessing manufacturing/technology capabilities, quality processes, and other supplier characteristics to ensure success with Cornerstone Building Brands manufacturing requirements
• Partners with Strategic Sourcing to drive supplier innovation and improvement programs that improve cost/value propositions
• Support new product launches and ongoing material/component qualifications to ensure suppliers are capable of delivering to the required quality standards
• Conducts compliance projects as needed
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, refusing to compromise on issues of quality, professional and behavioral standards
• Demonstrates levels of leadership and influence both internally and at suppliers; ability to partner with Strategic Sourcing, Legal and other internal stakeholders

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related industrial discipline
• Master’s degree preferred and MBA a plus
• Six Sigma Black Belt certification preferred
• The successful candidate will have at least 6+ years of manufacturing experience and at least 3 years of quality experience
• Enthusiastic about the value quality brings to the manufacturing process and passionate about keeping technical skills up to date, understanding best practices, and deploying quality systems to achieve goals and targets
• Displays a strong ability to use data to rationally analyze and solve issues
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to train staff and influence business leaders to adopt process and
• Thorough understanding of quality control standards and methodologies.
• Requires travel up to 75%
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software, quality systems and tools

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Cornerstone Building Brands is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. You can find the Equal Employment Opportunity Poster here. You can also view Your Right to Work Poster here along with This Organizations Participation in E-Verify Poster here. If you'd like to view a copy of the company's affirmative action plan or policy statement, please contact Human Resources at 281-897-7788 or HRCompliance@cornerstone-bb.com. If you have a disability and you believe that you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please contact Human Resources at 281-897-7788 or HRCompliance@cornerstone-bb.com. This email is used exclusively to assist disabled job seekers whose disability prevents them from being able to apply online. Only emails received for this purpose will be returned. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or technical issues not related to a disability, will not receive a response.

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Must be at least 18 years of age to apply.

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