Senior Supplier Quality Engineering Staff Manager
Apply NowCompany: Motivepower, Inc
Location: Fort Worth, TX 76137
Description:
It's not just about your career or job title... It's about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it's for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you're in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us.
Who are we?
Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.
Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers' potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more!
Who will you be working with?
Leads a team of supplier quality engineers, to manage supplier quality for commodities of electronics & electrical components across all product lines. Work to prevent issues upstream in the supply chain and react rapidly to issues in the plant & field. Lead root cause analysis & action plans that directly result in improvements to reduce supplier defects.
How will you make a difference?
Leverage strong leadership and influencing skills to drive process improvements internally and at suppliers. Lead the stakeholders when critical decisions related to quality, cost & speed arise, to ensure the business is taking the correct action to protect product reliability & Wabtec's customer reputation. This role works closely with sourcing, engineering, shop & supply chain leadership.
What do we want to know about you?
Desired Characteristics
What will your typical day look like?
Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:
Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.
To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world's brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.
We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles... People like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
#LI-LV1
Our job titles may span more than one career level. The salary range for this role is between
$102,500.00-$146,000.00
The actual salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, education, business needs, market demands and work location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, are available at mywabtecbenefits.com. Other benefit offerings for this role may include an annual bonus, if eligible.
Who are we?
Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.
Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers' potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more! http://www.WabtecCorp.com
Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:
Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.
To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world's brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.
We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles... People like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
Who are we?
Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.
Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers' potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more!
Who will you be working with?
Leads a team of supplier quality engineers, to manage supplier quality for commodities of electronics & electrical components across all product lines. Work to prevent issues upstream in the supply chain and react rapidly to issues in the plant & field. Lead root cause analysis & action plans that directly result in improvements to reduce supplier defects.
How will you make a difference?
Leverage strong leadership and influencing skills to drive process improvements internally and at suppliers. Lead the stakeholders when critical decisions related to quality, cost & speed arise, to ensure the business is taking the correct action to protect product reliability & Wabtec's customer reputation. This role works closely with sourcing, engineering, shop & supply chain leadership.
What do we want to know about you?
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience
- Minimum of 5 years of business experience
- Willingness and ability to travel to required customer, supplier, and company sites, as needed
Desired Characteristics
- Experience in a Quality or Supplier Quality role
- Experience in manufacturing/remanufacturing
- Ability to interpret blueprints/drawings and specifications
- Strong customer focus
- Experience with PPAP or similar part qualification processes
- Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement
- Statistically literate and familiar with Six Sigma quality concepts and tools
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work in cross-functional, global team environment.
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
- Ability to influence others and lead cross-functional teams
- Ability to handle multiple diverse activities simultaneously
- Expectations are to travel up to 25% of the time
What will your typical day look like?
- Drive quality for assigned suppliers, including quality plan implementation.
- Qualify suppliers through Wabtec PPAP processes.
- Own supplier results and drive performance improvements, utilizing supplier scorecards.
- Own supplier audits, ensuring compliance, and driving improvement/corrective action plans, where needed.
- Have a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of purchasing and sourcing concepts and principles.
- Possess a strong knowledge of purchasing concepts to help drive supplier performance.
- Includes both Supplier Quality Assurance and Supplier Quality Development.
- Includes supplier qualifications, problem solving, corrective action plans, audits, performance monitoring, and assisting key suppliers towards industrial standards of excellence.
- SQL will have a high level of technical understanding of engineering drawings and ability to manage suppliers.
- Will work with allocated suppliers to improve PPAP On Time Delivery and Quality statistics, to meet target levels.
- Communicates effectively across the direct organization, Sourcing, Manufacturing, and Engineering to eliminate roadblocks and communication barriers that may affect quality and delivery requirements.
- Presents to senior leaders in specific purchasing space and on cross functional teams on how Quality contributes to overall strategy.
- Leads in the continuous development of the Supplier Quality function towards best practice.
- Identify and deliver value-adding opportunities from the supply chain.
- Advises functional managers or other functions regarding approaches, processes, and procedures in their own field.
- Has a role as a project leader of medium and large sized projects or is a major contributor to large projects.
- You may also be asked to perform other duties outside of your function or trade, for which adequate training will be provided if necessary.
- Wabtec will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the U.S. for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable) and fitness for duty test (as applicable).
Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:
Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.
To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world's brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.
We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles... People like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
#LI-LV1
Our job titles may span more than one career level. The salary range for this role is between
$102,500.00-$146,000.00
The actual salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, education, business needs, market demands and work location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, are available at mywabtecbenefits.com. Other benefit offerings for this role may include an annual bonus, if eligible.
Who are we?
Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.
Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers' potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more! http://www.WabtecCorp.com
Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:
Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.
To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world's brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.
We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles... People like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.