Supplier Quality Engineering Manager

FBD Partnership, L.P. is the leading, global manufacturer of frozen beverage dispensers located in San Antonio, Texas. With a customer-first business philosophy and a team dedicated to the highest product quality, FBD develops and manages strong, long-term relationships with customers in the quick-service restaurant, convenience store, theater, and theme park industries. More information about the company can be found athttps://www.fbdfrozen.com/

Summary:

The Supplier Quality Engineering Manager tracks data, identifies improvement projects, and manages cross-functional implementation to improve performance of suppliers and key components by implementing process controls and quality assurance plans.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the implementation of the Quality Management System with special emphasis on the Supplier Management System.

• Contribute to new business initiatives/projects and review/communicate the impact on Supplier Quality Activities.

• Lead supplier development strategy, designing the metrics for the function and supplier performance.

• Work with cross functional teams to define process parameters and criteria to ensure supplier process capability is effective to meet product and process requirements.

• Create, issue, monitor and assure completion and effectiveness of Supplier Corrective Action Requests.

• Perform on-site supplier visits for root cause analysis and verification of corrective actions of supplier quality issues.

• Promote the use of customer preferred techniques for continuous improvement such as Lean, Six-Sigma, Poka-Yoke (Error Proofing), Measurement System Analysis and FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis.

• Monitor, communicate and improve key supply chain KPI's, supplier escapes, DPPM and waste.

• Provide leadership in identifying, articulating, and resolving supplier problems related to First Article Inspections, line rejects, and warranty.

• Stay current and up to date on any changes that may affect the supply and demand of needed products and materials and advise others of any impact.

• Manage, coach, and develop a high performing Supplier Quality team that meets agreed objectives, and which delivers best practice results, added value and continuous improvements.

• Lead incoming inspection area, inspectors, documents, and workflow, being responsible to elaborate, update and coordinate incoming inspection plans.

• Liaison between supplier and FBD by participating in and approving/rejecting drawing reviews, design reviews, reliability assessments, factory testing, process, and supplier capabilities.

• Perform other duties as needed or assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors' degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.

• Must have 3+ years of Supplier Quality Engineering leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.

• Experience with drawing interpretation and the use of measurement equipment such as calipers, micrometers, and height gage.

• Six Sigma Green Belt preferred, but not required.

• Experience with IFS or other Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems preferred, but not required.

• Proficient with MS Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook).

• Travel expected to be up to 25%.

• Must have excellent communication skills because of daily contact with internal employees and suppliers.

• Must be able to pass a background check, drug test and a reference check.

Physical Demands:

• Required to sit, type, have eye/hand foot coordination, occasionally stand, walk, lift, carry, push, and pull.

• Ability to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

• This position works in a typical office, manufacturing, and lab environment.

• Clarity of vision including the ability to appropriately differentiate colors.

• Ability to hear, understand, and distinguish speech and other sounds.