Supplier Quality Manager

Our client , Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), is looking for a Supplier  Quality Manager.

This role has been designed as Hybrid with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from Aguadilla, PR HPE office.

Who We Are :

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in todays complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate whats next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description :

Job Family Definition :

Responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining quality engineering protocols and methods for building, assembly and test transforming materials into partially finished or finished products. Ensures compliance of manufacturing and production processes with internal and external safety, quality and regulatory standards requirements for worldwide distribution. Designs methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of production processes, production equipment and finished products. Performs analysis of reports and production data to identify trends and recommend updates or changes to design, test, manufacturing, quality standards and procedures when necessary. Recommends performance objectives for engineering, test, manufacturing, product and design functions. May assure compliance to in-house and / or external specifications and standards (i.e. Six Sigma, Lean Sigma and others).

Management Level Definition :

Contributions impact technical components of HPE products, solutions, or services regularly and sustainable. Applies advanced subject matter knowledge to solve complex business issues and is regarded as a subject matter expert. Provides expertise and partnership to functional and technical project teams and may participate in cross-functional initiatives. Exercises significant independent judgment to determine best method for achieving objectives. May provide team leadership and mentoring to others.

In a typical day as a Supplier Quality Manager, you would...

• Leads project teams of other quality engineers and internal and outsourced development and manufacturing partners responsible for the design and integration of quality requirements, processes, and practices into the development, design, manufacturing, and continuous improvement of products and solutions.
• Manages and expands relationships with internal and outsourced partners for quality, product manufacturing and development.
• Reviews and evaluates product and solution designs and production activities for potential quality issues; provides tangible feedback based on results and root-cause analysis and designs and implements solutions to improve product quality and mitigate risk of failures.
• Provides domain-specific expertise and overall product engineering leadership and perspective to cross-organization projects, programs, and activities.
• Drives innovation and integration of new technologies and quality initiatives into projects and activities in the manufacturing engineering organization.
• Provides guidance and mentoring to less-experienced staff members.

Education and Experience Required :

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
• Lean, Six Sigma black belt or equivalent preferred.
• Typically 4-6 years of experience.

If you are

• Experienced with using engineering tools and software packages to test, design, and evaluate products and processes
• Excellent analytical, statistics, and problem solving skills.
• Conducting reviews of material specifications, hardware and electrical component design and processes, and industry quality standards and methodologies.
• Evaluating forms of empirical and root-cause analysis, modeling, testing methodologies, and quality standards to validate product designs, specifications, and processes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;mastery in English and local language.
• Ability to effectively communicate quality architectures, plans, proposals, and results, and negotiate options at senior management levels.

Additional Skills :

Cloud Architectures, Cross Domain Knowledge, Design Thinking, Development Fundamentals, DevOps, Distributed Computing, Microservices Fluency, Full Stack Development, Security-First Mindset, User Experience (UX)

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