• Drive quality for assigned suppliers, including quality plan implementation • Collaborate with Engineering and Sourcing to select and approve suppliers through approval and qualification processes • Own supplier assessments, part/process qualification supplier results • Drive improvements utilizing supplier scorecards • Own ongoing supplier audits, and supplier monitoring ensuring compliance, and driving improvement plans where needed • Work in full alignment and close collaboration with internal stakeholders including sourcing, engineering, manufacturing and project management to enable project execution excellence • Manage supplier quality, supplier performance, including formal Supplier Quality Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs) • Manage new supplier identification & development • Lead supplier quality reviews • Develop & Conduct SQE training • Drive qualification simplification: reduce requirements based on experience, part family quals, etc • Participate in Design Reviews to optimize manufacturability of new designs