Lumentum

Director of Supplier Quality

Lumentum

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • Texas • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • The Director of Supplier Quality will be responsible for managing quality and predictability across the Lumentum Asia supply chain to prevent excursions and to eliminate supplier quality problems.
  • This position requires hands-on experience in building strong relationships with the suppliers, collaborating closely with suppliers to deliver a zero-defect overall product, process, and systems quality, prevent any supplier quality escapes and managing resolution to a speedy and effective closure.
  • This role will lead the team in this growing region in creative and efficient problem-solving, enabling decision-making at the right level.
  • The role will build and drive an internal team that is disciplined, results-driven, proactive to be viewed as effective collaborators with internal and external partners, suppliers, and customers.
  • Working with a cross functional team, this leader will develop and execute sound, efficient strategies to drive improve supplier quality, deliver perfect product quality and delivery metrics, improve operational results, drive to eliminate risk of quality excursions, quantify and reduce cost of poor quality.

Requirements

  • BS, Engineering, MS preferred
  • 10 - 15 years of experience in a Supplier Management Engineering/Quality Engineering role for a Technology or Automotive Company
  • 15+ years supplier quality experience of successfully partnering and problem solving with suppliers
  • Skilled in using Kaizen continuous improvement practices, including holding Gemba at the suppliers as needed
  • Zero defect manufacturing and automotive certification TS16949 or similar experience required
  • Excellent statistical and data mining skills with a strong background in SPC control methods
  • Good working knowledge of Quality Tools – FMEA, 8D & DOE fluency
  • Experience and proven success working with contract manufacturers and Asia based supply base
  • Proven ability to drive improvements within a broader technical organization
  • Keen and efficient problem-solving skills with the ability to multi-task and change course to adjust to evolving business demands
  • Excellent written/verbal and data presentational communication skills. Capability to articulate and communicate issues, responses, and resolutions, etc.
  • Demonstrated history of collaboration and teamwork
  • Ability to manage issues in different time zones worldwide.
Benefits
  • We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.
  • We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
  • We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
Supplier Management EngineeringQuality EngineeringKaizenSPC control methodsFMEA8DDOEZero defect manufacturingData miningProblem solving
Soft skills
Relationship buildingCollaborationCreative problem-solvingDecision-makingResults-drivenProactiveTeam leadershipCommunicationMulti-taskingAdaptability
Certifications
BS in EngineeringMS in EngineeringTS16949 certification