Job Details

Job Details

Job Location
Arrowhead Products - Los Alamitos, CA

Position Type
Full Time

Salary Range
$120000.00 - $130000.00 Salary/year

Job Shift
1st Shift

Job Summary:

Under broad leadership and strategic direction, the Supplier Quality Manager is responsible for overseeing all supplier quality activities within the organization. This role demands strong leadership, resource management, and stakeholder collaboration skills to drive continuous improvement, develop supplier performance, and ensure compliance with aerospace and regulatory quality standards. The Supplier Quality Manager will lead the Supplier Quality team in implementing robust processes, problem-solving efforts, and supplier development initiatives to meet business and customer expectations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage all supplier quality assurance activities within the supply chain, ensuring adherence to company and industry standards.
• Develop, implement, and monitor Supplier Quality Management systems, ensuring they are effective, compliant, and consistently applied across suppliers.
• Oversee supplier qualification, certification management, and validation processes, verifying accuracy, credibility, and robustness.
• Drive Supplier Quality Improvement Plans to achieve key metrics such as On-Time Delivery (OTD), escape reduction, nonconformance reduction, and cost savings.
• Provide input to procurement and operations for make/buy decisions based on supplier quality performance.
• Administer and support Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCAR), coaching suppliers in problem-solving methodologies (e.g., 8D, Six Sigma), and ensuring timely closure of actions.
• Act as the primary point of contact for quality issues relating to suppliers, routinely reviewing nonconformances and quality trends to implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Facilitate and manage supply chain inspections and audits, ensuring contractual and regulatory compliance.
• Ensure clear communication of supply chain contractual quality requirements to suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Maintain accurate supplier quality data, metrics, and reports to inform management decisions and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead supplier process improvement initiatives, encouraging innovation and efficiency.
• Develop, deploy, and track performance and process metrics to measure process efficiency and supplier performance, fostering accountability.
• Manage, mentor, and develop the Supplier Quality team, identifying skill gaps and implementing training and succession planning strategies.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, legal, regulatory, and quality standards across all supplier quality activities.

• This job description is not all inclusive of all duties. Other duties may be assigned.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Systems, Business Management, or equivalent work experience.
• 10+ years of engineering and quality experience, with proven supplier quality management background.
• Strong expertise in problem-solving tools such as 8D, Practical Problem Solving, Six Sigma.
• Demonstrated leadership and team management skills.
• Experience in aerospace industry standards and regulatory requirements, including AS9100, PPAP, and APQP.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Proficient in interpreting engineering drawings/blueprints.
• Sound organizational and analytical skills.
• Demonstrated strength in decision-making.
• Capable of multi-tasking with sufficient ease to meet multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Demonstrated effectiveness working across organizational levels.
• Ability to analyze and develop policies/procedures, to perform sound root cause analysis, and to perform process mapping.
• Proficient with manufacturing processes and controls.
• Must be accurate and detailed.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in use of computer applications including MS Office Suite, MS Project, Visio.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Manage the Supplier Quality team

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Lift up to 50 lbs.
• Push and pull 50 lbs.
• Bend Occasionally
• Sit, Stand, and Walk Frequently
• Talk and Listen Frequently

Special Requirements

• N/A

Limitations and Disclaimer

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, this job description does not establish a contract for employment and the content is subject to be changed, modified, or deleted at the discretion of the Company. In compliance with the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) of 1990, the Company will make reasonable accommodations with those individuals with a disability as defined by the ADA.