Supplier Development Director

Job Description : SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR VIETNAM ( EXPATS ONLY) An exciting Supplier Development Director has just available at one of the world’s leading global home furnishing company. About the Supplier Development Director Role: In this business-critical role, you will lead a supplier continuous improvement team consisting of factory evaluation auditors, furniture manufacturing engineers and continuous improvement professionals. Develop strategy and execution plans to achieve following: analyse factory production methods for continuous improvement in product quality and efficiency. Identify, understand and resolve, in a timely manner, all engineering related product quality issues. Partner with suppliers to establish best in class process methods then share best practices. Key Responsibilities: · Collaborate globally with in-country, regional and US based engineering, vendor champions and quality team members to ensure factory and item conformance to defined product standards, and timely execution of corrective action plans at problem factories · Lead supplier development process, product improvement plans and communicate status regularly to subordinates, peers and leadership · Complete assigned projects efficiently and with high quality workmanship; communicate constraints effectively and lead multiple projects simultaneously · Utilise the continuous improvement tools and thinking processes of Six Sigma, Theory of Constraints, Statistical Process Control, and Lean to define and execute improvements within the global supply chain · Facilitate product testing and document results; share results and provide recommendations to the global team · Monitor quality signatures of overseas teams to create directed work and improvement efforts including daily monitoring developed quality systems · Monitor supplier quality trends and patterns of overseas teams with systems to create directed work for improvement efforts; strongly coordinating with US import quality champions · Identify data-driven quality improvements within, and throughout, the global network of internal and external suppliers. Gather, analyse, document and report-out quality data throughout the supply base, while characterizing the supplier’s operations with improvement opportunity mindedness. Identify, document and issue supplier-level corrective action requests, as well as confirm and verify closure on an item-by-item basis · Gather, document and report quality data at the supplier, product. Develop quality control plans at the supplier, product, process and attribute levels. Ensure appropriate workflows are designed, documented and followed, as well as, results are created tracked and archived · Demonstrate the company’s core and growth values in the performance of all job functions To succeed in this role, you must have basic understanding of one or more continuous improvements methodologies. Key Requirement: · Bachelor degree in Business or Engineering or related field or equivalent work experience · Over 10 years’ experience in global furniture manufacturing and quality systems · Experience and understanding of Lean processes · Quality management systems and supply chain systems · Handle multiple projects simultaneously within established time constraints · Proficient computer skills, including experience with Microsoft Office Suite, internet · Perform under strong demands in a fast-paced environment

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