Job summary
Supply Quality Manager strives to be the leader in supplier quality management and ability to scale to support Amazon Devices’ engagement from CM (contract manufacturing) to ODM (original design manufacturer). Key responsibilities include developing approved suppliers for mass production of high-quality parts, managing suppliers in mass production to produce high quality parts consistently, with improvement in yields quarter to quarter, and qualifying and bringing-up of new suppliers to support increased capacity and/or new programs (addressing all aspects of supplier process readiness).
This position is based in Shenzhen/Shanghai.

Responsibilities
• To be the leader in end to end supplier quality management.
• Lead the development of new suppliers or existing suppliers of Electro-mechanical parts to support increased capacity and/or new programs. Establish process or mechanism in driving supplier improvements.
• Set up quality goals and monitor failure rate in suppliers, drive supplier to produce high quality parts consistently, with improvement in yields quarter to quarter.
• Anticipate potential problems, identify the root cause, and resolves performance issues and problems with cross function team in NPI and MP period that affect the reliability, manufacturability, or availability of components.
• Work with design engineering team in project development phase and make sure material issues are monitored and timely closed.
• Develop process to early identify potential problems and improvements with design of new products, specifications, components, materials and application.
• Drive suppliers in area of failure analysis capability, including engineering resource and equipment readiness.
• Develop supplier quality team and lead the team to improve quality of mechanical and/or electro-mechanical parts for Amazon projects. Drive into Sub-tier suppliers for quality review and corrective actions when necessary and needed.
• Work with commodity management team to understand and highlight areas where quality and process within a specific supplier can be improved to reduce cost.
• Co-work with engineering, GCM, operations team for qualification of second or multiple sources. Review and approve request of engineering or production changes.