Director, Supplier Quality Assurance

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Arizona.

📋 Description

• Lead the qualification, assessment, and selection of suppliers specific to programs.

• Assess supplier capabilities, historical performance, and flow-down requirements.

• Supervise independent evaluations of supplier quality and technical performance.

• Implement and maintain APQP and statistical process control techniques across the supply base.

• Collaborate with Programs, Operations, Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain, and Quality to drive strategies for supplier execution and meet SBU objectives.

• Direct Root Cause Corrective Action initiatives for systemic or high-risk supplier challenges.

• Represent Raytheon in corporate sourcing and performance teams.

• Convert corporate initiatives into actionable plans at the supplier level.

• Manage technical and quality risks from suppliers impacting cost, schedule, and performance, accounting for over $10B in annual material sales.

• Cultivate, mentor, and develop a geographically and technologically diverse team.

• Act as a senior liaison with supplier executive leadership, customers, and corporate stakeholders.

• Negotiate terms and mediate differing viewpoints to address performance discrepancies.

• Propel Supplier Assurance strategies and enhance supplier capabilities across production technologies.

• Implement Advanced Product Quality Planning with suppliers to ensure adherence to technical, contractual, and regulatory standards.

• Ensure sufficient capacity at suppliers and their sub-tiers.

• Safeguard Raytheon production and minimize risks across programs and business operations.

• Evaluate success through the timely delivery of quality-assured products, First Article Inspection (FAI), first-time FAI yield, supplier quality performance, escapes, and Parts Per Million (PPM).

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience with a minimum of fourteen (14) years of relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related discipline and at least twelve (12) years of experience.

• Relevant background in supplier quality, manufacturing engineering, operations, or other engineering domains.

• Fourteen years of experience working with APQP, statistical process control, RCCA, and additional quality methodologies.

• Experience in aerospace and defense or similarly complex industries.

• Proven experience leading and mentoring technical teams.

• U.S. citizenship is mandatory.

• Capability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued security clearance.

• An active and existing DoD Secret security clearance is required from day one.

• Must reside and work within one of the 50 U.S. states, excluding U.S. territories.

• Willingness to travel 75% of the time to supplier locations as necessary.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Life insurance.

• Short-term disability coverage.

• Long-term disability coverage.

• 401(k) matching.

• Flexible spending accounts.

• Flexible work schedules.

• Employee assistance program.

• Employee Scholar Program.

• Parental leave.

• Paid time off.

• Holidays.

• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be available.

• Primarily remote work offsite from home.

• Travel to supplier locations as needed.