Summary/Purpose:

• Recruitment, selection, deployment, leadership, coaching, mentoring and development of Global Supplier Development Engineers, driving continuous improvement in resource efficiency and effectiveness within their team.
• Determines the objectives, targets and goals for the Global Supplier Development Team and its individual team members.  Measures progress and identifies / takes the necessary actions when objectives, targets and / or goals are not met.
• Leads the identification and execution of team activities / resources required to support Jabil, workcell, GCM strategies / initiatives.
• Drives commodity focus on continuous improvement in supplier performance in areas of Cost, Quality, Delivery and Service.
• Leads the coordination and synchronization of activities within their respective commodities with those of the other commodity teams.
• Focuses on driving a “One Jabil” approach.
• Monthly communication of team activities, initiatives, progress and trends focused on continuous improvement of supplier performance / capabilities.
• Provides leadership to their team and respective assigned sites in the areas of systems, processes and tools.
• Drives the compilation and maintenance of a list of site / workcell / market sector / industry requirements for their respective region.
• Drives the incorporation of these requirements into global systems and processes wherever possible.
• Drives enhancements to global systems, processes and tools to support changing / evolving global needs / requirements.
• Assist and support escalation of supplier performance issues.
• Perform the same functional activities as a Global Supplier Development Engineer as needed and/or assigned.
• Position can be based in Huangpu, Wuxi, Tianjin, or Shanghai

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Identifies resources required to support existing and future requirements within their respective commodities
• Recruits, selects, develops, leads, coaches and mentors Global Supplier Development Engineering resources, focusing on continuous improvement in efficiency and effectiveness
• Participates in development of global systems, processes and tools ensuring that market sector and site requirements / needs have been considered and incorporated wherever possible.
• Drives deployment of global systems, processes and tools within their assigned sites
• Provide input into GCM sourcing strategies utilizing supplier performance data and GSDE feedback.
• Driving continuous improvement in supplier performance within the commodities assigned.
• Ensuring that supplier development activities are identified, initiated utilizing the corrective action process, and progress is monitored / measured through monthly / quarterly scorecard reviews.
• Ensure that necessary activities are identified and executed for new suppliers / new products / new technologies that result in performance objectives being met prior to start of production, in support of JTS, Jabil site / workcell, etc… requirements and needs
• Provide systems assessment support as needed
• Provide support to other commodity teams, as able, for supplier selection, development, issue investigation / resolution, etc… of suppliers within proximity of their home location.

Critical Focus Areas:

• Resource Management
• Identification of existing and future resource needs within the Global Supplier Development Engineering Team to support Jabil, workcell, site, JTS, and GCM strategies and needs
• Recruit, select and deploy Global Supplier Development Engineers ensuring that capable and qualified resources are deployed.
• Provide leadership, coaching and mentoring to Global Supplier Development Engineers including: Identification of targets, goals and objectives for the team as well as individual team members; Measurement of progress and initiation of actions when expected progress is not made; Identification of training and development needs for each GSDE and creation and execution of training plans addressing the needs identified; Perform Employee Appraisals per Jabil established policy
• Provide input and support to sites regarding: SQE needs (i.e. numbers, skills / capabilities, roles and responsibilities, etc…); Identification of training and development needs; Training in Jabil global systems, processes and tools; Systems, Processes and Tools
• Drives the compilation and maintenance of a list of site / workcell / market sector / industry requirements for their respective assigned market sectors, commodities and sites.
• Drives the incorporation of these requirements into global systems and processes wherever possible.
• Drives enhancements to global systems, processes and tools to support changing / evolving global needs / requirements.
• Drives site compliance to established global systems, processes and tools
• Ensures that global systems, processes and tools are communicated to the appropriate resources with the team and sites
• Measures conformance and initiates actions when non-conformances are identified
• Ensure the development and maintenance of supplier technology capabilities (process and product) in support of current and future supply chain strategies and JTS current and future product technology requirements
• Drives the monitoring of potential environmental, legislative, regulatory requirements and determination of their potential impacts to suppliers and Jabil sites / workcells within the respective assigned commodities, sites and market sectors.
• Determining and carrying out the necessary activities to ensure supply chain compliance prior to required compliance date.
• Ensure the timely and effective communication of changes / enhancements to Jabil requirements / expectations
• With the other Global Supplier Development Managers, ensure an effective and efficient global approach and process for component qualification / validation is in place that: Identifies and communicates the requirements for component qualification / validation to the supplier; Identifies required submission dates and drives on time submissions; Tracks supplier submission dates, progress and approvals; Provides timely review and approval; Ensure upload of approvals to Jabil AMPL; Drives corrective action for issues identified; Determines risk associated with identified issues and determines disposition in a timely manner to support production requirements
• Supplier Performance
• Lead the establishment of performance targets, goals and / or objectives for assigned commodities based on Jabil, workcell, site, and GCM requirements
• Coordination of activities within the Global SDE team, driving focus on new product introduction and sustaining supplier continuous performance improvement
• Provide escalation support for resolution of issues once site and GSDE available actions have been exhausted
• Development and maintenance of supplier technology capabilities (process and product) in support of current and future supply chain strategies and JTS current and future product technology requirements
• Global Support
• Perform the assigned functions of GSDE as needed / assigned

Job Requirements:

• Degree in a Technical Discipline (i.e. EE ME QE) with demonstrated technical expertise in one or more commodity fields 5 to 10 years Supplier Quality / Development Engineering experience plus 5 years experience in a Supplier Quality / Development Management role
• Additional certification such as ASQ CQE CQM CQA; or ISO Lead Auditor is highly desirable.
• Proven problem solving skills and abilities required
• Experience in Electronics Manufacturing Services industry preferred
• Experienced in working in Design area with Design Teams especially DFX reviews
• Familiarity with and experience in applying Six Sigma methodologies required (qualified Green Belt / Black Belt preferred)
• Prior business /commercial (i.e. purchasing commodity management) experience desired.
• Demonstrated skills must include strong written and oral communication resource management problem solving process improvement conflict resolution leadership motivation systems and process development / deployment administration and change management.
• Fluent in written and spoken English
• Willing to travel