About Carrier
- About the Role

As a Sr. Supervisor - Supplier Quality & Development, you will lead the strategy, execution, and continuous improvement of supplier quality across components used in HVAC systems. This role combines technical leadership, team management, and supplier development to ensure supplier processes are capable, materials meet specifications, and risks are proactively mitigated across both New Product Introduction (NPI) and serial production.

You will directly influence product performance, reliability, and compliance while developing a high-performing Supplier Quality team and strengthening supplier partnerships to achieve long-term quality excellence. This role is critical in ensuring that supplier-provided components consistently meet the performance, reliability, and regulatory standards required for HVAC systems, enabling product quality, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction.
- Key Responsibilities

As a Sr. Supervisor - Supplier Quality & Development, you'll be responsible for:
- Lead, coach,



and develop a team of Supplier Quality Engineers and incoming quality personnel, driving accountability and continuous improvement.
- Define and deploy supplier quality strategies, including supplier qualification, certification, performance monitoring, and risk-based development plans.
- Lead supplier quality activities for NPI programs, ensuring supplier readiness through audits, process validation, capability studies, and successful product launches.
- Govern supplier process validation, PPAP/UPPAP approvals, change management, and compliance with engineering and product requirements.
- Drive supplier development initiatives and structured problem-solving methodologies to improve supplier performance, process capability, and quality maturity.
- Lead escalation and resolution of critical supplier quality issues, ensuring rapid containment, root cause analysis, and corrective action implementation.
- Partner cross-functionally with En

📌 Sr. Supervisor Supplier Quality (Santa Catarina)
🏢 Carrier
📍 Santa Catarina