The Lead Supplier Quality Engineer leads supplier quality strategy and execution to ensure supplied materials, components, and processes meet AMETEK, customer, and applicable quality management system requirements. This role serves as the primary technical liaison between suppliers and internal teams, driving defect prevention, supplier qualification, First Article Inspection (FAI), structured problem solving, and continuous improvement across supplier performance, cost, and risk.
Responsibilities:
• Lead supplier quality strategy, priorities, and plans in alignment with business and Quality Management System objectives.
• Establish and maintain incoming material quality criteria, inspection plans, key characteristics, and acceptance requirements.
• Lead supplier selection, evaluation, qualification, approval, and re-evaluation in coordination with Purchasing, Engineering, and Supply Chain.
• Plan and execute supplier system, process, and product audits; document findings and ensure timely and effective closure of actions.
• Manage FAI, APQP, PPAP,
and approval documentation for new products, transfers, and changes involving suppliers, processes, materials, or locations.
• Lead containment, investigation, and resolution of supplier quality issues using 8D and other structured problem-solving methodologies, ensuring root cause identification, corrective action, effectiveness verification, and prevention of recurrence.
• Issue and track supplier corrective action requests (SCAR/SQR) and escalate critical risks, delays, or noncompliance.
• Coordinate the identification, segregation, evaluation, and disposition of supplier-related nonconforming material, including MRB activities.
• Monitor and report supplier performance through defined KPIs, including PPM, rejections, escapes, recurrence, action closure, FAI, and cost of poor quality.
• Develop improvement plans for underperforming or high-risk suppliers and verify sustainable results.
• Collaborate with En
📌 Lead Supplier Quality Engineer (México)
🏢 Ametek
📍 México