.**Lead - Regional Supplier Quality - Guadalajara, Mexico**:Be a part of a revolutionary change.At PMI, we've chosen to do something incredible. We're totally transforming our business, and building our future on smoke-free products.With huge change, comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join us, you'll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions.It's so rare in R&D that everything aligns to create the ideal conditions for outstanding work. Right now, at PMI, that's exactly what's happening. R&D is the driving force for our bold new vision: to replace cigarettes with a revolutionary portfolio of alternative products.If you're creative, courageous and ready to take risks, you can make a huge impact and propel your career in an endless number of directions. Ultimately, by delivering our smoke-free and beyond nicotine future.**Your 'day to day'**As a Lead - Regional Supplier Quality, you will lead suppliers' relationship related to quality matters in order to ensure goods/services adherence to established specifications, quality requirements and contract agreements while collaborating closely with key teams. Lead Supplier Qualification and Third-Party Change activities according to established processes and defined timelines. Drive supplier performance monitoring and foster continuous improvement to avoid disruption of goods/services supply.**More specifically, you'll**- Lead supplier qualification according to the established qualification plan using risk-based approach. Coordinate the qualification according to business owners/ requestors needs (time, scope, etc.) in accordance with defined Quality Management System (QMS) requirements.- Drive supplier quality performance monitoring based on agreed metrics to ensure compliance to established specifications and ensure sustainable performance. Trigger Improvement actions with the suppliers according to needs to solve systemic issues.- Lead third party changes requests submitted by suppliers according to established QMS requirements by involving required specialists during risk assessment and trigger change management process or material qualification when needed.- Trigger supplier audits based on supplier performance or qualification activities to Corporate Quality Team. Ensure adherence to define audit plan and once Corrective and Preventive actions (CAPA) validated by audit team, follow-up proper CAPA implementation with the supplier according to defined timelines.- Establish communication channels to effectively collaborate with key business partners (Procurement, Suppliers, Manufacturing, Quality Operations, Compliance, Product Development) on suppliers related matters.- Contribute to define and maintain overall supplier Management processes