.Flex, a Fortune global 500 company, is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion and cultivate a workplace culture of belonging that views uniqueness as a competitive edge and builds a community that enables our people to push the limits of innovation to make great products that create value and improve people's lives.Job Summary- The "Supplier Quality Leader" will be based in Guadalajara, Mexico, reporting to Quality Manager and will be responsible for supplier development in a manufacturing or service process; works with suppliers tocontinuously improve performance, implement process controls, and develop quality assurance plans.- What a typical day looks like:- Supplier Selection-Select the suitable supplier with jointed-effort of sourcing on aspects of quality, capability, pricing, delivery, environment, society regulation, etc. against customer requirements.- Supplier Qualification-Implement the new supplier qualification thru the process of capability matching, supplier risk assessment, supplier self-assessment, onsite qualification audit, qualification database management.- VEA (Value-Added Engineering Activity) -Understand customer drawing, specification to feedback value-added engineering proposal to customer and supplier for optimization of supplier manufacturing process or products.- Material (Component) Qualification-Implement PPAP (FAI). PPAP include FAI, Material Certificates, Quality/Process Control Plan, FMEA, MSA, Process Parameter Sheet, RoHS compliance, Reliability Test, COC, etc.- Pilot Run Tracking-Track the new qualified parts quality performance to ensure meet the customer quality requirements in pilot run phase. Drive supplier corrective action from supplier in Pilot Runs (1-3 lots) and smoothly transfer the pilot run to mass production.- Hot Issue Solution and Trouble Shooting- Working as SME (Subject Matter Expert) to help on supplier quality hot issue and trouble shooting.- Holds up Maintenance Audit-helps on the annual maintenance audit for existing suppliers with SQE.- Holds up Supplier CIP (Continuous Improvement Program) - Helps supplier to use the quality tools to improve manufacturing process and product quality.- ECO/ECN/SCR implementation-Handle with ECO/ECN/SCR from customer, follow up the status in case that PPAP/FAI is required prior to production.- Performs quality audits on suppliers to assure products and services meet International Organization for Standards (ISO) and regulatory standards.- Drives full assessment for effectiveness of supplier process control plans, measures and activities.- Uses statistical techniques and professional judgment to research data for process improvement.- Constructs Design of Experiments to characterize supplier processes and/or sets on root cause