- Responsible in sourcing new suppliers and managing quoting and negotiation with suppliers and subcontractors - Collaborate with QA/QC and Compliance teams to ensure our company standards are met - Improve internal metrics of On-time Delivery and Quality by managing subcontractor scorecards - Responsible for submitting timely on all relevant reports requested by top management such as subcontractor quality performance and standard operating procedures (SOP) - Develop programs and tools to monitor and drive continuous improvement - Support root cause analysis related to product rejection with QA/QC (purpose is to identify, correct and eliminate recurring problems) - Proactively help eliminate material rejection by issuing quality alerts (Immediate involvement is necessary in identification and segregation of quality issues in production) - Provide technical support to supply chain in handling quality inspection, sharing best practices, and enabling compliance to requirements - Regularly communicates with Production, QA/QC and other Operations team - Mentors other team members in quality systems, statistical process controls and structured problem solving - Noted as a product specialist for the furniture category
