Sr. Quality Supply Manager

Candidate: #189126
Current Position: Senior Quality Supply Manager
Industry: Wholesale
Certification: Bachelor of Science, Engineering
Experience: 20+ years
Relocation: Southeast – Open to Travel

Scope:

This candidate is a seasoned Supplier Quality Leader with over 20+ years of experience strengthening global supply chains and improving supplier performance in Europe and United States. Recognized for measurable improvements in quality, compliance, and cost efficiency through data-driven leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and strategic supplier engagement. Proven record of building world-class quality systems, reducing costs, and developing high-performing teams aligned with corporate and regulatory standards.

Accomplishments:

• Built lifecycle supplier engagement—from qualification and audits to performance management and continuous improvement—scalable across multiple business units.
• Drove measurable quality improvements: 65%+ reduction in supplier PPM and 45% fewer part purges within 12 months via a formal SQIP program replicated across sister companies.
• Accelerated material disposition and cost recovery: cut MRB inventory age from 150 to 10 days and recovered $375mm in defective-part costs.
• Instituted KPI discipline (PPM, CoPQ, purge rates), strengthened 8D/A3 root-cause rigor, and increased supplier corrective-action effectiveness.
• Boosted factory performance in rugged computing: improved to 95% trimmed enhanced-display fallout by 15%, and reduced MRB from $245K to < $10K.
• Designed and rolled out a standardized Supplier Summit and scalable audit framework, elevating supplier engagement and compliance across domestic and international sites.
• Digitized and automated supplier portal reporting workflows, delivering $20mm+ annual savings and faster, data-driven decision making
• Led cross-functional reliability and field-defect resolution in semiconductor capital equipment, reducing recurrence of systemic failures and shortening CA cycle times.
• Built and mentored high-performing SQ/quality teams with multiple promotions, while bringing an entrepreneurial lens from prior business ownership and early manufacturing/production roles.

Haskel Thompson & Associates:

Since our founding in 1979, we have been the go-to recruiting firm within the Retail, QSR, CPG, Private Equity, and Petroleum industries to bring your organization top-tier talent. With our proprietary and extensive vetting process, you can rest assured that you will be adding highly educated, knowledgeable, and qualified candidates to help grow your organization.

For more information about this candidate, please contact Jessica Kennedy at 239-302-3587 or jessica@haskelthompson.com