Overview:

Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, MA. The 2,000+ employees of Draper tackle important national challenges with a promise of delivering successful and usable solutions. From military defense and space exploration to biomedical engineering, lives often depend on the solutions we provide. Our multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists work in a collaborative environment that inspires the cross-fertilization of ideas necessary for true innovation. For more information about Draper, visit www.draper.com.

Job Description Summary:

The Supplier Quality Group Leader will lead a group that is responsible for ensuring supplier quality within Draper’s supply chain. The Group Leader is the first level of management and requires the ability to apply sound management principles for a group of approximately 10 technical staff with supplier quality expertise in a low-volume, high-mix production environment.

Specific Responsibilities Include:
• Manage administrative details and career development for group members.
• Convey relevant information from management to group members.
• Conduct performance evaluations of group members.
• Drive supplier quality performance, development, and business relationship.
• Collaborate with purchasing, engineering, operations, and other programs to develop suppliers for the highest quality at the lowest cost.
• Develop and maintain systems to monitor supplier performance, KPI, and qualifications.
• Grow and develop supplier quality organization while supporting multiple programs in a high mix low volume system.
• Ensure CA/PA are closed while meeting Draper cost, quality, and delivery goals.
• Interface with customer when applicable
• Point of contact for documents related to supplier quality, quality qualification, and metrics.
• Help with internal and external audit planning, execution, reporting, and follow-up.
• Ensure supplier’s meet and maintain Draper expectations.
• Lead auditor and trainer for supplier audits/assessments to meet Draper or other applicable standards.
• Responsible for the overall growth, development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the Supplier Quality team.

Required Qualifications
• Supplier quality process expert.
• Statistics, Six-Sigma, LEAN, SCAR, quality systems, audits, and manufacturing.
• Experience with developing, growing, and designing supplier quality management systems in unique manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated strategic supply chain activities and management.
• Develop a proactive supplier quality management system.
• Leads strategic supply chain activities to manage work with suppliers and programs.
• Desired candidate has GD&T experience.
• A minimum of ten years' experience in Supplier Quality manufacturing. Desired candidate has aerospace, bio medical, and/or semiconductor experience.

Job Description:

Lead, mentor, build depth their area of expertise. and conduct performance evaluations of group members. Maintain awareness of staffing requirements, write job requisitions (responsibilities and required qualifications) for hiring as required, review and disposition incoming resumes, conduct interviews. Serve as Lead Subject Matter Expert for Area of specialty. Shape Draper’s technology offerings and open new business areas based on program and technical experience. Analyze Draper strategy and work with management to build capability in key areas that align Draper's capabilities with customer's strategic priorities.

Skills/Abilities
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Excellent ability with presenting technical material to various levels of the engineering organization and customers.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Applications.
• Strong ability to supervise a team of 10-20 employees.

Education
Requires a degree in Engineering or related discipline

Experience
7+ years of experience in the engineering; design, development, and management of complex systems.

Additional Job Description:

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Job Location - City:

Cambridge

Job Location - State:

Massachusetts

Job Location - Postal Code:

02139-3563

Our work is very important to us, but so is our life outside of work. Draper supports many programs to improve work-life balance including workplace flexibility, employee clubs ranging from photography to yoga, health and finance workshops, off site social events and discounts to local museums and cultural activities. If this specific job opportunity and the chance to work at a nationally renowned R&D innovation company appeals to you, apply now www.draper.com/careers.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Draper is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. We understand the value of diversity and its impact on a high-performance culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. Draper is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, please contact hr@draper.com.