Corporate Supplier Quality Engineer

Lead supplier APQP activities to ensure successful new product launches and readiness before start of production. Coordinate supplier PPAP approvals, process qualification activities, and product and design verification requirements. Review and validate PFMEA, Control Plans, MSA, SPC, and GD&T documentation to ensure robust manufacturing controls. Conduct supplier readiness assessments, audits, gateway reviews, and run-at-rate evaluations to verify production capability. Manage supplier quality performance through scorecard reviews, audits, and ongoing quality monitoring. Drive issue escalation, root cause analysis, and corrective action implementation to resolve supplier quality concerns. Develop and execute supplier improvement and recovery plans to improve performance and return underperforming suppliers to target levels. Support continuous improvement initiatives across seating manufacturing processes, including JIT, Trim, Structures, and TCS operations.