Supplier Quality Manager

Job Summary

Leonardo DRS is seeking a Supplier Quality Manager to support our Naval Electronics (NE) Business Unit.

This new opportunity is based onsite in one of the following NE locations:

• Computing and Networks Center of Excellence - Johnstown, PA
• Senors Center of Excellence - Largo, FL

Support the DRS Quality mission statement: “Establish a culture of innovation within DRS Quality teams, championing the deployment of superior processes in lieu of traditional inspection activities and ensuring the delivery of continuously improving value and compliance to our customers and business units.”

Job Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop the Supplier Quality Engineering (SQE) team; set priorities, ensure consistent execution, and build a strong talent pipeline through performance management and development plans
• Drive cross-functional process change by translating supplier quality issues and trend data into updated controls, requirements flow-down, and prevention-focused improvements.
• Partner with Procurement/Buyers and Supply Chain stakeholders to align supplier strategy, support sourcing decisions with risk-based input, and execute supplier recovery and escalation actions.
• Provide direct, candid feedback to internal stakeholders and suppliers; set clear expectations, timelines, and consequences, and drive accountability to results
• Establish and mature proactive supplier quality execution (APQP, PFMEA, control plans, risk-based auditing) to reduce escapes and improve supplier capability over time.
• Define and track leading and lagging supplier quality indicators (Supplier Report Cards, SCAR aging/closure effectiveness, audit finding closure, DPPM/escapes, OTD) and drive sustained improvement plans.
• Partner with Operations and Program Management to balance supplier risk, execution priorities, quality requirements, and total cost - driving timely, risk-based decisions that protect schedule and customer commitments
• Align Supplier Quality processes, metrics, and standard work to corporate-driven requirements and enterprise initiatives, ensuring consistent deployment, adoption, and compliance across the business unit.
• Develop and review quality assurance cost estimates in support of proposal efforts
• Maintain, execute, and improve the quality management system using departmental and company resources
• Manage all ERP related quality systems/modules - use data to drive improvement through disciplined metrics management and team projects
• Perform direct coordination with customers and suppliers during early planning phases of development and production programs
• Manage direct and indirect budgets and departmental expenses
• Specializes in Supplier Quality, but ideally will prove competency in all Quality functions

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent experience in a related technical field with a minimum of 5 years of experience
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, communication and writing skills
• Ability to lead effective corrective action using disciplined problem-solving methods and statistical analysis
• Knowledge of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
• In-depth knowledge of AS9100 & ISO 9001 Standards
• ISO Lead Auditor experience desired; certification preferred
• ASQ certification preferred