Summary of Position:

The Supplier Quality Manager plays a key role in supporting successful new model launches by guiding supplier product validation, approval, and readiness throughout the industrialization process. This role partners with AANA (AGC Automotive North America) manufacturing locations and the supply base to track supplier quality concerns, support timely resolution, and help prioritize corrective actions. The position also oversees supplier development activities for direct and indirect commodity groups, supports audit readiness for internal, customer, certification, and external compliance requirements, and provides day-to-day leadership, coaching, and development for team members.

Location: Farmington Hills, MI

Travel: 10-20% - Regional Travel
Responsibilities:

• Carry out responsibilities in alignment with applicable legal requirements, company policies, business practices, and standards of conduct.
• Lead supplier quality activities for AANA by supporting new program launches, managing APQP and PPAP readiness, tracking supplier quality concerns, communicating priorities, and helping drive timely issue resolution across manufacturing sites.
• Advance supplier development efforts by partnering with plant teams and suppliers to address quality and delivery concerns, review supplier feasibility, maintain audit and compliance readiness, support customer-specific requirements, and promote practical improvements to supplier performance.
• Lead and develop others by setting priorities, guiding day-to-day work, providing coaching and feedback, supporting onboarding and skill development, and aligning team activities with department goals.

Qualifications:

• Has a bachelor's degree in business, engineering, supply chain management, or a related field.
• Brings at least 7 years of experience in Purchasing, Supplier Development, Supplier Quality, or a related automotive manufacturing environment.
• Understands automotive manufacturing, OEM supplier quality requirements, new model launch processes, APQP milestones, and PPAP expectations.
• Can apply IATF 16949:2016, VDA 6.3 preferred, AIAG Core Tools, and customer-specific requirements to support audit readiness, supplier documentation, and corrective action follow-through.
• Uses data and reporting tools, including Microsoft Excel, SharePoint, custom lists, Power Automate, and related systems, to organize supplier performance information, track trends, and support timely decisions.
• Communicates well with suppliers and internal teams, bringing sound judgment, practical problem solving, negotiation skills, and the ability to turn technical information into clear next steps.
• Enjoys coaching others, building team capability, setting clear priorities, and helping associates stay aligned with department objectives.
• Can review supplier performance, cost of quality, PPM trends, scorecards, and corrective action results to identify opportunities for improvement.

We're looking for someone with:

Creativity - You possess the internal need to create and continually iterate. You look at situations with an open mind and develop smart, efficient and often non-obvious solutions.

Innate Curiosity - You are naturally curious about cause-effect relationships, what-if scenarios and why-done analysis.

Intuitive - You have the ability to see interconnections and dependencies between seemingly disparate pieces. You can identify a missing element and/or gap based on general logic, even without having specific knowledge or experience in the subject.

Self-Educating - In addition to formal training opportunities, you possess an internal drive to identify areas of missing knowledge and independently close gaps.

Internally Motivated - You have an internal drive based on interest and/or self-imposed expectations.

Humble / Customer Serving - You embody our mission to enable the customer facing teams to be successful. You understand that our customer's failure is, at least on some level, our failure.
What Can AGC Offer You?

• Competitive compensation
• A structured bonus plan
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(K)
• Generous PTO program
• Discount programs
• Opportunities for growth