Manufacturing Process Quality Manager

Schneider Electric is seeking a dedicated and proactive Quality Manager to join our Global Supply Chain team in Cd.

Juarez, Mexico.

The Quality Manager will lead all quality-related activities across strategic third-party contract manufacturing partners, ensuring compliance with customer, regulatory, and company quality requirements.

This role is responsible for driving ISO certification readiness, establishing a robust corrective action and continuous improvement culture, preparing sites for customer audits, and developing a multi-year roadmap to transition quality system ownership to the contract manufacturing partner.

Main responsibilities

Quality Systems & ISO Certification


* Lead the development, implementation, and certification of ISO-compliant Quality Management Systems (QMS) at third-party manufacturing facilities.



* Ensure quality systems align with customer, regulatory, and corporate requirements.



* Drive standardization of quality processes, documentation, procedures, and performance metrics across contract manufacturing partners

Contract Manufacturer Quality Integration


* Develop and execute a comprehensive quality integration roadmap enabling third-party manufacturers to assume full ownership of quality processes within two years.



* Establish governance structures, operating rhythms, KPIs, escalation processes, and accountability mechanisms.



* Build strong partnerships with contract manufacturers to ensure long-term sustainability of quality systems.



* Monitor quality performance and implement proactive risk mitigation strategies.

Corrective Action & Continuous Improvement


* Lead root cause investigations utilizing 8D, DMAIC, and other structured problem-solving methodologies.



* Foster a culture of continuous improvement focused on defect reduction, process capability improvements, and customer satisfaction.



* Facilitate Kaizen events and Lean Six Sigma initiatives to improve quality, cost, delivery, and operational performance.

Quality Performance Management


* Establish and track key quality performance indicators including: Customer complaints, COPQ (Cost of Poor Quality, First Pass Yield, Defect rates, Supplier Quality Metrics, Audit Findings, and Corrective Action Effectiveness).



* Lead periodic business reviews with contract manufacturers focused on quality performance and improvement initiatives.

Cross Functional Leadership


* Collaborate with Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, Customer Quality, and Program Management teams.



* Support new product introductions and process transfers into contract manufacturing facilities.



* Provide coaching and mentoring on quality methodologies

Qualifications and experiences



* Education Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Operations, or related field.



* Minimum 5+ years of experience in Quality Management, Supplier Quality, Manufacturing Quality, or...