Supplier Quality Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Supplier Quality Manager

Location : Phoenix or Goodyear, AZ (On-Site)

Department : Supply Chain

Reports To : Director of Supply Chain

Employment Type : Full-Time | Exempt

About GTI Fabrication

GTI Fabrication is a leader in industrial modular fabrication, serving the energy, defense, and heavy-industrial markets. With advanced engineering and manufacturing operations in Arizona and New York, GTI designs and builds containerized energy systems, structural steel enclosures, and modular power platforms that support mission-critical applications worldwide.

As GTI scales production, supplier partnerships are critical to ensuring our standards for quality, reliability, and compliance remain uncompromising. We are seeking a Supplier Quality Manager to build and lead a proactive, metrics-driven supplier quality program that aligns with our engineering and operational goals.

Position Overview

The Supplier Quality Manager (SQM) is responsible for developing and managing all supplier quality assurance and development programs across GTI’s supply chain. This role ensures that suppliers meet technical, quality, and delivery standards through robust qualification, auditing, and continuous-improvement processes.

The ideal candidate is both technical and strategic — capable of conducting on-site supplier audits, driving root-cause analysis for non-conforming materials, and building scalable systems that support GTI’s growth and ISO-aligned quality initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead GTI’s Supplier Quality Management program, ensuring consistent quality and reliability of materials, components, and subassemblies.
• Develop and implement supplier qualification, evaluation, and auditing processes to ensure conformance with specifications and regulatory standards.
• Partner with Engineering and Supply Chain to define critical supplier quality requirements, inspection plans, and performance metrics.
• Drive supplier performance improvement initiatives based on measurable KPIs — defect rate, on-time delivery, cost of poor quality (COPQ), and corrective-action cycle time.
• Lead root-cause and corrective action (RCCA) activities with suppliers to address nonconformances and recurring issues.
• Collaborate with Engineering on new supplier onboarding, ensuring first-article inspections (FAIs) and PPAPs are completed to GTI standards.
• Manage the Supplier Corrective Action Request (SCAR) process and ensure timely closure of quality issues.
• Support Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and NPI activities to ensure supplier readiness for new product launches.
• Maintain supplier scorecards and dashboards that visualize trends, performance, and improvement actions.
• Work cross-functionally with Operations, Procurement, and Quality to reduce variability, improve yield, and strengthen supplier relationships.
• Provide leadership and training to internal stakeholders on supplier quality expectations and best practices.

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Working Conditions

GTI Fabrication is an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace.