Senior Engineer (Manager) - Supplier Quality Electronics Operations

Be a part of a revolutionary change

At PMI, we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business, and building our future on smoke-free products with the power to improve the lives of a billion smokers worldwide.

With huge change, comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions.

About the role

Oversee the product quality performance of external manufacturing partners, ensuring full alignment with PMI quality standards. Ensure superior product quality, performance, and reliability across all finished products. Ensure implementation of PMI quality requirements across all processes at external partner facilities. Lead definition and implementation of PMI quality requirements for technology transfer projects and capacity expansion ensuring seamless and compliant onboarding of external partners. Ensure external partners' readiness and capability to manufacture and deliver PMI products in full compliance with agreed quality requirements and certified quality systems.

Key responsibilities

• Oversee the product quality performance of external manufacturing partners, ensuring full alignment with PMI quality standards
• Ensure superior product quality, performance, and reliability across all finished products
• Ensure implementation of PMI quality requirements across all processes at external partner facilities
• Sustain and govern the Quality Control Program, ensuring consistent product quality levels with existing or new suppliers
• Lead definition and implementation of PMI quality requirements for technology transfer projects and capacity expansion
• Continuously monitor and verify compliance of external partners with PMI quality standards and quality systems throughout the entire product life cycle
• Lead, monitor, and drive the initiation of manufacturing and product quality improvement programs
• Manage, execute, and sustain Out-of-Box Audit activities to ensure PMI products meet all defined quality requirements before shipment
• Identify, escalate, and follow up on product non-conformities, managing CAPA with external partners to ensure timely resolution
• Own and maintain the quality-performance indicator scorecard for external partners, ensuring timely reporting and review of key metrics

About you

• BSc degree in Engineering or equivalents
• 10 years above working experience in electronic industry and quality and engineering discipline
• Experience in high volume electronic consumer product and different manufacturing business models management
• Thorough knowledge of Quality System, project management and advance quality philosophy, i.e. Six Sigma methodology
• Good Command of English is a must
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Proficiency in quality tools and familiar with international quality systems
• Demonstrated leadership capability to drive above the line thinking
• Ability to network and influence at every organizational level, internally and externally
• Strong negotiation and conflict management skills