About the role
Job Summary
As a Supplier Quality Specialist, you play a key role in ensuring the quality of products or services provided by our suppliers. You contribute to ensuring that products meet quality standards, which can positively impact customer satisfaction and the company's reputation.
Key Tasks & Responsibilities (Essential Functions)
Selection & Qualification: Evaluate potential suppliers' capabilities, including quality history, certifications, technical capacity, and regulatory compliance. Criteria Definition: Collaborate with Purchasing, R&D, Manufacturing Engineering, and Production to establish technical specifications, quality standards, and performance requirements. Audits & Monitoring: Conduct regular on-site audits (serial production), analyze manufacturing processes, track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and drive continuous improvement plans. Non-Conformance Management: Partner with suppliers to resolve major quality incidents, perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and validate corrective actions to prevent recurrence. Continuous Improvement & Support: Implement, train, and provide regular support to suppliers regarding Distech Controls’ quality management system and in-plant quality concepts.
Key Interactions
Internal: Production, R&D, Product Management, Customer Care, Continuous Improvement, Operations. External: Global Suppliers.
Skills & Keywords (ATS-Optimized)
Quality Expertise: FMEA (AMDEC), Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and recognized problem-solving methodologies. Soft Skills: Strong leadership, methodical documentation skills, excellent cross-functional communication, and high adaptability to changing environments. Mobility: Willingness to travel frequently, up to 50% of the time (North America, Europe, Asia). Valid driver’s license required. Languages: Full professional proficiency/bilingualism in French and English (written and spoken).
Required Education & Experience
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical, or Electronic Engineering, or equivalent experience. Experience: 3 to 7 years of experience in a similar quality assurance role within a manufacturing/industrial environment. Key Assets: Lean Six Sigma certification, Internal/External Auditor certification, or formal Quality Assurance Management training (all considered strong assets).
Skills
Skills and Minimum Experience Required
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About Acuity Inc.
Acuity Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a market-leading industrial technology company. We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light and more things to come. Through our two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting (ABL) and Acuity Intelligent Spaces (AIS), we design, manufacture, and bring to market products and services that make a valuable difference in people’s lives.
We achieve growth through the development of innovative new products and services, including lighting, lighting controls, building management solutions, and an audio, video and control platform. We focus on customer outcomes and drive growth and productivity to increase market share and deliver superior returns. We look to aggressively deploy capital to grow the business and to enter attractive new verticals.
Acuity Inc. is based in Atlanta, Georgia, with operations across North America, Europe and Asia. The Company is powered by approximately 13,000 dedicated and talented associates. Visit us at www.acuityinc.com.
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About the role
Job Summary
As a Supplier Quality Specialist, you play a key role in ensuring the quality of products or services provided by our suppliers. You contribute to ensuring that products meet quality standards, which can positively impact customer satisfaction and the company's reputation.
Key Tasks & Responsibilities (Essential Functions)
Selection & Qualification: Evaluate potential suppliers' capabilities, including quality history, certifications, technical capacity, and regulatory compliance. Criteria Definition: Collaborate with Purchasing, R&D, Manufacturing Engineering, and Production to establish technical specifications, quality standards, and performance requirements. Audits & Monitoring: Conduct regular on-site audits (serial production), analyze manufacturing processes, track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and drive continuous improvement plans. Non-Conformance Management: Partner with suppliers to resolve major quality incidents, perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and validate corrective actions to prevent recurrence. Continuous Improvement & Support: Implement, train, and provide regular support to suppliers regarding Distech Controls’ quality management system and in-plant quality concepts.
Key Interactions
Internal: Production, R&D, Product Management, Customer Care, Continuous Improvement, Operations. External: Global Suppliers.
Skills & Keywords (ATS-Optimized)
Quality Expertise: FMEA (AMDEC), Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and recognized problem-solving methodologies. Soft Skills: Strong leadership, methodical documentation skills, excellent cross-functional communication, and high adaptability to changing environments. Mobility: Willingness to travel frequently, up to 50% of the time (North America, Europe, Asia). Valid driver’s license required. Languages: Full professional proficiency/bilingualism in French and English (written and spoken).
Required Education & Experience
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical, or Electronic Engineering, or equivalent experience. Experience: 3 to 7 years of experience in a similar quality assurance role within a manufacturing/industrial environment. Key Assets: Lean Six Sigma certification, Internal/External Auditor certification, or formal Quality Assurance Management training (all considered strong assets).
Skills
Skills and Minimum Experience Required
Not the right fit? Search for Supplier Quality Manager jobs in Brossard, Quebec, Canada
About Acuity Inc.
Acuity Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a market-leading industrial technology company. We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light and more things to come. Through our two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting (ABL) and Acuity Intelligent Spaces (AIS), we design, manufacture, and bring to market products and services that make a valuable difference in people’s lives.
We achieve growth through the development of innovative new products and services, including lighting, lighting controls, building management solutions, and an audio, video and control platform. We focus on customer outcomes and drive growth and productivity to increase market share and deliver superior returns. We look to aggressively deploy capital to grow the business and to enter attractive new verticals.
Acuity Inc. is based in Atlanta, Georgia, with operations across North America, Europe and Asia. The Company is powered by approximately 13,000 dedicated and talented associates. Visit us at www.acuityinc.com.