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Thatmeans changing the way we fly, fueling jets in an eco-friendly way, keepingbuildings smart and safe and even making it possible to breathe on Mars. 

Workingat Honeywell isn’t just about developing cool things. That’s why all of ouremployees enjoy access to dynamic career opportunities across different fieldsand industries. 

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THE BUSINESS GROUP

Industrial Automation (IA): With a deep history in industrial automation that spans more than five decades,Honeywell Honeywell Industrial Automation is a business group that focuses onenabling process industry operations, creating world-class sensor technologies,automating supply chains, making warehouses smarter, and improving workersafety. With a strong foundation in controls and automation technologies, thebusiness group is able to deliver better commercial outcomes for customers. Thegoal is to enhance the safety, sustainability, resiliency, and productivity ofpeople, plants, and assets.

THE POSITION

As a Sr. Director, Supplier Quality Engineering and NPIhere at Honeywell, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the higheststandards of quality across our supply chain and the on-time and high-qualitylaunch of our new products. Your leadership will be instrumental inestablishing and maintaining robust supplier quality processes, drivingcontinuous improvement initiatives, and fostering strong partnerships with oursuppliers.

You will report directly to our Vice President,Procurement Operations, and you will work out of either our Houston, TX orCharlotte, NC office location. Travel isanticipated to be approximately 30% - 40% of your time as being on site at keysupplier and Honeywell manufacturing plants will be important to your success. 

In this highly visible and impactful role, you will beresponsible for leading our supplier quality and new product introduction teammembers and developing standard, best-in-class SQE and NPI processes andimplementing these across all of Industrial Automation’s businesses. This leader will successfully transform theorganization from its current state of reactive problem-solvers, to one whereearly engagement combined with robust and disciplined processes will betterensure the quality and performance of our material supply chain from firstshipments through end-of-life. You willdrive rapid Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) investigations to preventdefects and report to senior leadership. You will also enhance supplier andorganization quality culture through coaching and technical engagement,instilling supplier accountability through zero defect plans (ZDP), mistakeproofing, and advanced product quality planning (APQP). As a people leader atHoneywell, you will play a critical role in developing and supporting ouremployees to help them perform at their best and drive change across thecompany. As a key leader, you will continuously work to build a strong, diverseteam by recruiting talent, identifying, and developing successors, drivingretention and engagement, and fostering an inclusive culture.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and execute NPD and New Supplier strategies through advanced product quality planning (APQP) and supplier development to ensure complete supplier and part readiness which achieves the highest quality and uninterrupted supply
• Coach and lead a team of Supplier Quality Engineers, APQP engineers, and NPI procurement resources to leverage quality best practices, reduce delivery disruptions, eliminate customer escapes, and improve producibility of our products
• Engage in senior leadership and customer communications related to supplier quality initiatives and issues
• Create cross-functional partnerships to enhance supplier quality on NPD and Transitions programs
• Drive improvements utilizing Lean methodologies, digitization, analytics, and supplier assessments to create a world-class supply base
• Ensure supplier compliance to global QA/FAA standards while driving systematic problem-solving and process improvement plans to deliver high performance
• Provide technical expertise and leadership in sourcing and development of suppliers with respect to capabilities, performance, quality, cost, and delivery
• Develop strong technical capability and growth plans for each team member