Supplier Quality and Development Manager

Supplier Quality and Development Manager

Group: Motion Systems Grp N. America

Division: Pneumatic (PDN)

Location: USA RICHLAND MI PNEUMATIC

Job Family : Procurement

Job Type : Regular

Posted : Sep 17, 2026

Job ID: 68811

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This position is subject to meeting U.S. export compliance and/or U.S. Government contracting citizenship eligibility requirements.

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we've enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.

With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.

Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.

Our Purpose - Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow - comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged. This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology and beyond.

By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in markets that demand performance, reliability, and sustainability.

As we look to the future, Parker is advancing initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability while developing the next generation of talent and leaders to engineer a better tomorrow.

Are you ready to shape a brighter future?

In Motion Systems Group and Pneumatic Division, we play a pivotal role in applications that change our world. We are in almost everything that moves. With our wide range of technologies, we help our customers solve their most complex engineering challenges by living our purpose: enabling engineering breakthroughs that lead to a better tomorrow.

We believe that our team members are our key assets and that a diverse workforce is a driving force to bring our purpose to life. We foster a culture where every team member feels safe, included, and empowered.

We all belong, we all matter, and we all make a difference.

We have an exciting opening for a Supplier Quality and Development Manager in Richland, MI. If you are looking for an opportunity to make an impact and grow your career, consider putting your experience in motion at Parker Pneumatic Division (PDN). Here you will find a passionate team built on a winning culture that puts our people and customers first. We are inspired by our purpose of Enabling Engineering Breakthrough that Lead to a Better Tomorrow.

The Supplier Quality and Development Manager is responsible for providing leadership and management of the supplier quality and development functions across the Pneumatic Division. This role is responsible for ensuring that quality program policies, plans, standards, and requirements are met across the three PDN facilities. Reporting directly to the Division Supply Chain Manager, with a dotted-line relationship to the Division Quality Manager, the incumbent will develop and implement quality plans that drive performance, improve product and service quality, and support continual improvement across the division. This role will routinely interface with all plant functions, customers, and suppliers.

Your Main Responsibilities:

• Disposition and Implement Corrective Action for Non-conformance

• Drive supplier improvement initiatives.

• Proactively partner with Supply Chain peers to support deliveries.

• Provide direction, guidance, and technical support for critical supplier delivery issues.

• Establishes and maintains a Supplier Quality System that is effective in producing, measuring, and maintaining a supply base measured by IPML / RPPM, as well as delivery performance, and contractual pricing.

• Participates in supplier reviews and provides input to the Purchasing, Quality and Engineering Departments in regard to supplier quality. Performs Supplier Quality System Initial Audits and Surveillance Audits as required.

• Assure quality requirements are adequately defined at all functional levels to permit appropriate quality planning and verification of compliance. Coordinate TQM efforts across business units.

• Identify, develop, and implement new methods of quality management and systems, and audit existing systems to meet division initiatives, ISO9001, and other customer requirements.

• Provide quality-oriented leadership in achieving facility quality objectives. Interfaces with internal and external customers to provide comprehensive responses and technical assistance regarding quality systems and/or products.

• Develop division wide program and annual improvement priorities for supplier delivery, quality, and continuous improvement measures.

• Utilize automated systems where available to proactively plan, implement, and track quality systems and processes.

• Maintain the highest degree of customer service, throughput, quality, cost reduction, and people productivity.

• All other duties as assigned.

We are looking for talent with:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution required; B.S. Degree in an Engineering or a technical discipline preferred.

• Minimum 7 years of experience with progressive levels of accountability and responsibility in Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, Continuous Improvement, and/or related support functions in a manufacturing environment.

• Minimum 2 years of manufacturing leadership experience is required.

• Thorough knowledge of International Standard ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems (ISO/TS 16949 as applicable for automotive sector) is mandatory.

• Certification by the American Society for Quality (ASQ) as a Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB), or Certified Quality Manager/Organizational Excellence (CQM/OE) is preferred.

• Knowledge of manufacturing and quality technologies.

• Experience with quality improvement tools and techniques (i.e., Lean, Six Sigma, Statistical Process Control, and Failure Mode & Effects Analysis).

• Demonstrated leadership, project management, facilitation, and problem-solving skills.

• Must demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills.

• Travel up to 25%, with peaks of up to 50%.

Competitive Compensation

• Participation in Annual Incentive Program

Benefit & Retirement Plans

Parker offers competitive benefit programs, including:

• Comprehensive coverage for medical, prescription drugs, dental, vision, voluntary optional life, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance and critical illness insurance with competitive premium cost.
• 401(k) Plan with company matching contributions at 100% of the first 5% of pay.
• Company provided defined-contribution retirement plan with annual contribution equal to 3% of pay.
• Career development and tuition reimbursement.
• Other benefits including paid parental leave, short and long-term disability programs, adoption assistance, a Care.com membership and financial planning assistance are provided at no cost to you.
• Supplemental benefit programs including identity protection, legal protection, and pet wellness are available at competitive rates.
• Paid Time Off and Company-Paid Holidays.

Parker is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Parker is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. However, U.S. Citizenship, Permanent Residency or other appropriate status is required for certain positions, in accord with U.S. import & export regulations.

("Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / VEVRAA Federal Contractor")

If you would like more information about Equal Employment Opportunity as an applicant under the law, please go to Employees & Job Applicants | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Drug-Free Workplace

In accordance with Parker's policies and applicable state laws, Parker provides for a drug-free workplace. Therefore, all applicants seeking employment with Parker will be subject to drug testing as a condition of employment.

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