Supply Chain Quality Manager

Job Posting End Date 08-17-2026 Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date. Job Summary Responsible for establishing, leading, and continuously improving the Supply Chain Quality function to ensure suppliers meet quality, safety, reliability, regulatory, and performance requirements. This role will build and mature a customer-focused service organization, develop a high-performing team, and partner with key stakeholders to drive supplier performance, risk mitigation, and operational excellence. This role will also lead the organization's supplier quality strategy, governance, and performance management programs and hold responsibility for building organizational capability, implementing scalable quality processes, and gaining alignment across Procurement, Engineering, Operations, Construction, Project Management, and suppliers to achieve business objectives. Job Description Where Putting the Customer First Powers Everything We Do! What You'll Do:

• Develop and implement the Supply Chain Quality strategy, operating model, and governance framework that delivers value to internal stakeholders.
• Establish performance metrics, service standards, and continuous improvement objectives.
• Develop strong relationships and gain alignment with key stakeholders across the business.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for supplier quality and quality management practices.
• Lead supplier qualification, audits, performance monitoring, and development programs.
• Drive corrective actions, root-cause analysis, and supplier improvement initiatives.
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing Supply Chain Quality team.
• Establishment of an effective Supply Chain Quality service model.
• Improved supplier quality performance and accountability.
• Reduction in supplier-related quality risks and incidents.

What We're Looking For: Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or related field; Master’s degree preferred or equivalent as defined in experience requirements. Experience: Minimum of 10 years of experience in Quality Management, Supply Chain Quality, Supplier Quality or related field, with extensive experience in process optimization and leadership roles; (Or) 14 years of related experience in lieu of a degree. Additional Expectations:

• Must have strong analytical and communication skills.
• Demonstrate strong business acumen and understanding of organizational issues and challenge.
• Demonstrated success at facilitating processes for complex issues.
• Ability to partner cross-functionally within the organization.
• Ability to present at varying levels of the organization, including senior executive management.
• Capable of using various forms of media for presentations.
• Responsible for strategic initiatives and high-level decision making across the organization.
• Willingness to travel to supplier, manufacturing, operational, and project sites as required.

What You'll Get: Expected Salary Range: $137,000.00-$147,000.00 (USD) In addition to a competitive compensation, AEP offers a unique comprehensive benefits package that aims to support and enhance the overall well-being of our employees. Compensation Data Compensation Grade:

SP20-010

Compensation Range: $136,539.00 - $177,503.00 The Physical Demand Level for this job is: S – Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently. (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met. Hear about it first! Get job alerts by email. Log in to your Candidate Home Account today! If you don't have an account, you can create one. It is hereby reaffirmed that it is the policy of American Electric Power (AEP) to provide Equal Employment Opportunity in all respects of the employer-employee relationship including recruiting, hiring, upgrading and promotion, conditions and privileges of employment, company sponsored training programs, educational assistance, social and recreational programs, compensation, benefits, transfers, discipline, layoffs and termination of employment to all employees and applicants without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, veteran or military status, disability, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. When required by law, we might record certain information or applicants for employment may be invited to voluntarily disclose protected characteristics.