Job description
Responsibilities & Key Deliverables
- Drive supplier quality improvement initiatives for casting components
- Monitor supplier performance through KPIs such as Supplier PPM, rejection trends, warranty concerns, and production loss incidents; drive improvement actions.
- Lead supplier issue resolution using structured problem-solving methodologies (8D, 5 Why, Fishbone, etc.) and ensure effective CAPA implementation.
- Conduct supplier process, product, and system audits; ensure timely closure and effectiveness of corrective actions.
- Support supplier evaluation and qualification activities for new supplier development and onboarding.
- Drive APQP activities and ensure timely PPAP approvals for new product development and localization projects.
- Manage supplier process, tooling, material, and engineering changes through established change management processes.
- Develop supplier capabilities in sheet metal manufacturing, welding, surface treatment, and other special processes.
- Collaborate with Sourcing, Design, Manufacturing, and Suppliers to achieve quality, cost, delivery, and project objectives.
- Ensure compliance with IMS, customer-specific requirements, and quality standards while maintaining supplier quality dashboards, reports, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Preferred Industries
Automobile
Education Qualification
Bachelor of Engineering; Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical; Bachelor of Engineering in Automobile
General Experience
4-6 years in Automobile working in Supplier Quality Assurance
Critical Experience
System Generated Core Skills
7 QC ToolsAdvanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)AnalyticsAuditingFailure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)MetallurgyProduction Part Approval Process (PPAP)
System Generated Secondary Skills
Communication SkillsTeamwork