About the role
- Drive supplier quality improvement initiatives for sheet metal parts including stampings, weldments, assemblies, and bracketry components.
- Ensure compliance with defined quality standards, inspection criteria, and customer requirements.
- Support supplier capability enhancement in sheet metal manufacturing processes, welding, surface treatment, and related special processes.
- Participate in supplier assessments and development programs to improve quality, delivery, and process capability.
- Monitor supplier quality KPIs such as Supplier PPM, rejection trends, warranty issues, defect phenomena, and production loss incidents.
- Lead supplier concern resolution through structured problem-solving methodologies (8D, 5 Why, Fishbone, etc.).
- Ensure timely implementation and verification of corrective and preventive actions.
- Support periodic supplier performance reviews and follow-up on improvement actions.
- Escalate recurring quality concerns and drive sustainable countermeasures with suppliers.
- Drive APQP activities for new component development in coordination with sourcing, supplier, design, and manufacturing teams.
- Review and approve PPAP documentation to ensure readiness for production.
- Monitor supplier readiness against project timelines and milestone requirements.
- Evaluate and control supplier process, tooling, and material changes through established change management processes.
- Maintain supplier quality reports, action trackers, and performance dashboards.
- Support digitalization initiatives related to supplier quality monitoring and concern tracking.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on defect reduction, process capability improvement, and supplier performance enhancement.