Sr. Supplier Development Engineer

• Supplier Development:

• Category management – Work with and support Procurement’s strategy in establishing supply base that is capable to meet the requirement from various BU across entire company
• New Product Development – Early involvement to support the activities that are related to supplier and material
• Engineering change – Support supplier and material related changes from category management perspective
• On site audit – risk assessments to new and current suppliers; work with supplier to develop capable and stable manufacturing processes
• Critical risk supplier – identify worst performed supplier, work with the affected supplier to develop and implement “get-well” plan, until supplier improve the performance
• Supplier engagement – develop and build good relationship with supplier"

• Robust Material Qualification:

• Establish robust material qualification process [e.g.; PPAP] to ensure all materials are properly qualified before release for production – New material and engineering change
• Material Qualification / PPAP review and approval (Before SOP). Use PAF (Print Acceptance form) as driven by PUR, to ensure clarity in drawings/specs and reviews with suppliers
• Support customer PPAP request
• Timely completion and submission "

• SDE metrics [NPD Incident Rate, Critical Risk Supplier List, Supplier on-site audits, Category DPPM]

• Track metric performance
• Perform data/trend analysis – deep dive to identify root cause, source of issue and improvement opportunity
• Work with supplier & internal cross-functional teams to drive and implement improvement actions"

• Supplier quality and supplier performance management during Safe Launch period

• Support and work with plant SQE in ensuring consistent material quality supply to operations
• Support plant SQE on supplier and material issues for incidents related to product design and during PPAP and safety launch period
• Work with Procurement on supplier score card monitoring

• Minimum 5+ years experience in Supplier Quality / Supplier Development
• Experience with ISO/TS - IATF and familiar with 5 core tools --FMEA, APQP, PPAP, SPC, MSA
• Knowledge on VDA 6.3 auditing
• Ability to analyze
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office and basic knowledge of SAP
• Able to handle multiple tasks efficiently and shift priorities as necessary
• Good organizational skills
• Good follow up skills
• Good communication skills both written and oral
• Result oriented
• Problem solving skills
• Attention to details
• Green belt training
• Black belt [desired]
• Proficient English - 85% minimum. (reading, writing, speaking, listening)

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