Assesses the supplier quality and ensures that all the products are free from defects and are in compliance with manufacturing specifications and legal standards.
Responsibilities
- Develop components for New / current programs using APQP methodology with right first-time approach.
- Ensuring the quality of supplies by conducting tests and assessments on incoming supplies to identify any quality issues; Developing supplier inspection, testing, and evaluation mechanism.
- Generating reports on supplier quality, by monitoring their defect rates and areas that can lead to potential flaws; Guiding suppliers to reduce these defect rates.
- Researching the potential vendors, assessing their manufacturing environment, practices, and procedures; Conducting supplier quality control audits to ensure compliance with organizational and federal policies and standards.
- Supporting suppliers in improving their performance through process enhancements, implementing process controls, and developing quality assurance plan
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor degree in Engineering or Equivalent
- 10+ years of experience
Top Candidates will also have
- Sound knowledge on Fabrications, Castings Forgings, APQP / PPAP, QMS
Additional Information
- Work location - Thiruvallur
- % of Travel - 30-50%
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