Lead Supplier Quality Specialist - Rohtak

Role & responsibilities

1. Lead Casting, forging and Machining commodity supplier panel for quality systems and Manufacturing processes.
   

• Coordinate with GCB, COC Engg, , SQE -SQA team to ensure that assessment audit is performed taking into account expertise of the commodity (special process, commodity check list, product / process specifications )
• Perform commodity assessment audits ( Process and System ) as per plan
• Participate in sourcing committee and has the authority to accept or refuse the selection of new suppliers
• Ensure SQR clause by clause is in line with the commodity requirements and objectives.
• Has authority to reject and approve the supplier and Parts.
• Ensure quality expert role to support supplier development and return of experience in Casting ,Forging and Machining .

Expertise and Return of experience:

• Coordinate the creation of commodity purchasing technical specifications & check lists.
• Lead the process of return of experience taking into account all LLC issued within commodity
• Provide expertise to other sites (SQA / SQE) and other networks (Commodity Lead buyers, Supplier Development, Engineering, Industrial . )

Support development of suppliers:

• Contribute with Supplier Development team to implement efficient improvement plans for Top Worst suppliers and recurrent issues, through:
• SQA network: identification and implementation of key development actions to be led at supplier place for

Serial production and resolve chronic quality issues by collaborating with Supplier and Engineering.

• SQE network: Supplier TFC with site SQE & Engineers , APQP for new projects and parts / process validation.
• Problem Solving Methodology ( 8D, PDCA -FTA and 7 basic quality tools)
• Perform trainings in order to improve supplier's knowledge and ability to meet WABTEC requirements.

Follow performance and results:

• Ensure accuracy of score cards data before communication to supplier by the Commodity Lead buyer
• Take part to the quarterly supplier performance review with Global Commodity buyer
• Alert and escalate in case of supplier performance if not at expected FT level

Preferred candidate profile

- Lead commodity supplier quality with experience of 8 -12 years

- B. Tech in Mechanical or Metallurgy or Mechatronics

- Ensure supplier quality expert role, supplier selection , approve and support supplier development and create return of experience and same will be capitalized for similar parts and processes .