Role & responsibilities

- Will manage the quality interaction with assigned suppliers, including the assessment of a given suppliers quality systems, supplier selection, and traditional quality assurance activities such as corrective action, containment, and process approval.
- Manages the successful resourcing of current products or process approval of new products utilizing the tools of APQP.
- Facilitates regular communications between manufacturing plants and suppliers to resolve supplier quality related issues.
- Ensures that appropriate actions are in place and corrective action plans are documented from suppliers to address discrepant materials when they occur.
- Measures supplier quality performance according to documented procedures and drives appropriate improvements to meet established targets.
- Provide input to Commodity Teams in the development of overall sourcing strategies.
- Oversees and performs audits of suppliers quality systems and manufacturing processes.
- Utilize project management tools to complete multiple, diverse, tasks.
- Applies the principles of product quality planning, evaluation,



and control in support of the manufacturing and installation operations of the organization.
- Responsible for applicable systems related to plant / customer issues such as corrective action requests, supplier corrective action requests, nonconforming material reports, etc.
- Leads containment activities.
- Facilitates continuous improvement quality activities to reduce the potential for defects and ensures continual improvement in process and product design.
- Ensures products and process development meet quality standards.
- Identifies problems, prioritizes actions, leads or participates in Six Sigma projects.
- Participates in change management activities by verifying products and processes, developing key measures, analyzing data for decision support, and presenting results to plant leadership.
- Leads audits of processes and quality systems.
- Works with purchasing to improve the quality of purchased parts.
- Serves as a quality technical resource to other functional areas.
- May coach Supplier Development Engineer

📌 Supplier Development Manager (Tamil Nadu)
🏢 Aerostar Manufacturing
📍 Tamil Nadu