Job Summary

The Supplier Quality Engineer supports supplier quality initiatives that enable the business to achieve its operational and strategic supplier quality objectives. This role partners with suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders to improve supplier performance, manufacturing processes, and product quality by applying quality engineering principles, industry standards, and continuous improvement methodologies. The Supplier Quality Engineer helps ensure suppliers consistently deliver products that meet customer, regulatory, and business requirements while driving operational excellence across the supply base.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and maintain cooperative relationships with external suppliers, customers, and internal stakeholders including Purchasing, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Supply Chain to improve supplier quality and business outcomes.
Support supplier quality planning activities by applying Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) Core Tools, and Cummins quality methodologies.




Evaluate and improve supplier manufacturing processes to enhance process capability, product quality, manufacturability, and operational performance.
Participate in supplier quality audits and, when qualified, lead low-complexity supplier audits to assess compliance with quality management systems, manufacturing standards, and customer requirements.
Investigate supplier quality issues using structured problem-solving methodologies, support root cause analysis, implement corrective and preventive actions, and verify the effectiveness of solutions.
Monitor supplier quality performance and analyze quality metrics to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for continuous improvement.
Support supplier development initiatives focused on improving manufacturing capability, reducing defects, enhancing process stability, and achieving Zero Defect performance.
Apply AIAG Core Tools including PPAP, DFMEA, PFMEA, Control Plans,

📌 Supplier Quality Engineer (Pune)
🏢 Cummins India
📍 Pune