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