Job Category: Supply Chain

Degree Level: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

Job Description:

Site STA Engineer Role is primarily a Supplier Development Role. The role needs the individual to Travel to Supplier Site locations around 70% of work time.

Key activities of the Site STA Engineer * New Suppliers Assessment

- Existing Suppliers Assessment for Quality & Program Risk
- Capacity Analysis of Suppliers' Manufacturing Setup & initiate appropriate actions to meet Ford's Volume Requirements
- Drive APQP, PPAP activities for New Model Programs at Supplier sites
- Improve Suppliers' Performance - Quality, Delivery, Warranty to meet Ford's Quality Operating System Requirement.

Responsibilities: * Conduct onsite evaluation visits for Priority commodities / suppliers for new programs
- Identify Risk elements at Current Supplier sites based on the Product Engineering, Program Management, Process Engineering, Sub Supplier Management, Quality Operating System, Field Warranty issues and Delivery performance.
- Drive Flawless Launches at assigned supplier sites, collaborating with

Launch STA team -Ex: Program Time line Management, APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning), PPAP (Production Part Approval
Process), Supplier Quality Issues resolution. Escalate significant issues
promptly and 'date to green' plan to appropriate management * Support Capacity studies interfacing with suppliers and Ford cross-functional

teams based on Capacity Analysis Report. Review supplier incremental tooling work plans compliance to PPAP. * Drive Supplier Process capacity issues resolution as needed - Production





constraint risk mitigation working with Ford and Supplier teams and manage “date to green” plan * Monitor supply status of 24/7 roster suppliers and monitor Ramp up of PPAP parts beyond implementation timing

- Drive robust Supplier Failure Mode Avoidance through DFMEA, PFMEA, Control Plan reviews, Manufacturing feasibility reviews and Manufacturing standards as applicable
- Drive suppliers for Special process compliance with the support of STA

Technical Specialists * Drive continuous improvement in manufacturing excellence with the assigned

sites through IATF requisites deployment. * Upgrade Suppliers' Quality Systems to meet Fords Quality Standard Q1

- Drive deployment & improvement of Quality performance requirements - Ford In plant Quality and Warranty performance through Reduction, Benchmarking, Lean Manufacturing,G8D (Global 8 Disciplines) methodology,
- Drive Suppliers for robust PFMEA (Process Failure Mode Effect Analysis), SPC (Statistical Process Control), Gage R&R; (Repeatability and Reproducibility), etc.) as required
- Drive closure of supplier process quality issues related to Stop Ship/Build,

and Field Warranty Action * Drive compliance to all organizational and corporate training requirements and

SIM (Supplier Improvement Metrics) process compliance.

Qualifications:

1. Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering,
Automobile Engineering.
2. 8+ years of experience in Supplier Quality Assurance, Process
Engineering
3. Experience in Forging, Casting & Machining processes.

4. Skills - PFMEA, DFMEA, SPC, MSA, Six Sigma Methodology
5. Role includes travel of around 70% of working time.

📌 Site STA (Chennai)
🏢 Ford
📍 Chennai