Job Purpose

The Supplier Quality Assurance (SQA) Specialist will be responsible for ensuring that all incoming materials, components, and parts supplied by vendors meet defined quality standards, specifications, and customer requirements. The role will focus on supplier evaluation, supplier audits, APQP/PPAP, incoming quality, root cause analysis, corrective actions, supplier development, and continuous improvement.

The position will work closely with Purchase, PPC, Production, Engineering, Stores and Quality teams to improve supplier quality, reduce rejection, control PPM, and ensure consistent supply of conforming materials.

Key Responsibilities

1. Supplier Quality Management
- Develop and maintain supplier quality requirements and standards.
- Evaluate and monitor supplier quality performance on a regular basis.
- Establish supplier quality objectives and improvement plans.
- Monitor supplier PPM, rejection, rework, line stoppage, customer complaints and quality-related delivery issues.
- Prepare and review supplier quality performance reports and scorecards.




- Identify critical and high-risk suppliers and initiate improvement actions.

2. Supplier Audit & Assessment
- Conduct supplier process, system and product audits as per defined audit plans.
- Conduct new supplier capability and quality assessments before approval.
- Verify supplier compliance with applicable quality standards and customer requirements.
- Audit manufacturing processes, inspection systems, traceability, calibration, documentation and process controls.
- Prepare audit reports and follow up on identified non-conformities until closure.
- Conduct periodic supplier audits based on supplier performance and risk.

3. APQP & PPAP
- Coordinate with suppliers for APQP and PPAP activities for current and modified products.
- Review and approve supplier PPAP documentation.
- Review documents such as:
- Process Flow Diagram
- PFMEA
- Control Plan
- Work Instructions
- MSA / Gauge R&R;
- Capability Study

📌 Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer (Bhiwadi)
🏢 Grand Pitstop Private
📍 Bhiwadi