Role & responsibilities
- Lead part qualification and supplier quality activities for mechanical components and assemblies.
- Manage supplier quality for commodities including metal stampings, plastic/injection-moulded components, drawn parts, and other mechanical components.
- Conduct supplier system audits, process audits, and PPAP/part qualification audits.
- Assess and qualify suppliers in line with Schneider/global supplier quality requirements.
- Drive supplier PPAP, APQP and part qualification activities from initial development through production.
- Evaluate supplier manufacturing processes such as stamping, moulding and other mechanical processes.
- Apply quality tools including P-SMEA/PFMEA, SPC, MSA, 8D/problem-solving and root-cause analysis.
- Independently identify, investigate and resolve supplier quality issues.
- Drive corrective and preventive actions and monitor their effectiveness at supplier locations.
- Lead supplier improvement initiatives to improve quality, process capability, delivery and overall supplier performance.
- Review supplier quality performance, identify recurring issues and develop improvement plans.
- Work closely with Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing and other cross-functional teams for supplier development and qualification.
- Conduct regular supplier visits and audits, with approximately 3040% travel, primarily to suppliers in South India and occasionally North India.
- Validate supplier capability, manufacturing processes, quality systems and capacity before approving recent or modified parts.
- Ensure supplier documentation and quality records comply with applicable organizational and customer requirements.