Role & responsibilities :

1. Supplier Quality Management

- Establish and maintain supplier quality systems in line with IATF 16949 and customer-specific requirements.
- Monitor supplier quality performance through PPM, warranty claims, line rejections, and customer complaints.
- Develop supplier quality scorecards and conduct periodic performance reviews.
- Drive supplier quality improvement initiatives and support strategic sourcing decisions.

2. New Product Development & APQP

- Lead supplier APQP activities for recent product introduction.
- Review and approve PPAP submissions, Control Plans, PFMEA, Process Flow Diagrams, and MSA/SPC studies.
- Ensure supplier readiness before SOP (Start of Production).
- Participate in design reviews and supplier feasibility assessments.

3. Supplier Audits & Development

- Plan and conduct supplier process audits, system audits, and special audits.
- Assess supplier compliance with IATF 16949, ISO 9001, and customer requirements.
- Identify improvement opportunities and monitor closure of audit findings.
- Develop suppliers through training, mentoring,



and capability enhancement programs.

4. Supplier Issue Resolution

- Lead containment, root cause analysis, and corrective action implementation for supplier quality issues.
- Drive 8D, Why-Why Analysis, Fishbone, and Problem-Solving methodologies.
- Coordinate with suppliers for timely resolution of quality concerns.
- Monitor effectiveness of corrective and preventive actions.

5. Manufacturing & Customer Support

- Support incoming quality control and manufacturing teams in resolving supplier-related concerns.
- Coordinate with STA, Purchase, Production, Engineering, and Customer Quality teams.
- Participate in customer audits and quality reviews.
- Manage escalation of critical supplier quality issues.

6. Continuous Improvement

- Drive Zero Defect and Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) reduction initiatives.
- Implement Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, Poka-Yoke, and Six Sigma projects at supplier locations.
- Promote defect prevention and process capability improvement.

📌 Manager-SQA (Pune)
🏢 Tata AutoComp
📍 Pune