ROLE NAME/TITLE : Manager- Supplier Development Engineer

Global Strategic Source

-Supplier Quality & Development

GRADE-

Senior Analyst (M)

FUNCTION

PURPOSE

WORK LOCATION - Faridabad Plant

KEY STAKEHOLDERS

Supplier performance & quality management for India direct material & IPO Supply base. Dealing with quality issues for EPI & NPI projects. Delivering PIQ (APQP) and PPAP according to the WPD process . Problem solving for escalated quality issues & working cohesively with Supplier &internal; CFT. Drive suppliers to improve customer satisfaction & to reduce component and product failure. Products include refrigeration , laundry &

commodities like Mechanical & Electronics Parts

Internal cross functional teams - Mfg

Quality, Engineering team

External

3rd party vendors

KEY ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

10+ Years experienced in Supplier Quality & development

Establish and maintain quality standards for suppliers, conduct audits, and ensure compliance with

ISO, SCC, or other regulatory requirements.

Reports to

India SQE&SDE; Lead

Lead root cause analysis and corrective action processes for supplier-related quality issues, ensuring timely resolution.

Collaborate with suppliers to implement best practices, improve processes, and enhance product quality through training and guidance.

EPI /NPI Project management (APQP/PIQ), ensure external buy part development process meets project schedule & quality requirements.

Work with CFT including suppliers on recent projects. Deliver PIQ (Purchase item qualication) & PPAP according to project schedule. Work with 3rd party to conduct the early production containment, to perform NPI inspection.

Direct Reports: None





Dotted Reports (if any): None

Manage information on suppliers quality performance metrics in the eld & at Whirlpools manufacturing divisions (SIR, PPM, CAL)

Identify supplier improvement and risk mitigation opportunities at key supplier sites and manage these improvement actiavities.

Drive team work for supplier performance improvement plans and interface with internal and external partners to collaboratively pursue solutions and closure of action plans.

Analysis of the quality performance & capability of Suppliers , Drive 8D & support line continuity.

Visit suppliers to perform process characterization & drive focus supplier improvement.

Witness the signicant sample building for NPIs during product launch, solve the quality issues with a solid action plan, verify and validate the eciency of action plans, to ensure products comply with

Whirlpools quality, performance, reliability and other requirements.

Conduct Quality System Audits on new suppliers & process audit (GTCA/GSQA)

Drive a quality culture aligned to Zero Defect with suppliers & process partners of the commodity space.

Supplier training on Whirlpool process & systems ( QC Tools, GSQRR, PIQ)

Six Sigma Black Belt will be preferred

Competencies/ Education Requirements/Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Bachelor Degree or above in engineering

(Mechanical/Electronics)

Certied Six sigma black belt is preferred.

10-15 years in Supplier quality,

prefer to have experience in the automotive/ home appliance industry.

EDUCATIONAL

QUALIFICATIONS &

CERTIFICATIONS

EXPERIENCE/

PREFERRED

INDUSTRY

Automotive home appliance/ consumer durables A Certied QMS auditor is preferred.

📌 Manager - Supplier Quality & Development (Pune)
🏢 Whirlpool
📍 Pune