Role Summary

Monitors and assures quality of purchased parts and material during the purchased part life cycle. Is the window to the supplier for any APQP and serial quality related topic.

Main Tasks
- Supports Project Team in performing the risk assessment of purchased parts and suppliers.
- Initiates the APQP process for purchased parts summarizing all product related requirements provided by the relevant functions (e.g., R&D;, Production, Logistic) in the Product Requirement File for Purchased Parts (PRFPP)
- Assures the flow of technical and quality related information between MANN+HUMMEL and suppliers for project related part-specific requirements, measuring methods, etc.
- Monitors the APQP progress of suppliers, ensuring that the suppliers are on time according to the agreed timeline.
- Escalating to the Project Team if a purchased part caused delay is critical to the project timeline.




- Responsible for the verification of purchased part ISIR/PPAP documentation and relevant parts for recent projects as well as to clarify the acceptability of deviations found during the approval process with R&D; and other involved functions.
- Conduct process releases and production readiness verifications at suppliers as needed (e.g., Run Rate)
- Communicates Lessons Learned and provides support within the SQA and SQD (Supplier Quality Development) network and supports standardization and continuous improvement of the APQP process for purchased parts.
- Responsible for planning and organization of Incoming Goods Inspection (IGI) according to Control and Inspection Plans; incl. management of purchased parts quarantining, sorting and rework related activities.
- Manages supplier quality complaints (8D/RPS), Day-to-day supplier concerns, Series part suppliers training.
- Ensures the robustness of the corrective actions of suppliers; if necessary, by follow up and validation of actions on site at the suppliers
- Reviews the suppliers’ performance on a monthly base using the Vendor

📌 Sr.Engineer - Supplier Quality (India)
🏢 Mann+Hummel
📍 India