In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:
• Lead supplier development strategies and initiatives that improve supplier capability, capacity, quality, delivery performance, innovation, safety, and cash optimization.
• Partner with Product Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, Operations, and Sourcing teams to execute supplier development projects that align with business objectives and growth priorities.
• Drive successful implementation of new product introduction, localization, supplier transitions, and supply chain risk mitigation initiatives.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders to enhance collaboration, responsiveness, and overall supply chain performance.
• Champion a proactive safety culture by promoting compliance with safety standards and best practices across the supplier network.
• Monitor supplier performance using key operational and quality metrics and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Assess supplier capabilities and performance gaps, develop improvement plans,



and track progress against defined milestones and objectives.
• Facilitate supplier participation in recent product development activities, project reviews, qualification programs, and business growth initiatives.
• Collaborate with suppliers and cross-functional teams to analyze demand forecasts, evaluate production capacity, and ensure continuity of supply.
• Drive adoption of structured problem-solving, Lean principles, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Support supplier education and capability-building programs that enable sustainable operational excellence.
• Coordinate First Article Inspection activities and ensure timely completion of qualification requirements for development and sourcing projects.
• Lead implementation and compliance activities related to Production Part Approval Process requirements where applicable.
• Evaluate supplier manufacturing readiness, scalability,

📌 Supplier Quality Manager 4 (India)
🏢 Emerson
📍 India