LNT/L-SQ/1894206
• DEIC-L&T; Precision Engineering & Systems IC
• Coimbatore Campus
• Posted On11 Nov 2026
• End Date10 May 2027
• Required Experience8
- 13 years Skills Knowledge & Posting Location Supplier Audits Supplier Quality Management Incoming Inspection Problem solving (3WH, QC Story) Failure analysis and yield management Supply Chain Coordination Risk Management Cross Sections Minimum Qualification Bachelor of Engineering (BE)

Job Description
Roles &

Responsibilities:
• Supplier Qualification & Approval – Evaluate, audit, and qualify new suppliers based on technical capability, quality systems, manufacturing capacity, and customer requirements.
• Supplier Quality Audits – Conduct supplier process, system, and product audits using ISO 9001, IATF 16949 (where applicable), VDA 6.3, and customer-specific requirements.
• Incoming Quality Management – Establish incoming inspection standards, sampling plans, acceptance criteria, and control methods for PCBAs, PCBs, electronic components, mechanical parts, and electromechanical components.
• Supplier Defect Management – Identify, contain, and resolve supplier-related defects, including PCB fabrication defects, component failures, solderability issues, dimensional deviations, and material nonconformities.
• Root Cause Analysis & Corrective Action – Drive supplier 8D, 5-Why, Fishbone, CAPA, and RCCA activities, ensuring verified root causes and effective permanent corrective actions.
• Supplier Performance Monitoring – Track supplier PPM, incoming rejection rate, SCAR closure, audit scores, quality cost, and recurring defects through supplier scorecards and periodic reviews.
• NPI & New Part Qualification – Support current product introduction through supplier process validation,



First Article Inspection (FAI), sample approval, PPAP/APQP documentation, and qualification builds as applicable.
• Supplier Process Capability & Improvement – Evaluate SPC, Cp/Cpk, process variation, control plans, PFMEA, and inspection systems to improve supplier process capability and prevent defects.
• Electronic Component Quality & Traceability – Ensure component authenticity, lot traceability, date-code control, MSL compliance, ESD protection, shelf-life management, and counterfeit component prevention.
• Supplier Change Management – Review and approve supplier changes involving materials, components, manufacturing processes, tooling, locations, and alternate parts before implementation, following customer approval requirements.
• Cross-Functional Quality Coordination – Coordinate with SCM, Engineering, Production, NPI, IQC, Test, and Customer Quality teams to resolve material quality issues and minimize production interruptions.
• Supplier Development & Continuous Improvement – Lead supplier improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, and defect-prevention techniques to improve quality, delivery, and process consistency.
• Quality Documentation & Compliance – Maintain supplier audit reports, inspection standards, control plans, FMEA, material certificates, deviation approvals, and quality records to meet applicable ISO, IATF, and customer requirements.
• Supplier Risk & Escalation Management – Identify critical supplier risks, single-source dependencies, repeated quality failures, and material obsolescence; implement mitigation plans with SCM and Engineering.
• Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) Reduction – Track supplier-related scrap, rework, sorting, line stoppages, and customer complaints; drive corrective actions to reduce quality costs.

📌 Lead - Supplier Quality (India)
🏢 L & T Case Equipment Private
📍 India