Section Head - Supplier Quality Assurance

Job Description

Role & responsibilities Perform supplier audits, identify non-conformity and work with suppliers to provide corrective action plans. Ensure supplier materials and products meet company standards through inspection and testing. Investigate and resolve supplier complaints regarding quality issues. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement corrective actions for quality-related issues. Monitor supplier progress and provide regular status reports of supplier performance. Develop and conduct supplier quality training for internal departments and external suppliers. Support new product launches to ensure suppliers are capable of delivering to the required quality standards Perform on-site supplier visits for root cause analysis and verification of corrective actions of supplier quality issues Promote the use of customer preferred techniques for continuous improvement such as Lean, Six-Sigma, Poka-Yoke (Error Proofing), Measurement System Analysis and FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) Manage the Supplier Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Keep up with current and developing manufacturing and engineering trends that concern product quality Manage, coach and develop a high performing Supplier Quality team that meets agreed objectives and which delivers best practice results, added value and continuous improvements Provide leadership, direction, management and development to the Supplier Engineering team Report on achievement of targets and identify any actions required Sample approval - development of new vendors inline with the purchase dept. Follow and monitor all compliances with respect to ISO9001, Safety, 5'S and other certifications. Ensure that ISO, Safety, 5'S, UL/CSA , RoHS ,REACH and other certification related processes are followed at supplier end Handling supplier audits, data collection and analysis and quality related items including issues and changes at inward stage. Submission of MIS should be done on timely basis.