Central SQD/QE (Supplier Quality Development Manager)

Role:Supplier Quality Development Manager

WAYS

Position assignment to the WAYS Career Path Program: Expert

Job Objective

Coordination of supplier quality development activities over complete product life cycle (PLC) to improve continuously supplier quality performance and fulfilment of customer specific requirements.

Description Of Main Tasks

• Development and control of supplier audit program and carrying out supplier assessment and validation audits (e.g. Review and assessment of manufacturing processes and HSE risks)
• Centralized surveillance of QE activities related of supplier advanced product quality planning (APQP) to meet quality and timing expectations for production part approval (PPAP)
• Management and coordination of supplier quality and capacity issues and driving improvement activities to mitigate risk of future failures, according corporate supplier escalation process
• Review and approval of supplier Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) submissions, according corporate release process ( RG checklist)
• Review and approval of deployment of criteria’s with multidisciplinary team to ensure supplier compliance to Customer and Carcoustics requirements (Quality Assurance Agreement, Material specifications…)
• Support to GPS related to new product, material or component to ensure that supplier quality meets the required standards & CSR.
• Reporting of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for monitoring of supplier product quality and performance
• Development and control of IMS standards for SQD, considering best practice for Carcoustics

Additional Tasks

• Authority to set supplier on status "red" (NBH) in RSL if risk for Carcoustics or customer
• Support Central Quality within nominated specific projects

Skills & Competencies

• Degree in Engineering, Economics or similar
• 2nd party auditor qualification for VDA 6.3 latest version
• About 3-6-Years of professional experience in an industrial company within the automotive sector, in Quality area
• Organized and structured working style
• English language on B1-B2 level
• Local Language on B1 – B2
• Quality automotive core tools (APQP, CP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA)

Additional Information

• Functionally and disciplinary reporting to: VP Quality
• Represents: -
• Represented by: -
• Information Security Level: Normal

General Competencies

• Relationship & networking awareness
• Communication Skills
• MSA
• Structured
• Self Management & Self Organization
• Customer orientation
• PPAP / PPF
• APQP / RGA
• FMEA