About this role

Responsibilities & Key Deliverables

- Drive supplier quality improvement initiatives for casting components

- Monitor supplier performance through KPIs such as Supplier PPM, rejection trends, warranty concerns, and production loss incidents; drive improvement actions.

- Lead supplier issue resolution using structured problem-solving methodologies (8D, 5 Why, Fishbone, etc.) and ensure effective CAPA implementation.

- Conduct supplier process, product, and system audits; ensure timely closure and effectiveness of corrective actions.

- Support supplier evaluation and qualification activities for new supplier development and onboarding.

- Drive APQP activities and ensure timely PPAP approvals for new product development and localization projects.

- Manage supplier process, tooling, material, and engineering changes through established change management processes.

- Develop supplier capabilities in sheet metal manufacturing, welding, surface treatment, and other special processes.

- Collaborate with Sourcing, Design, Manufacturing, and Suppliers to achieve quality, cost, delivery, and project objectives.

- Ensure compliance with IMS, customer-specific requirements, and quality standards while maintaining supplier quality dashboards, reports, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Preferred Industries

Automobile
## Education Qualification

Bachelor of Engineering; Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical; Bachelor of Engineering in Automobile
## General Experience

4-6 years in Automobile working in Supplier Quality Assurance
## Critical Experience

System Generated Core Skills

7 QC Tools Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) Analytics Auditing Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) Metallurgy Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)
## System Generated Secondary Skills

Communication Skills Teamwork