HUB Supplier Development Engineer

Supplier Qualification

• Support supplier qualification process in SAP Ariba through supplier qualification assessment - Provide qualification recommendation to Category teams from Supplier Quality perspective - Consolidate HUB level supplier on-site audit needs and reflect into annual BU supplier audit plan - Conduct the required supplier on-site audits including the reporting - Follow-up the effective closure of corrective action plan items with the suppliers
• Supplier Development -Lead supplier development initiatives for the potential new/existing suppliers in the category
• -Initiate the supplier development projects to improve build-in quality and the capability of the suppliers - Provide suppliers with trainings on quality management tools, category relevant best practices and standards - Collaborate with the suppliers to address specific process and quality control challenges
• Supplier Parts Quality Approval - Lead the Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) including the coordination of activities with the Factory Quality and Technology/Engineering for new supplier/parts - Work with the suppliers having process improvement opportunities to complete the PPAP process successfully. - Support suppliers with corrective action identification, guidance with best practice sharing - Ensure all completed PPAPs are registered in S4/Hana
• Supplier Performance Monitoring and Evaluations - Consolidate supplier performance indicators to identify the low performing suppliers within the category. - Review and align with Category managers and factories on the Top Concern Suppliers for the category and identify their improvement areas. - Lead the planning, coordination and reporting of the annual Supplier Performance Evaluation (SPE) process - Analyze SPE evaluations and identify suppliers as potential for the supplier performance improvement initiative
• Supplier Performance Improvement - Lead supplier performance improvement projects with identified top concern suppliers to recover the supplier’s performance - Collaborate with the suppliers to confirm the detailed root-cause analysis and effective counter-measure implementation. - Communicate with the respective category management team in case of required commercial actions and escalations. - Lead the resolution process for the escalated non-conformities from factories with the respective supplier (including 8D closure and on-site process assessments)