Supplier Quality Management Senior Professional
Hitachi
Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaremotePosted 5 months ago
Skill Required
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Key highlights
- 7–10 years of relevant experience required.
- BE/B.Tech in Electronics or Electrical required.
- Senior Professional (P3) level position.
- Focus on supplier quality management and continuous improvement.
- Opportunity to coach and develop lower‑level professionals.
- Reasonable accommodation available for candidates with disabilities.
Role overview
The Senior Professional (P3) will provide supplier quality management services to clients, conducting supplier audits, assessments and evaluations to ensure conformance to quality, cost and delivery performance standards. The role involves establishing performance metrics, monitoring supplier products, driving continuous improvement, and resolving quality issues while adhering to Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity.
Responsibilities
- Provide supplier quality management services to clients.
- Conduct supplier audits, assessment and evaluation to ensure conformance to client’s quality, cost and delivery performance standards.
- Establish performance metrics or supplier scorecard to measure supplier performance.
- Assess and monitor supplier’s products and performance to ensure compliance with pre‑established standards and specifications.
- Identify areas for improvements within the supply chain and work closely with suppliers to drive continuous improvement.
- Resolve poor supplier quality issues and provide appropriate support for desired supplier capability.
- Manage projects / processes, working independently with limited supervision.
- Coach and review the work of lower‑level professionals.
- Execute supplier qualification and certification, and continuously monitor supplier performance through assessments, supplier audits, escape management, supplier performance management and non‑conformity resolution.
- Ensure that suppliers are capable of meeting all requirements for work transfer and process change management including FAI, Resourcing Gate and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) acceptance.
- Prepare product and module level quality requirements and coordinate with suppliers and internal stakeholders to build confidence that requirements will be achieved.
- Review, track and monitor component / module development and qualification plan through APQP, including manufacturing and validation planning (equipment, tooling, inspection fixtures, packaging, process documents etc), resource planning, certification and calibration of all new tools, fixtures, gauges and testers.
- Monitor and control the suppliers’ resolution of non‑conformities, i.e., containment, correction, root cause analysis, and corrective and preventive action.
- Coach suppliers in non‑conformity resolution if needed.
- Coordinate and maintain key relationships with suppliers’ Quality and Operations Management teams, as well as Engineering, Procurement and support organizations.
- Ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
- Live Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, taking responsibility for actions while caring for colleagues and the business.
Requirements
- Minimum 7 – 10 years of relevant experience.
- BE / B.Tech in Electronics or Electrical (mandatory).
Nice to have
- Advanced education and extensive work experience in supplier quality management.
Additional details
- Qualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the Hitachi Energy career site as a result of your disability.
- You may request reasonable accommodations by completing a general inquiry form on the website, including your contact information and specific details about the required accommodation.
- This accommodation notice is solely for job seekers with disabilities requiring accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process.
- Messages left for other purposes will not receive a response.