Supplier Quality Leader (Battery Segment)

Position Summary

- You will join the Supplier Quality Management Team, GSC International which is responsible for shaping & driving supplier quality performance, strategy, and transformations in line with Schneider Electric goals and objectives.

- Supplier Quality is of strategic importance to achieve CS&Q strategy of zero recalls and customer satisfaction.

- There is an ambition to enhance supplier quality standards, supplier evaluation and supplier strategy focussing on quality fundamentals.

- This position will be responsible to work in collaboration with plant quality, category management, procurement supplier leaders and industrialization teams

- We are looking to hire an experienced quality professional with deep understanding of the automotive quality standards, best practices, and thorough knowledge of IATF principles.

- We are looking for a highly passionate, motivated, visionary, and collaborative leader with the ability and experience to develop deep stakeholder relationships.

- Reporting to Regional Supplier Quality Director

Roles & Responsibilities

- Defining standards for Best-in-class models for battery ( all types) Leader standard walk at suppliers, CTQ and CTP monitoring, Cpk analysis and Reverse FMEA etc

- Driving the elimination of high severity failure modes, reviewing, and upgrading the Poka-yoke, Jidoka and Statistical Process Controls

- Conducting supplier system, process, and technology audits in accordance with IATF guidelines and company standards. Special focus on battery Quality and technical processes

- Driving supplier improvement and development plans to meet standards and quality objectives

- Contribute to defining the supplier strategy

- Periodically conduct supplier quality health on basics and fundamentals

- Establish and evaluate the right level of PPAP quality and problem solving for parts

- Drive rigorous various activities at supplier viz. process controls, six sigma projects, KAIKAKU workshops, KAMISHIBAI, OBEYA and TQW at the supplier

- Manage plant escalations and new supplier audits

- Drive the e2e Quality of batteries at suppliers and facilitiate all the corrrective and preventive actions

Main Interactions

- Global Purchasing Management Committee

- SQLs, Plant SQE

- CS&Q teams (Global, LoB/BU, Country/Zone/Operations, Clusters/Factories/DC, other GSC r region, IPO, etc).

- Region Procurement Team

- Commodity Managers

- Regional Purchasing Managers

- Suppliers

What qualifications will make you successful for this role?

- Certified IATF, VDA auditor (preferbaly but not necessarily)

- Certified Project Management

- Certified in advanced quality tools

- Certified in Six Sigma BB

- Certified or trained APQP and PPAP

- Trained in GD&T battery technology and processes expertise

Experience- 10 – 15 years in Supplier Quality lead role, preferred in battery processes and battery expertsie

- Thorough knowledge and hands on experience in Battery quality , UPS or battery operated products

- Graduate / Postgraduate in Mechanical or Industrial or Electronic Engineering