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Supplier/Manufacturing Quality Engineer

Responsibilities: Provide quality support to production operations and development engineering, ensuring the integrity of components designed and products purchased from suppliers and assembled within Manufacturing meet engineering requirements. The individual will aggressively drive quality improvements; ensure company standards are adhered to, aggressively work with suppliers on VAVE cost improvements, develop and administer robust internal manufacturing control plans and driving organizational initiatives towards achieving “zero defects” performance and best in class pricing. The individual will foster cross-functional support to implement process improvements and problem-solving efforts both internal and to the supply base, to focus on protecting and improving both internal and incoming product quality.

• Results for this position will be measured by project completion and both internal and supplier quality metrics.  
• Drives and champions quality and cost optimization improvement efforts internally and externally.
• Processes non-conformance and supplier corrective action reports, when necessary.
• Responsible for advanced product quality planning, bottleneck remover, and successful launch of internal and supply base projects.
• Ensures that internal needs for control systems are established, communicated and met in a timely and functional manner internally and externally.  
• Conduct TS16949 based audits at suppliers.  Audit supplier corrective action results.  Improve the supplier evaluation, score card, and approval processes and manage the results through corrective action, continuous improvement, and off-sourcing activities.
• Provides expert analysis, guidance and support to Production/ Engineering/ Supplier process improvement activities, including effective use of problem-solving tools / techniques, statistical analysis and inspection equipment and techniques.  
• Conduct supplier quality training at supplier’s or Mahindra genZe facilities to meet Mahindra genZe and/or customer’s specific quality expectations /requirements. 
• Utilizes analytical skill sets to implement root cause analysis and provide recommendations for corrective action internal and external. 
• Optimizes process capability on critical characteristics at the supply base through effective application of statistical analysis techniques and problem-solving. 
• Proactively work with suppliers to minimize ongoing quality/performance issues. 
• Review and make dispositions on supplier production first articles submissions, to ensure they are submitted and approved to organizational requirements.
• Develop component DFMEA, control plans, and SPC.
• Monitor internal and supply quality and report key metrics to the Head of Manufacturing and Chief Purchasing Officer based on established review schedules.  Implement corrective or preventive actions when metrics indicate a tactical plan is required.
• Suggest and development of automated systems to manage internal and supply quality processes.
• Travel 25 to 30% of the year (local, USA or International).