Supplier Quality Engineer - Senior

Cummins India


Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Pune, Maharashtra
Contract type: Full time
Remote
Description

Key Responsibilities:

  • Build strong relationships with all critical partners to improve quality and business outcomes, including external suppliers, external customers, and internal customers and stakeholders such as Purchasing, Manufacturing, and Engineering.
  • Support the cross-functional supplier selection process for any given component.
  • Collaborate with external suppliers to validate that the manufacturing process is designed to conform to engineering prints, standards, and customer-specific requirements.
  • Apply industry-standard Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) processes, Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) tools, and Cummins specialty tools to develop zero-defect components within the external supply base.
  • Embrace continuous improvement in the external supply base by contributing to product and process-focused projects utilizing methodologies such as lean and six-sigma.
  • Conduct external supplier audits to support supplier risk mitigation, readiness, and performance improvement.
  • Support quality improvement plans within the external supply base to enhance supplier performance.
  • Ensure resolution of external supplier-related quality challenges by leading root cause analysis, supporting the development of corrective actions, and verifying the effectiveness of corrective actions.

Core Responsibilities

  • Engage in technical discussions with suppliers and engineering during the start of part development projects.
  • Oversee source release, PPAP, and APQP approval for parts at the supplier end.
  • Guide suppliers on process failsafe, provide training on required topics, and ensure proper documentation.
  • Obtain CAPA from suppliers on issues reported by the plant.
  • Interact with plant quality teams (both domestic and global).

Responsibilities

Education, Licenses, Certifications:

  • College, university, or equivalent degree in Engineering or a related technical or scientific subject required.
  • This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Competencies

  • Communicates Effectively: Develop and deliver multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
  • Customer Focus: Build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions.
  • Auditing: Apply auditing skills and techniques and Quality Management Systems knowledge to effectively appraise a manufacturing process for quality and safety risks and non-conformances.
  • Interpreting Technical Requirements: Apply knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing principles and Engineering Standards to correctly interpret technical requirements and improve product design for manufacturability and measurability.
  • Manufacturing Process Design: Apply knowledge of manufacturing technology to design a zero-defect manufacturing process that consistently meets technical and customer requirements.
  • Manufacturing Process Validation: Use core automotive tools (DFMEA, PFMEA, Control Plan, SPC, MSA, Source Release, and PPAP) to validate that a manufacturing process can consistently meet technical and customer requirements.
  • Measurement Process Design: Design a measurement system that consistently meets industry and customer requirements using knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing principles and measurement technology.
  • Problem Solving: Solve problems using a systematic analysis process, leveraging industry-standard methodologies to create problem traceability and protect the customer.
  • Quality Influence: Recognize stakeholders, create forums to extract stakeholder perspectives, engage in constructive conflict, and influence outcomes to ensure balanced decisions inclusive of quality priorities.
  • Quality Standards: Apply knowledge of quality standards (ISO9001:2015, IATF16949) to develop procedures, processes, and external suppliers in alignment with regulatory requirements.
  • Statistical Foundations: Apply statistical tools and techniques to influence decision-making, leveraging data collection methods, key statistics, and analytical methods to describe process performance and drive improvement actions.
  • Supplier Performance Improvement: Develop and execute effective quality improvement strategies to enhance supplier performance.
  • Supplier Quality Project Planning and Execution: Apply APQP skills to develop and execute quality plans that enable external suppliers to meet customer expectations.
  • Values Differences: Recognize the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.
  • Supplier Product Reliability: Evaluate supplier product design, manufacturing process design, and product validation process to ensure reliability expectations are met.

Qualifications

Skills Required:

  • Strong analytical skills for data mining and driving improvements.
  • Hands-on experience with APQP, PPAP, and source release processes.
  • Proficiency in handling inspection equipment, quality tools, and systematic problem-solving methods.
  • Excellent communication skills in English.

Experience

  • Preferred experience in supplier quality: 8 to 10 years.

Job Quality

Organization Cummins Inc.

Role Category Remote

Job Type Exempt - Experienced

ReqID 2413073

Relocation Package Yes
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