Hitachi ABB Power Grids is a pioneering technology leader that is helping to increase access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. We help to power your home, keep the factories running, and our hospitals and schools open. Come as you are and prepare to get better as you learn from others. Bring your passion, bring your energy, and plug into a team that appreciates a simple truth: Diversity + Collaboration = Great Innovation
Your responsibilities
- You as a Supplier Quality Engineer would be responsible for the below mentioned activities:
- Support the onboarding process of new supplier as requested by SCM, evaluating if initiate the qualification or terminate the onboarding process.
- Monitor and ensure the supply base is and remain fully qualified and in compliance with Power Grids standards and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Schedule, monitor and approve suppliers for critical product type (MDF).
- Coordinate closely with other functions/experts from engineering or manufacturing. It typically includes a Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) for product business type, and a manufacturing process capability assessment for project business type.
- Lead, review and approve the Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and the Corrective/Preventive action plan submitted by the supplier for top quality issues. In case of RCA required by customer, collaborate with the PQM for a jointly review and approval.
- Support the SCM and project team to identify and put in place the containment actions for supplier quality issues, like late deliveries, non-conforming products or project services. For any supplier issue causing an extra cost, support the claim owner (i.e. category manager or local/HUB SCM) to prepare a technical dossier with responsibility analysis for a successful claim negotiation.
- Review periodically supplier quality performance (i.e. NC, COTD, COPQ) to identify possible cluster (repetitive defects, top offender suppliers) that could lead to supplier-specific or general improvement initiative in the supply base. In case of cross-functional improvement initiative, collaborate with Quality&CI team to handover or have the proper support from required functions.
- Plan, perform and report periodical supplier assessments with a risk-based approach. The assessment is performed using established assessment models and when necessary build customized versions.
- Use Lean 6Sigma methodology to identify the causes of poor supplier performance and process capabilities, and carry out improvement in collaboration with necessary resources and expertise from supplier and Power Grids. Support the implementation of category strategy both on short and long term.
- Coach and lead team members involved in the supplier development activities.
- Work in collaboration with SCM to deploy in local units the supply quality instructions & guidelines established or developed by the Company/BU Supply Quality Team.
- Support and coach the SCM organization to report properly the supplier quality and on time delivery data, and to ensure information are available in the Supplier Quality Management (SQM) tool for supplier classification by the category teams.
- Identify and escalate gaps to SCM to ensure each supplier is associated with a right Global Unique Identification (GUID) and supplier data are updated.
- Lead the analysis and resolution of top and/or recurrent supplier quality issue detected during project execution.
- Support the Project quality team to carry out mitigation actions at supplier base for quality risk identified in the project (i.e. poor performance of the selected supplier, criticality and/or complexity of customer requirement, lesson learned to be applied, etc).
- Lead the execution of inspection activity at supplier premises not required by customer, as defined in the project quality documentation (i.e. quality control plan). Support the Project quality team in the resolution of quality issue detected during the inspection activity at supplier premises directly managed by Project quality team.
- Collaborate with other functions outside SCM (Quality & Operations, Sustainability/HSE, R&D/Engineering, Tender teams, among others) by representing the “Voice of Supplier” to them (i.e. proposal to change requirement difficult to meet or make them clearer, collect from supply base main pain points for sustainability initiatives)
- Represents “Voice of Customer” to supplier.
Your background
- A B.E/B.Tech in Electrical, Electronic or Mechanical OR PG IN Industrial Engineering. Certification in Quality, Lean Six
- sigma is required.
- More than 8+ years of experience in Quality, working as Supplier Quality Engineer with strong experience in Project business as well as global factory operations.
- Demonstrated experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
- Demonstrated leadership skills, with a collaborative, solutions-oriented approach.
More about us
Hitachi ABB Power Grids is a global technology leader with a combined heritage of almost 250 years, employing around 36,000 people in 90 countries. Headquartered in Switzerland, the business serves utility, industry and infrastructure customers across the value chain, and emerging areas like sustainable mobility, smart cities, energy storage and data centres. With a proven track record, global footprint and unparalleled installed base, Hitachi ABB Power Grids balances social, environmental and economic values, and is committed to powering good for a sustainable energy future, with pioneering and digital technologies, as the partner of choice for enabling a stronger, smarter and greener grid. www.hitachiabb-powergrids.com
Publication date
2022-02-21
Reference Number
IN52671628_E1