Supplier Quality Management Specialist Professional

About the business:

The Hitachi Energy Indian Operations Center (INOPC) is a competence center with around 2300 skilled engineers who focus on tendering, engineering, planning, procurement, project Management, functional system testing, installation supervision, documentation and commissioning. However, over the last decade, it has evolved to become the largest Operations hub.. The India Operations Centre team at Chennai, Bangalore and Gurugram supports Hitachi Energy's units in more than 40 countries across a wide portfolio of all the four business units in Hitachi Energy To date, the team has executed engineering and commissioning for projects in more than 80 countries.

Mission Statement:

Hitachi Energy High Voltage Business Unit is focusing a lot on the Part qualification at the suppliers by meting most of the PPAP expectations. This is very important to support larger objective of providing quality products that meet customers' requirements the first time and every time.

• Lead, manage and complete the part qualification at the suppliers for the identified products / projects with right quality on time.
• Collaborate with key stake holders like GPS, R&D, SCM category manager, PLM team and drive the part qualification.
• Work closely with the Global Supply Quality teams, Third party supplier quality Engineers and suppliers on the part qualification.
• Organize Internal kick-off meetings and supplier kick-off meetings to have smooth part requirement communications!
• Ensure that all relevant documents are collated and shared appropriately.
• Ensure that the Part qualification reports as prepared and validated inline to the Part qualification instructions and procedures.
• Ensure the update of part qualification reports in the PLM tool.
• Support to develop and share periodic reports related to Part qualification progress to the management.
• Resolve conflicts proactively and if needed escalate, seek help from leadership or Management to ensure progress is on track.
• Support in establishing required communication & training material.
• Living Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, preferably Mechanical, Production or Electrical Engineering.
• Should have 10 to 15 years of Experience in Power Grid, Automotive, Aerospace or any manufacturing industry.
• Must have manufacturing process knowledge and experience working in Supply chain, Supplier Quality, Supplier Development functions in a manufacturing environment or in a Global role.
• Hands on experience on Part qualifications / PPAP management and its deployment by working with suppliers.
• Hands on experience in working with Windchill or any other PLM system.
• Ability to read and digest technical drawings and specifications (ISO documents, FMEA, Control plans, international standards etc.)
• Capable to work independently under challenging projects.
• Strong analytical skills, especially with data analysis, experience in developing dashboards / reports in Power BI is highly desired.
• Good communication, and presentation skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills to network across the teams and to mentor the team members.
• Flexibility to travel (~20%)