Supply Quality & Development Engineer India

Your responsibilities:

• Support category managers and factory supply chain managers with supplier qualification process through evaluating the supplier qualification assessment forms and recommending the appropriate qualification level.
• Ensure the supply base is and remains fully qualified and compliant through regular monitoring and the reporting of the qualification status.
• Drive sustainability and onboard suppliers in EcoVadis.
• Plan and conduct the required supplier on-site audits including the assessment reporting (with qualification decision), corrective action plan alignment with the suppliers.
• Participate in the SSDP (Supplier Sustainability Development Program) assessments.
• Conduct regular status update meetings with the suppliers and confirm the closure of corrective action plan items by the suppliers within the defined resolution time frame.
• Perform and document PPAP for new supplier developments.
• Visualize the successfully completed PPAP's at the global/regional level to all the whole SCM and Quality community to avoid duplication of efforts.
• Lead non-conformity resolution process with the suppliers in case of the escalated technical issues from the factories and ensure the effective root-cause analysis and the countermeasure implementation by the suppliers.
• Monitor and consolidate the supplier delivery and quality KPI's, the critical non-conformities escalated from the factories.
• Share supplier performance KPI's and the critical supplier list regularly with the HUB SCM and the Category Managers.
• Lead supplier performance improvement actions for the targeted suppliers to meet the customer and the Hitachi Energy's factories' expectations (following DMAIC, A3 and/or 8D methodology).
• Monitor and ensure the supplier performance data, the supplier quality costs and the claims are reported according to PG/PGTR guidelines and instructions.
• Implement company supply quality procedures within the assigned responsibility area.
• 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 or higher in one of the disciplines: mechanical engineering, electrical engineering or production engineering.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in manufacturing quality assurance.
• Experience from transformer or automotive industry is a plus.
• Proven skills in auditing and part qualification processes.
• Knowledge in manufacturing of electrical steel, cores, conductors, insulation kits, insulation boards, bushings, tap changers and other transformer accessories.
• Good understanding in ISO standards, UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals, EcoVadis, REACH, RoHS, FMEA, PPAP and Conflict Minerals.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.