Supplier Quality Leader

Position Summary

• You will join the Supplier Quality Management Team, GSC International which is responsible for shaping & driving supplier quality performance, strategy, and transformations in line with Schneider Electric goals and objectives.
• Supplier Quality is of strategic importance to achieve CS&Q strategy of zero recalls and customer satisfaction.
• There is an ambition to enhance supplier quality standards, supplier evaluation and supplier strategy focussing on quality fundamentals.
• This position will be responsible to work in collaboration with plant quality, category management, procurement supplier leaders and industrialization teams
• We are looking to hire an experienced quality professional with deep understanding of the automotive quality standards, best practices, and thorough knowledge of IATF principles.
• We are looking for a highly passionate, motivated, visionary, and collaborative leader with the ability and experience to develop deep stakeholder relationships.
• Reporting to Regional Supplier Quality Director

Roles & Responsibilities

• Defining standards for Best-in-class models for battery ( all types) Leader standard walk at suppliers, CTQ and CTP monitoring, Cpk analysis and Reverse FMEA etc
• Driving the elimination of high severity failure modes, reviewing, and upgrading the Poka-yoke, Jidoka and Statistical Process Controls
• Conducting supplier system, process, and technology audits in accordance with IATF guidelines and company standards. Special focus on battery Quality and technical processes
• Driving supplier improvement and development plans to meet standards and quality objectives
• Contribute to defining the supplier strategy
• Periodically conduct supplier quality health on basics and fundamentals
• Establish and evaluate the right level of PPAP quality and problem solving for parts
• Drive rigorous various activities at supplier viz. process controls, six sigma projects, KAIKAKU workshops, KAMISHIBAI, OBEYA and TQW at the supplier
• Manage plant escalations and new supplier audits
• Drive the e2e Quality of batteries at suppliers and facilitiate all the corrrective and preventive actions

Main Interactions

• Global Purchasing Management Committee
• SQLs, Plant SQE
• CS&Q teams (Global, LoB/BU, Country/Zone/Operations, Clusters/Factories/DC, other GSC region, IPO, etc).
• Region Procurement Team
• Commodity Managers
• Regional Purchasing Managers
• Suppliers

What qualifications will make you successful for this role?

• Certified IATF, VDA auditor (preferbaly but not necessarily)
• Certified Project Management
• Certified in advanced quality tools
• Certified in Six Sigma BB
• Certified or trained APQP and PPAP
• Trained in GD&T
  battery technology and processes expertise

Experience

• 10 - 15 years in Supplier Quality lead role, preferred in battery processes and battery expertsie
• Thorough knowledge and hands on experience in Battery quality , UPS or battery operated products
• Graduate / Postgraduate in Mechanical or Industrial or Electronic Engineering

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Client-provided location(s): Pleiku, Vietnam

Job ID: Schneider_Electric-https://careers.se.com/jobs/98361?lang=en-us

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-09-20T18:42:36