Lead Supplier Quality Specialist - Mechanical
On-site · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Job Summary
Lead and manage supplier quality for casting, forging, and machining commodities at a Rohtak plant, coordinating with central SQ/commodity teams to ensure quality parts for assembly and global sourcing. Responsibilities include leading supplier quality programs, performing commodity assessments/audits, participating in sourcing decisions, ensuring SQR clauses meet requirements, providing expertise to internal networks, supporting supplier development, implementing improvement plans for top issues, applying problem-solving methodologies (8D, PDCA, FTA, 7 basic quality tools), conducting trainings, and maintaining scorecard data and quarterly performance reviews. The role emphasizes expert knowledge in supplier quality, collaboration across SQE/SQA networks, and the ability to approve or reject suppliers and parts in line with Wabtec requirements.
Required Qualifications
- 6-10 years experience in supplier quality
- Lead commodity supplier quality or equivalent
- Experience in casting, forging and machining supplier quality
- Coordinate with SQE/SQA teams and central commodity teams
- Perform commodity assessments/audits (process and system)
- Participate in sourcing committee and have authority to accept or refuse supplier selection
- Ensure SQR clauses align with commodity requirements
- Ability to reject/approve suppliers and parts
- Provide expertise to sites and networks (SQA/SQE, commodity lead buyers, supplier development, engineering)
- Experience with problem-solving methodologies (8D, PDCA, FTA, 7 QC tools)
- Conduct trainings to improve supplier knowledge and capabilities
- Prepare commodity purchasing specifications and checklists
- Coordinate return of experience across LLCs
- Support development of Top Worst suppliers and recurrent issues
- Lead supplier development actions at supplier locations
- Prepare APQP for new projects and parts/process validation
- Attend supplier performance reviews with Global Commodity buyers
- Ability to alert and escalate supplier performance issues
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