Supplier Quality & Development Engineer

Location:

(HE)Office_Y. Dudullu

Job ID:

R0041786

Date Posted:

2024-02-02

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY TURKEY ELEKTRIK SANAYI ANONIM SIRKETI

Profession (Job Category):

Quality Management

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

Company

At Hitachi Energy our purpose is advancing a sustainable​ energy future for all. We bring power to our homes, schools, hospitals and factories.Join us and work with fantastic people, while learning and developing yourself on projects that have a real impact to our communities and society. Bring your passion, bring your energy, and be part of a global team that appreciates a simple truth: Diversity + Collaboration = Great Innovation

General Information

We are looking for our next “Supplier Quality & Development Engineer”, who will report to APMEA Hub Supplier Quality & Development Manager and will be able to demonstrate knowledge at Hitachi Energy at Transformersin Dudulluwith below qualifications.

Your responsibilities

·Support Category teams within the 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.

·Plan and conduct the required supplier on-site audits including the assessment reporting (with qualification decision), corrective action plan alignment with the suppliers .

·Follow-up and confirm the effective closure of corrective action plan items by 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.

·PPAP process governance for BU/HUB Category parts/components (creation of category specific parts approval requirement standard)

·Lead the production part approval process for the high priority cases including the coordination of trial parts and first article inspection activities with the factory quality.

·Visualize the successfully completed PPAP’s at the global/regional level to all SCM/Quality community to avoid the duplication of the efforts.

·Lead the 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.

·Lead the escalation of the suppliers to BU/HUB SQM in-case of the poor resolution of the identified issues.

·Monitor and consolidate the supplier delivery and quality KPI’s, the critical non-conformities escalated from the factories.

·Ensure completion of annual Supplier Performance Evaluations (SPE) for the identified suppliers by the category management (including reporting per Category/HUB)

·Identify the critical supplier list per category and define the improvement target(s) per supplier.
Plan/execute the supplier on-site assessment in case of a detailed process investigation
is required.

·Share the supplier performance KPI’s and the critical supplier list regularly with the BU/HUB SCM and the Category Teams.

·Lead the supplier performance improvement actions for the targeted suppliers to meet the customer and the ABB factories’ expectations (following DMAIC, A3 and/or 8D methodology).

·Lead the escalation of the suppliers to BU/HUB Category Management in-case of uncollaborative suppliers.

·Implement PG/PGTR supply quality procedures within the assigned responsibility area.
Develop/issue the specific supplier and part/material quality procedures for the related category.

·Ensure the appropriate utilization of the SBM tools within the BU/HUB organizations and the local units.

·Monitor and ensure the supplier performance data, the supplier quality costs and the claims are reported according to PG/PGTR guidelines and instructions.

·Closely collaborate with the Category teams to support the implementation of Category strategy (CIPS) and provide recommendations from supplier performance and capability perspectives (e.g: support for the supplier classification, new supplier selection, onboarding or de-sourcing recommendation).

·Represent the “voice of customer” to the suppliers during the supplier audits and as well as other remote activities and follow-up (e.g: interface with suppliers’ engineering, operations and quality senior management).

·Complete special quality and continuous improvement projects such as Advanced Product Quality Planning, Lean Six Sigma, supplier manuals, etc. in line with the yearly BU SQ targets.

·Lead and execute the assigned Dynamic Evolution projects for the corresponding categories (including the team establishment, necessary preparation to pass each gate
and tracking of benefit realization).

Your background

·Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial or Production engineering.

·Experienced in Welding Technology, Heavy Metal Fabrication.

·Experienced in Surface treatment & Painting.

·Having experience in Transformers industry is preferable.

·3-5 years of hands-on experience.

·Excellent oral and written communication skills in Turkish and English with the ability to collaborate effectively with all levels of management.