The advanced supplier quality engineer manages the apqp for external suppliers with the support of the program buyer and the d&d product/product design. Oversees developing supplier qcd performance for a defined list of suppliers. He/she supports the series buyers to organize and follow-up the quality systems and performance of critical suppliers.
responsibilities
* apqp management during development phases:
* deploy apqp related to the development phase of purchased parts.
* define the risk and suppliers to be followed.
* insure that suppliers sourced respect mandatory rules and audit criteria.
* get feasibility commitment sign off for sourcing and for change implementation.
* define supplier apqp plan with objectives, risk assessment, critical suppliers, critical parts, key milestones, deliverables, and ppap planning, resources & supports needs.
* update every month the supplier apqp plan.
* participate at design review meeting and ecr meeting.
* facilitate exchanges between functions and suppliers for design freeze convergence.
* escalate alerts to program and management. Support suppliers for 8d completion.
* train the suppliers and make sure that the defined standards are properly applied (apqp elements),
* follow the apqp progress with status report.
* use of lessons learned from prior programs, as input to snc
* manage the process qualification at supplier (control plan & quality basics implementation).
* conduct fpt & mpt and process audit for high and medium risk components.
* get from suppliers their control record (i.e: raw material certification…) for all parts.
* ppap construction:
o responsible for ppap construction and new parts approval during development phase.
o coordinate with sqa production trial runs on new parts during development phase
o ensure that 100% of s/r parts will be validated at gr3.
* transition to series:
o ensure that all documentations are updated.
o 100% of s/r characteristics secured.
o ensure that incoming inspection instructions integrate control means according supplier's control
qualifications
minimum education level: bachelor degree in engineering
experience
* minimum 3 years experience in industry in lean manufacturing
nice to have
* quality experience and / or production experience
* and / or production experience
skills and competencies
* project management methodology
* quality basics
* production system efficiency knowledge
* supplier audit process
* quality & productivity management
* process knowledge
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