About this role
Role: SQD
- Regular KPIs/PIs tracking and reporting
- Initiate the escalation process, if appropriate
- Supplier Strategy:
- Provide input for regional specifics and implementation of the global qualitative and technology-specific supplier strategy in cooperation with PUR Counterpart
- Execute tasks based on the supplier portfolio management
- Provide recommendation of the suppliers for sourcing councils regarding quality and technology performance and their potential
- Support purchasing in supplier scouting to fulfill the potential business needs
- Supplier Approval and Onboarding: - Plan and conduct Supplier Initial Assessments to evaluate and approve potential suppliers (including follow-up of needed development actions)
- Supplier Development of active suppliers:
- Monitor supplier's risk based on supplier surveillance process and conduct onsite assessments based on the supplier surveillance process, including planning, implementation and follow-up of actions
- Initiate and follow-up of actions based on the quality indicators
- Decide on implementation of the supplier development programs (e.g. SIP)
- Ensure escalation to the management level of supplier, if appropriate
- Supplier Evaluation: - Ensure communication with supplier (answer questions regarding the methodology and result of yearly supplier evaluation) Define and ensure suitable actions, if appropriate
- Further activities:
- Implement task force actions in case of escalated problems with suppliers globally
- Provide explanation and support in negotiating quality-related supplier contracts and documents
- Actively explore potential improvements to elevate supplier technology to the next level Role: SQC Management of assigned suppliers and components in the PRE-SERIAL phase of the projects:
- Sourcing activities (feasibility commitment, Q-readiness, obtain feedback reagarding technical specification from supplier)
- Manage the Component introduction (CI) with suppliers respecting deadlines and Schaeffler´s requirements
- Conduct Supplier Component Review (milestone reviews)
- Track and document the CI status and regularly report to SQP
- Implement and follow up on actions to avoid jeopardizing of the production in Schaeffler
- Ensure the implementation of Schaeffler´s requirements for suppliers within the assigned project
- Conduct supplier audits (Run@Rate
- Capacity verification & Process Audit VDA 6.3- PAC)
- Ensure full approval of initial samples within CI
- Ensure hand-over of the CI project to SQS after the Safe launch (exit criteria for Safe launch must be fulfilled)
- Manage Special release process for prototypes/samples with deviations from the drawing
- Processing of suppliers complaints and collaborate on the complaints costs management within CI phase (CI starts with sourcing, ends with Safe launch)