Supplier Quality Leader (Battery)

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The Role:

We are seeking a talented professional to take on the role of a Supplier Quality Leader (Battery).

In this role, you will focus on battery technology and play a critical role in the overall success of the Schneider supplier quality management.

Acting as a key bridge between R&D, offer quality, procurement, Schneider plants, and the Component suppliers.

Supplier quality leader is responsible for driving all supplier related activities to maintain a sustained supply chain and robust battery components quality, and battery supplier manufacturer process.

What will you do?


* Define the battery component quality target with aggressive quality ambitions, closely monitor and drive resource to best fulfill.


* Identify potential failure mode of battery at product design phase.


* Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) execution for new project launch and major change on product and process.


* Identify battery supplier technical and quality risks and push for prevention.


* Drive the root cause analysis and solve the problem in time with 8D method, in case of any quality issue or customer complaint.


* Manage the regular audit and drive quality continue improvement.


* Validate the supplier's corrective action plan and ensure the execution, coach supplier if necessary.


* Act as an expert for battery technology, directly manage supplier critical / escalated issue from plants or Line of Business (LoB).


* Influence the decision of supplier business strategy by quality performance.


* Represent quality in front of suppliers to deploy and implement SE process and policies, ensure suppliers complied with SE requirement.


* Work with category manager to motivate supplier for self-improvement spontaneously, build good collaboration and strategic partnership.


* Train & coach suppliers for competence e.g.

quality methodology, project management skills.


* Strengthen the best practices and animate quality & technical community in the category, to drive the total category supplier competence and performance level up incrementally.


* Work collaboratively with cluster / plant / LoB to collect feedback and drive correction actions.


* Develop the process audit tools and checklist by categ...