Key Responsibilities:
1. Contribute to development and deployment of Supplier Quality Strategies that are aligned with Supply Management and Business Strategies with a 1-3 years time horizon
2. Provide leadership for Supplier Quality Engineers and ensure goal of ¡°one face¡± towards Supply Base
3. Contribute to sourcing decisions identifying required supplier capability based upon the outsourcing level to ensure that parts received meet requirements from a Quality perspective.
4. Lead and perform benchmarking and market intelligence activities for the assigned commodities
5. Own and approve the product release of purchased parts and finished goods in the project team
6. Identify gaps between required and available supplier capability and manage the risk with the supplier. Drive supplier quality improvement plan. Establish quality/process control for high risk parts and high risk suppliers
7. Identify high risk and critical to quality suppliers and establish quality control approaches with relevant suppliers assuring quality throughout the product life cycle
8. Lead and conclude negotiations of Quality Agreements with suppliers and deploy the Philips Management Agenda to the supplier
9. Manage top level executive relationships with suppliers: interface with the JQM (Joint Quality Manager)
¡¤Manage and solve high risk supplier quality issues (SCAR issuing, complaint handling)
10. Lead and monitor supplier Quality, identify structurally non-performing suppliers and manage continuous improvement plans in co-ordination with (G) SAM. This includes vendor account analytics such as ranking, rating, relationship management
11. Define supplier quality requirements that are aligned with relevant commodity strategies and the Stakeholders
Requirements:
1. Bachelor¡¯s Degree in Engineering with 4-12 yrs of relevant experience
2. Good understanding of statistical methods, quality tools and methodologies QFD, CtQ breakdown, DfSS, SPC, AQP, FMEA, Control Plan)
3. Six Sigma GB/ BB certification preferred
4. Highly motivated, action oriented, persistent towards accomplishing tasks and drives for success
5. Ability to communicate well, oral and written, in English and local language
6. Auditing Skills preferred to posses Lead Auditor certification
7. Possesses such expertise in quality systems, methodologies, tool and techniques that he/she is able to establish standards and practices for
8. Works in a team to optimize, implement and troubleshoot the performance of quality control systems
9. Creates a productive network with internal customers and suppliers
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