Supplier Quality Manager - Configured Systems - India

Job Description Summary
Lead the supplier quality engineers to meet KPI and comply to GE Vernova procedure. Drive quality for assigned suppliers, including quality plan implementation. Select suppliers through qualification processes. Own supplier results, drive improvements utilizing supplier scorecards. Own supplier audits, ensuring compliance, and driving improvement plans where needed. Has in-depth knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others; has working knowledge of competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market

Job Description

There dual role as below

Team Leader Role

• Deploy Supplier quality policy. Manage activities and execute action plan to drive supplier quality team to meet KPI team or department
• Typically a 1st line manager of assigned team or department. Developing specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise in own job discipline or field. Serves as best practice/quality resource. Has awareness of latest functional developments in own area. Contributes towards strategy and policy development, and ensures delivery within area of responsibility
• Be resource for team on technical, problem solving , project management
• Lead execution of qualification, inspection , audit and resolve quality issue for team
• To be main contact point on assigned commodity and align with regional quality, project, sourcing
• Lead Medium to complex projects with moderate risks and resource requirements. Explains difficult or sensitive information
• Works to build consensus. Developing persuasion skills required to influence others on topics within field

• Develop and monitor supplier quality on assigned equipment/product from supplier qualification phase to final inspections to verify compliance with technical and quality requirements before shipment release
• New Supplier Evaluation / on boarding - Rigorously execute the supplier evaluation process, including quality & compliance audits / assessments to ensure that only appropriately qualified suppliers are taken through the process. Work with sourcing/commodity team to meet business objectives of new supplier addition and provide input to technical tender analysis
• Lead Supplier Qualification with partnership with procurement, engineering, project quality
• Prepare Supplier Quality Documents for project such Quality Control Plan (QCP), ITPL (Inspection Testing Plan) Product Testing procedure
• Perform FAT (Factory Acceptance Test) and PSI (Pre-Shipment inspection)
• Organizing / performing inspections at suppliers and ensuring the product quality compliance
• Develop surveillance audits plan and execute to assure that suppliers have effective process control, rigorous product acceptance standards, and robust quality systems
• Own SRG (Safety/Health/Environment Supplier Responsibility Guidelines) metrics for the assigned suppliers and conduct SRG audits per the region audit plan
• Manage Supplier Deviation Request (SDR) Non-Conformance Report (NCR) & Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for nonconformities caused by suppliers and lead resolution of complex, cross-functional quality issues for severe NCR/RCA
• Review and approve supplier End of Manufacturing Reports and give release for shipment

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical or Metallurgy Engineering
• Minimum 12 years of experience with 5 years of leadership experience/familiar power, oil & gas
• Proven Skilled influencer, able to communicate complex messages to others.
• Proven ability to lead project and project management skill and responsible for the overall implementation of quality control related to specification and international code & standard.
• Proven ability to work efficiently without direct supervision. Self-motivated with demonstrated ability to motivate others to achieve results.
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong ability to use Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• English languages proficiency
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems
• Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally at short notice

• Working knowledge on manufacturing processes such as Casting, forging, Welding, Heat treatment, Coating process
• Familiar with ASTM, ASME and API codes
• Welding technical knowledge and NDT knowledge
• CWI (Certified Welding Inspector) certificate
• Lead auditor experience and certification
• Lean Six Sigma certification and experience

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