Position Responsibilities:
- Conduct supplier assessments, audits, and qualifications to ensure raw materials and components meet specifications.
- Collaborate with suppliers to define and enforce quality control requirements for materials.
- Assist in supplier selection by evaluating potential vendors quality systems.
- Liaise with internal team in reviewing the incoming material rejection from IQC and production with disposition action and feedback to supplier if rejection proved to be valid.
- Issue SCAR to supplier non conformance incoming lot and drive the supplier for root cause and corrective action(s) (RCCA) (8D, 5-Whys, FMEA, SPC) to eliminate recurring quality issues.
- Conduct an investigation and complete justification report on rejection feedback by IQC, production and customer side if the issue is caused by the supplier side.
- Monitor and drive the Top 3 worst supplier incoming performer for quality improvement projects to enhance material consistency and reliability.
- Maintain supplier quality records, including audit findings, non-conformance reports (NCRs), supplier corrective action reports (SCARs), and process validation documentation.
- Perform source inspection for FA customised parts and ensure supplier complete the FAIR submission
- Provide technical guidance and training to suppliers on required knowledge and skills related to quality
- Track supplier performance indicators (PPM, defect rates, delivery quality, response time, etc.) and report to management.
- Report all SQE related KPI(s) and other management assigned KPI(s) (a)weekly (b) monthly, to corporate and site facilities.
- Support to monitor and to drive top 3 high values in the Material Review Board (MRB) lot for closure.
- As one of the decision-making members in disposing of daily incoming rejected lot.
- Ensure supplier compliance with customer requirements, ISO 9001, ISO 13485, AS 9100, IATF 16949, IPC/WHMA-A-620, and other industry standards as required
- Support internal teams (IQC, Engineering, Production) in understanding supplier quality issues.
- Support for any customer or third party audit related to IQC & SQE section
- Any ad-hoc task as assigned by the HOD/ superior
