Role Purpose:
The Supplier Industrialization Quality Engineer is responsible for improving manufacturing efficiency, quality, and cost performance at supplier sites. This role works closely with suppliers to optimize processes, ensure capacity readiness, support new product introductions, and drive continuous improvement aligned with company standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Evaluate new and existing supplier quality systems and process capability by applying TKEC Supplier assessment policy. Deploy supplier annual audit, product audits, VDA6.3 process audits, and ensure compliance with supplier quality manual requirements to meet quality, cost and delivery targets.
- Conduct manufacturing process audits, time studies, and line balancing at supplier facilities
- Identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and risks; implement corrective actions
- Support suppliers in achieving stable and capable processes (CP/CPK, cycle time, yield)
- Regularly review supplier performance and prepare supplier performance reports of supplier quality indicators such as Field Escapes PPM, Critical Parts Reliability, Problems Per Job, CAPA closure rate, etc. and take necessary actions to close gaps.
- Validate supplier capacity, layout, manpower, and equipment for new and existing products.
- Take ownership and lead cross functional team in supplier quality problems resolution process. Initiate and monitor supplier quality improvement programs.
- Review and approve process flow, work instructions, PFMEA, and control plans.
- Support ramp-up, volume increases, and localization projects.
- Support supplier readiness for new product Introduction and engineering changes.
- Participate and Execute APQP / PPAP activities/First Article Inspection requirements.
- Ensure industrialization milestones and deliverables as per Standard Product Development Process (SPDP) are met on time.
- Work closely with Supplier Quality, Purchasing, R&D, Manufacturing, and Logistics teams
- Provide technical guidance and training to suppliers when needed. Responsible for training and deployment of Manufacturing Process Control, Variation Reduction, Control Plan Development, Mistake Proofing, 6S, Lean Production and other TKE Company sponsored supplier initiatives.
- Follow all safety policies, procedures and work instructions according to the safety management system and fulfil his/her responsibilities as stated in the safety manual.
Qualifications & Skills:
Qualifications:
- Four-year college or university certificate: Engineering qualification preferable in Mechanical/Production/Automotive/Electrical required.
- At least 7 years experience in manufacturing or supplier engineering in manufacturing set in either Automobile/Industrial/Consumer/Electronics Manufacturing environment. (Elevator manufacturing Preferred).
- Familiarity with Supplier Quality Management Process.
- Experience working directly with suppliers for Industrialization and Quality Improvement.
- Project Management experience will be added advantage.
- Proficiency is common office Software tools (Excel, PPT, Outlook, etc.)
- Has Worked in SAP or any other related ERP systems.
Skills:
- Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or similar methodology experience
- Knowledge of APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, and control plans
- Ability to perform time studies, line balancing, and capacity analysis
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills. Knowledge of 8D and similar Quality Tools.
- Understands various manufacturing processes involved in production.
- Experience and ability to visualize customer complaints and their relation to various TKE operating processes.
- Quality Systems Certification (ISO9001 internal auditor), Lean Manufacturing, Manufacturing Process Control, Six Sigma, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing.
Additional Requirements:
- Willingness to travel to supplier sites as required, at least 15 days in a month.
- Ability to work alone as the TKE voice and representative for Factory and the quality department.
