Senior Engineer / AM - Supplier Quality Management (Mechanical)

We are currently looking for suitable candidates for openings in Supplier Quality Management team at KONE Elevators factory which is located at Pillaipakkam, near Sriperumbudur (Chennai).

Preferred Skill-Sets:

• B.E., in Mechanical Engineering with minimum 4 to 10 years of experience in Supplier Quality Management, Manufacturing environment, supply chain management or other relevant area.
• Strong knowledge in Sheet metal fabrication and machining process & relevant standard requirements Root cause analysis and corrective action process. Advanced Product Quality Process. (APQP) Production Part Approval Process. (PPAP) Supply chain management.
• Knowledge in billets/sheet metal hot/cold rolling will be added advantage.
• Should have experience in supplier auditing and willing to travel/visit suppliers frequently.
• Exposure in SPC, 8D Report and QC Tools are mandatory.
• Negotiation and diplomacy skills.
• Committed and working towards organizations goals.
• Fluent level of English, additional languages are added advantage.
• Good interdepartmental support and result provider.
• Excellent communication, Presentation and people management skills
• Internal Auditor certification and Lean & 6 sigma are added advantage.
• Should be able to fully understand & demonstrate the Engineering drawings.
  

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the supplier evaluation and development of Key potential suppliers.
• Involve in new product development activities and ensure the key deliverables against milestone review
• Conduct supplier audits, supplier ratings, risk assessments programs and resolve supplier quality issues on time.
• Manage supplier qualification and documentation process
• Ensure Quality annex is updated and integrated in supplier agreement/s in line with KONE business requirements
• Collaborate with sourcing & Engineering for new product/supplier development activities & documentation.
• Monitoring the supplier quality performance and validating the measurements
• Drive supplier corrective action process and validating the identified corrective and development actions.
• Establish CTQ controls at supplier process and measure the process capability.
• Agree the PPAP process with supplier for all critical components.
• Ensure KONE Supplier Excellence program targets and deliverables are met
• Ensure compliance and adherence to KONE sourcing (KSO) policies and procedures
• Ensure compliance with quality, safety and environmental (Sustainability) standards
• Collaborate closely with Global team and Global supplier for Quality meeting and Development Projects.

Please find below the Company Profile:

COMPANY PROFILE:
KONE Corporation is into the business of manufacturing elevators and escalators. We have been into this industry since 1910. We have our headquarters in Helsinki, Finland. We are at 3rd position in Elevator Manufacturing globally. We have achieved 4.6 billion euros turnover (globally). We have been operating in 50 countries in the world. We have 52000 employees working in KONE Corporation. Kone India (P) Ltd is in existence since 1984. We have our headquarters at Chennai. We have 44 branches in India, with approximate 4800 employees.

If you are interested, please do apply or forward your updated resume to a.kalilurrahman@kone.com and we will get in touch with you!