C&M SME

Garrett - Advancing Motion; Madurai District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Garrett Motion is seeking a Senior Supplier Quality & Development SME in India to lead innovative supplier-based solutions aligned with APQP and PPAP requirements. You will drive complex development projects at the supply base, ensuring quality, delivery and compliance with IATF16949 and VDA 6.3 practices.

You will partner with Engineering, Quality and Procurement to scout new technologies, protect IP, and implement robust supplier processes, metrics, and governance across multiple commodities

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in supplier quality/ development roles.
• Experience with APQP and PPAP processes and automotive quality tools (MSA, FMEA, DOE).
• Strong knowledge of IATF16949 and VDA 6.3 audits.

Responsibilities

• Lead supplier development projects and ensure SOP deployment via APQP/ PPAP.
• Drive innovative supplier solutions and implement new business frameworks.
• Support IP protection and technology collaboration agreements with suppliers.
• Assess external manufacturing technologies for performance, quality, and cost.
• Develop robust supplier process capability assessments and MOS.

Skills

Results oriented

Communication

Urgency

Matrix environment

IATF16949 internal auditor

VDA 6.3 audit

English proficiency

Supplier management

Individual contributor

Problem solving

Quality tools (8D 5Why)

Blueprints/ drawings reading

Casting and machining knowledge

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Procast

Magma

GOM scanning

Job description

Job Description

Supplier Quality & Development Subject Matter Expert is responsible for leading a developing new innovative ideas and solutions at supply base with Engineering based on GBE's targets aligned with Quality and Procurement organization goals ensuring that our suppliers meet our quality and delivery performance standards for APQP and PPAP requirements.

Primary Responsibilities

• Owns development projects and executes at supply base for successful SOP deployment via APQP and ready for PPAP validation.
• Uses niche skills to bring new innovative solutions and ideas deployed into supply base.
• Support development and drive consistent implementation of a new business framework to foster supplier innovation.
• Support legal framework for Innovation projects, including Non-Disclosure Agreements, Technology Collaboration Agreements and other development agreements.
• Holistically assess benefits of new external manufacturing technologies in terms of performance/quality/reliability and cost/investment together with Component COEs, Product Lines, Should Cost and Commodity teams.
• Support implementation of new Core vs. Non-Core and economics-driven Make vs. Buy decision making processes
• Deploy strategy to generate & protect IP for key external manufacturing processes (e.g. develop foreground IP, patented design features, trade secrets with suppliers, etc. )
• Support supplier-scouting for new technologies and creation of preliminary panel, including support for related Terms Conditions.
• Deliver a Talent Strategy to Develop Expertise in Key Differentiating Processes in the Supply Base and Process Engineering.
• Develop and mature a robust closed loop process and MOS for enhanced Product | Component | Process Design Optimization and to translate resulting tech requirements for suppliers
• Together with the SQ&D organization and the Materials COE drive new external manufacturing process development | risk identification | management | qualification | deployment.
• Rigorously deploy new supplier process capability assessment and limit sample testing in support of new PEP and Risk Mgmt MOS
• Support SQ&D with enhanced-guidance issue-resolution as Subject Matter Expert (SME)
• Support Common-Supplier-Assessment activities to evaluate supplier cross-functional capabilities.
• Define key performance metrics for the Supplier Innovation team and provide monthly progress reports.
• Engage Leadership through Technology Council | PAC | Ops/Growth Days
• Together with MCOE leader, jointly drive the Innovation PAC
• Implement robust annual Supplier (Component & Equipment) Technology Road mapping Process synchronized & shared with Product Line, Component COE, and AME technology roadmaps, as well as fully aligned with the needs of the different Supply Base Commodities
• Conduct continuous external disruptive technology scouting & benchmarking.
• Foster partnership with Labs, Academia, and x-SBG Experts Network
• Provide required M&A pipeline support.
• Supports actively Should Cost assessment with regular updates and further challenging based on benchmarking.

Qualifications Required

• Skills:
• Results oriented, good accountability, keep commitments,
• Excellent communication skills and good influence skills
• Excellent sense of urgency
• Work experience in a matrix environment is a plus.
• IATF16949 internal auditor certification
• 2nd party VDA 6.3 audit certification and actual practice
• Fluent spoken and written English – knowledge of a second language is a plus.
• Good supplier management skills
• Individual Contributor
• Experience & Education requirement:
• 12+ yrs Experience
• Experience on independently problem solving a logical and methodical approach, excellence understanding of quality tools and process (8D, 5Why, Cause/Effect Diagram)
• Degree in Mechanical Engineering and significant work experience
• Technical background in automotive, Knowledge in Quality system & Process Auditing, preferably based on VDA 6.3
• Manufacturing plant and Production process experience. Hands on experience on casting and machining Processes(Simulation in Procast/Magma and GOM scanning).
• Hands in experience in Supplier Quality
• Experience on practice of quality tools such as AIAG - APQP, PPAP, MSA, DPFMEA, DOE, ISO, IATF-16949.
• Ability to understand drawings and technical specifications.
• Good experience on at least one related commodity process, such as casting, machining, stamping, welding
• Six Sigma experience - Lean Expert or Black Belt is a plus.

About Us

With a legacy of over 70 years, Garrett Motion is a cutting-edge technology leader enabling emission reduction and energy efficiency. We design, manufacture and sell highly engineered turbocharging, air and fluid compression, and high-speed electric motor technologies for customers in the mobility and industrial fields.

About The Team

The Garrett Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) organization manufactures and delivers safe, high quality products and services, on time , at a competitive cost to cu stomers globally. We make quality a competitive advantage and provide world-class delivery and flexibility thanks to a result-oriented operating system which sustainably drives top performance and continuous improvement across the business in full alignment with our strategic priorities.