Lead - Supplier Quality

Ashok Leyland; Chennai District; Presencial; INR 900.000 - 1.500.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Ashok Leyland in Chennai invites an Executive-level role focused on supplier quality management. The candidate will ensure supplier partners meet ALFD quality standards, drive corrective actions with root-cause analysis, and collaborate with vendors to implement continuous quality improvements.

The role requires strong experience in supplier management, audits, risk assessment, and effective communication with stakeholders. It is based at our Chennai location with no remote option.

Formación

• Ensure supplier partners meet ALFD quality standards and perform root-cause analysis.
• Establish processes for corrective actions and preventive actions.
• Drive supplier quality improvement across vendors and CAPA implementation.

Responsabilidades

• Supplier selection and evaluation based on quality performance.
• Create quality standards across vendors.
• Audit and assess compliance with quality standards.
• Resolve quality issues with root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Drive Continuous Improvement with suppliers for quality improvements.
• Provide training and guidance to suppliers.
• Identify and mitigate supplier-related risk in quality.
• Maintain communication and reporting to stakeholders on monthly performance.
• Hold monthly/quarterly meetings with suppliers and share information.
• Identify new suppliers and refer to sourcing; build capability in existing vendors.
• Lead problem solving on critical issues using JDI/BPS approach.
• Follow-up SNP approval and new part criticality processes.
• Oversee overall supplier improvement reviews.

Conocimientos

Quality standards

Root cause analysis

Supplier management

Audit & assessment

Quality improvement

Training & guidance

Risk management

Communication & reporting

Vendor management

JDI/BPS

SNP approval

Descripción del empleo

10 - 20 Years

1-Executive

Job Description

Job Purpose :

To ensure the supplier partners supply as per ALFD required quality standards ensuring the Rightquality and establish the process and ensuring corrective action taken forissue with proper root cause analysis

Main Accountability :

• 1. Supplierselelction : Evaluate and appprovepotential suppliers basd on quality perofmance
• 3. Auditand assement the to esnure tocomplainece the quality standards
• 4. QualityIssue resolution address the resolve thequalitry perofmance
• 5. Contionuosimporvment collabrate with supplier to implement quality imporvment
• 6. Traningand devlopemnt and guidence to suppliers
• 7. Riskmanagement identify and mtigate thesupplier quality releated issue
• 8. Commuinciationand reporting keep stkeholedres infirmed about monthly perofnace and performanceissue with action plan Vendor Management
• 9. Monthly / Quarterlymeeting with suppliers. Ensure timely communication and transparency ininformation sharing.
• 10.Identify new suppliersand refer to sourcing. Capability building for existing vendors; Capacity,Product, Quality, AL standards.
• 11. problem solving oncritical issue through JDI/BPS approach
• 12. New part criticalityand SNP approval process follow up
• 13. Overall supplier improvement review

Job Purpose :

To ensure the supplier partners supply as per ALFD required quality standards ensuring the Rightquality and establish the process and ensuring corrective action taken forissue with proper root cause analysis

Main Accountability :

• 1. Supplierselelction : Evaluate and appprovepotential suppliers basd on quality perofmance
• 2. Creating quality standards across vendors
• 3. Auditand assement the to esnure tocomplainece the quality standards
• 4. QualityIssue resolution address the resolve thequalitry perofmance
• 5. Contionuosimporvment collabrate with supplier to implement quality imporvment
• 6. Traningand devlopemnt and guidence to suppliers
• 7. Riskmanagement identify and mtigate thesupplier quality releated issue
• 8. Commuinciationand reporting keep stkeholedres infirmed about monthly perofnace and performanceissue with action plan Vendor Management
• 9. Monthly / Quarterlymeeting with suppliers. Ensure timely communication and transparency ininformation sharing.
• 10.Identify new suppliersand refer to sourcing. Capability building for existing vendors; Capacity,Product, Quality, AL standards.
• 11. problem solving oncritical issue through JDI/BPS approach
• 12. New part criticalityand SNP approval process follow up
• 13. Overall supplier improvement review

Key Challenges of the Role :

• Keepingup to date the chaniging requirment and upgradaton
• Rejejctionanalysysi and action to elimnate permanaetly
• Conveyingquality requirments and expectation
• Improvingsupplier quality culture
• Handlingsupplier related quality crisiseffectively .

Key Decisions Taken Independently:

• Selection based on supplier performance
• Corrective action review and support vendor on root cause analysis
• Supplier performance review

Job Snapshot

Updated Date

12-10-2026

Job ID

JOB_3605

Department

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

Location