Lead Supplier Quality Engineer

Larsen & Toubro Ltd; Coimbatore; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Larsen & Toubro Ltd in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, is seeking a Supplier Quality specialist to lead supplier qualification, audits, incoming quality, and defect management. You will drive root-cause analysis, CAPA, and continuous improvement with cross-functional teams to ensure supplier performance meets customer requirements.

Responsibilities cover NPI support, process capability, traceability, and change management, with a focus on preventing defects and maintaining ISO/IATF compliance.

Responsibilities

• Supplier Qualification & Approval – Evaluate, audit, and qualify new suppliers based on technical capability, quality systems, manufacturing capacity, and customer requirements.
• Supplier Quality Audits – Conduct supplier process, system, and product audits using ISO 9001, IATF 16949 (where applicable), VDA 6.3, and customer-specific requirements.
• Incoming Quality Management – Establish incoming inspection standards, sampling plans, acceptance criteria, and control methods for PCBAs, PCBs, electronic components, mechanical parts, and electromechanical components.
• Supplier Defect Management – Identify, contain, and resolve supplier-related defects, including PCB fabrication defects, component failures, solderability issues, dimensional deviations, and material nonconformities.
• Root Cause Analysis & Corrective Action – Drive supplier 8D, 5-Why, Fishbone, CAPA, and RCCA activities, ensuring verified root causes and effective permanent corrective actions.
• Supplier Performance Monitoring – Track supplier PPM, incoming rejection rate, SCAR closure, audit scores, quality cost, and recurring defects through supplier scorecards and periodic reviews.
• NPI & New Part Qualification – Support new product introduction through supplier process validation, First Article Inspection (FAI), sample approval, PPAP/APQP documentation, and qualification builds as applicable.
• Supplier Process Capability & Improvement – Evaluate SPC, Cp/Cpk, process variation, control plans, PFMEA, and inspection systems to improve supplier process capability and prevent defects.
• Electronic Component Quality & Traceability – Ensure component authenticity, lot traceability, date-code control, MSL compliance, ESD protection, shelf-life management, and counterfeit component prevention.
• Supplier Change Management – Review and approve supplier changes involving materials, components, manufacturing processes, tooling, locations, and alternate parts before implementation, following customer approval requirements.
• Cross-Functional Quality Coordination – Coordinate with SCM, Engineering, Production, NPI, IQC, Test, and Customer Quality teams to resolve material quality issues and minimize production interruptions.
• Supplier Development & Continuous Improvement – Lead supplier improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, and defect-prevention techniques to improve quality, delivery, and process consistency.
• Quality Documentation & Compliance – Maintain supplier audit reports, inspection standards, control plans, FMEA, material certificates, deviation approvals, and quality records to meet applicable ISO, IATF, and customer requirements.
• Supplier Risk & Escalation Management – Identify critical supplier risks, single-source dependencies, repeated quality failures, and material obsolescence; implement mitigation plans with SCM and Engineering.
• Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) Reduction – Track supplier-related scrap, rework, sorting, line stoppages, and customer complaints; drive corrective actions to reduce quality costs.

Job description

1. Supplier Qualification & Approval – Evaluate, audit, and qualify new suppliers based on technical capability, quality systems, manufacturing capacity, and customer requirements.


2. Supplier Quality Audits – Conduct supplier process, system, and product audits using ISO 9001, IATF 16949 (where applicable), VDA 6.3, and customer-specific requirements.


3. Incoming Quality Management – Establish incoming inspection standards, sampling plans, acceptance criteria, and control methods for PCBAs, PCBs, electronic components, mechanical parts, and electromechanical components.


4. Supplier Defect Management – Identify, contain, and resolve supplier-related defects, including PCB fabrication defects, component failures, solderability issues, dimensional deviations, and material nonconformities.


5. Root Cause Analysis & Corrective Action – Drive supplier 8D, 5-Why, Fishbone, CAPA, and RCCA activities, ensuring verified root causes and effective permanent corrective actions.


6. Supplier Performance Monitoring – Track supplier PPM, incoming rejection rate, SCAR closure, audit scores, quality cost, and recurring defects through supplier scorecards and periodic reviews.


7. NPI & New Part Qualification – Support new product introduction through supplier process validation, First Article Inspection (FAI), sample approval, PPAP/APQP documentation, and qualification builds as applicable.


8. Supplier Process Capability & Improvement – Evaluate SPC, Cp/Cpk, process variation, control plans, PFMEA, and inspection systems to improve supplier process capability and prevent defects.


9. Electronic Component Quality & Traceability – Ensure component authenticity, lot traceability, date-code control, MSL compliance, ESD protection, shelf-life management, and counterfeit component prevention.


10. Supplier Change Management – Review and approve supplier changes involving materials, components, manufacturing processes, tooling, locations, and alternate parts before implementation, following customer approval requirements.


11. Cross-Functional Quality Coordination – Coordinate with SCM, Engineering, Production, NPI, IQC, Test, and Customer Quality teams to resolve material quality issues and minimize production interruptions.


12. Supplier Development & Continuous Improvement – Lead supplier improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, and defect-prevention techniques to improve quality, delivery, and process consistency.


13. Quality Documentation & Compliance – Maintain supplier audit reports, inspection standards, control plans, FMEA, material certificates, deviation approvals, and quality records to meet applicable ISO, IATF, and customer requirements.


14. Supplier Risk & Escalation Management – Identify critical supplier risks, single-source dependencies, repeated quality failures, and material obsolescence; implement mitigation plans with SCM and Engineering.


15. Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) Reduction – Track supplier-related scrap, rework, sorting, line stoppages, and customer complaints; drive corrective actions to reduce quality costs.