Senior Manager - Supplier Quality

Schneider Electric; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Schneider Electric is seeking a Senior Manager - Supplier Quality to ensure incoming materials meet quality standards and to drive supplier collaboration and improvement across the supply chain.

The role focuses on preventing defects, leading 8D corrective actions, conducting supplier audits, and leveraging digital tools to optimize quality processes in a manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in Supplier Quality Management (≥5 years) and strong knowledge of quality tools and methods.
• Proficiency with ERP systems and quality management processes.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail; ability to drive improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Part/Product Qualification process and coordinate supplier quality at plant level.
• Implement supplier qualification and PPAP/APQP activities with cross-functional teams.
• Drive 8D problem-solving and containment actions with effective recurrence prevention.
• Manage supplier audits, SPC, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

MS Office

Quality tools & methods

Procurement & QMS

ERP systems

Statistical analysis

Education

Engineering degree

English B2

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Job overview

The Senior Manager - Supplier Quality is responsible for ensuring that all incoming materials and components from suppliers meet quality standards and specifications, while also actively engaging in supplier collaboration and qualification to enhance overall supply chain quality. Additionally, the role involves fostering customer satisfaction, driving impact in sustainability, contributing to the supplier strategy, and leveraging digital tools to optimize quality processes.

Mission

• Identify day-to-day non-quality factors, conduct or have other departments conduct in-depth analyses and monitor quality improvement plans at suppliers.
• Identify potential issues before they occur and implement preventive solutions.
• Lead quality issue resolution through containment, correction and prevention steps and check effectiveness of suppliers’ actions.
• Conduct process audits at suppliers and launch improvement action plans to help them develop their quality performance.
• Follow and act as per Corporate Schneider Supplier Quality Management (SSQM) guideline applying Schneider Performance System (SPS) card 9A (Supplier Quality) requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Pilot the Part/Product Qualification Process and manage Supplier performance at the plant level, coordinating quality supply assurance engineers.
• Actively apply and participate in the Supplier Qualification Process.
• Manage the sustainability recovery of the plant panel of suppliers.
• Lead the containment, corrective, and preventive actions to solve technical part quality issues using the 8D methodology.
• Address gaps and noncompliance to suppliers and check effectiveness of supplier actions.
• Manage supplier roadblocks with Supplier, Regional Supplier Quality Developer (RSQD), Plant Procurement Manager (PPM), Schneider Supplier Leader (SSL), and others when needed.
• Pilot the qualification of the part through the Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) within the Optimize process and participate actively in APQP/PPAP with Offer LifeCycle Management (OLM) during the responsibility transfer milestone.
• Enforce incoming inspection according to Procedure ProQ_GL06 and optimize dynamic inspection rules.
• Monitor supplier quality performance at the plant level, report it, and manage the most impactful suppliers’ actions.
• Lead 8D (PRB evaluation) and Temporary Quality Wall implementation for Level 0 and Level 1.
• Contribute with RSQD to SE Process audit and pFMEA evaluation for Level 2.
• Build annual audit plan and lead continuous improvement projects.
• Manage Supplier Qualification status and tool status in partnership with Tooling & Technology experts.
• Lead End-to-End PPEP PPAP flow, ensuring PSW signed before mass production.
• Manage Suppliers e-derogations in Supplier Process Change Notification (SPCN) when plant is impacted.
• Lead and execute SAM Audits when possible and follow the SAM supplier status qualification process to assure improvement of the plant supplier panel.
• Manage Quality Control Multi Skilled operators (QCS) and team according to SPS / SIM rules and cycle events.

Interactions

• CS&Q Manager, Manufacturing Change Owner (MCO)/Technical Antenna (TA), Material Provide Leader (MPL), Upstream Flow Supervisor (UFS), Quality Control Skilled Operator (QCS)/Incoming Inspector.
• Advanced Supplier Quality (ASQ), Regional Supplier Quality Developer (RSQD), Line of Business (LoB) Squad, Schneider Supplier Leader (SSL), Plant Procurement Manager (PPM), Schneider Tool Supervisor (STS), Supplier, Customer Quality & Satisfaction Excellence Team.

Required Skills

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
• Knowledge of quality improvement tools, techniques & models.
• SE Procurement and Quality Systems related to Supplier Quality management.
• ERP system proficiency.
• Statistical quality techniques and analysis.

Education

• Graduated engineer.
• English B2 (refer CEFR).
• More than 5 years relevant experience in Supplier Quality Management.