Supplier Quality Manager | Chennai, India | Hitachi Energy

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Chennai District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi ABB Power Grids is seeking a Senior Professional to lead supplier quality management initiatives. You will identify, coach, and manage suppliers to align with quality standards and policies while driving audits and continuous improvement.

The role involves negotiating SLAs and quality metrics, ensuring contractual obligations, and resolving supplier quality and performance issues to mitigate disruption risks.

Qualifications

• Experience with supplier quality management and audits.
• Ability to coach and train suppliers on quality protocols.
• Familiarity with negotiating service level agreements and quality metrics.

Responsibilities

• Identify, coach and manage suppliers according to quality standards and policies.
• Provide advice and training on quality protocols and conduct audits for compliance.
• Negotiate SLAs, performance and quality metrics; ensure contractual obligations are met.
• Resolve supplier quality, performance and service issues and mitigate disruption risks.
• Certify alternative suppliers to mitigate supply risks.

Job description

Supplier Quality Management work includes: Identifying, coaching, and managing suppliers according to organization quality standards and policies. Providing advice and training on quality protocols and conducting audits to ensure compliance with organization and applicable government standards. Negotiating service level agreements, performance/quality metrics and ensuring contractual obligations are met. Resolving supplier problems related to quality, performance, and service level. Identifying and certifying alternative suppliers to mitigate supply disruption risks A Senior Professional (P3) applies advanced knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience. Responsibilities may include: Managing projects / processes, working independently with limited supervision. Coaching and reviewing the work of lower level professionals. Problems faced are difficult and sometimes complex.

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD.