Supplier Quality Manager – Controls

RE1055 GE Renewable Energy Technologies Private Limited; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation Assistance Provided

Job summary

GE Renewable Energy Technologies Private Limited in Hyderabad, India, seeks a Senior Supplier Quality Manager to lead global Controls SQE activities, drive supplier development, and ensure conformance to GE QMS. You will coach a team, coordinate with sourcing, engineering and manufacturing, and push for continuous improvement across the supplier base.

The role requires extensive experience in electronics manufacturing, leadership, and strong problem-solving; travel up to 50% is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electronics / Electrical engineering from an accredited university.
• 15 years of professional experience minimum.
• At least 5 years in sourcing or quality management.
• At least 3 years in people leadership.
• Experience in manufacturing of Power Plant / Automation Control Cabinets.
• Willingness to travel up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Lead and direct the global ‘Controls’ SQE activities in support of the Gas Power business.
• Coach and develop a team with focus on people development and collaboration.
• Direct work for employees and support their technical growth.
• Provide technical guidance to controls supplier base to ensure conformance to drawings and GE QMS.
• Coordinate supplier qualification and surveillance processes across regions.
• Work with commercial, sourcing, engineering and manufacturing to remove quality barriers.
• Monitor non-conformance, drive RCA, and implement corrective actions.
• Drive cost of failure recovery and continuous improvement programs.
• Set team quality objectives and monitor KPIs aligned with business goals.
• Promote Lean practices across the Controls SQE team and supplier base.

Skills

People leadership

Quality management

Sourcing

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electronics / Electrical engineering

Post Graduate in Electrical / Electronics engineering or MBA

Tools

GE Mark VIe

EX2100

PCBAs

HMIs

Networking switches

Job description

Job Description Summary

GE is an equal opportunity employer, offering a great work environment, challenging career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation.

The Supplier Quality Manager demonstrates accountability for functional, business, and broad company objectives. As Supplier Quality Manager you will integrate and develop processes that meet business needs across the organization, be involved in long-term planning, contribute to the overall strategy, and manage complex issues within functional areas of expertise. In this role, you will lead a team of Supplier Quality Engineers in their execution of supplier development and monitoring activities.

Essential responsibilities:

• Lead and direct the global ‘Controls’ Supplier Quality Engineering (SQE) activities in support of the Gas Power business.
• Lead and coach team with a focus on a culture of people development, flexibility, capability growth and effective collaboration.
• Assign work activities and provide direction for employees and assist in their professional and technical development.
• Manage SQE resources to provide technical guidance to Controls supplier base globally to assure product and process compliance with engineering drawings and specifications and GE Vernova Gas power QMS.
• Facilitate the engagement of other global supplier quality resources to meet business and customer needs.
• Manage the supplier qualification process and supplier surveillance process.
• Work effectively with commercial, sourcing, engineering and manufacturing teams to eliminate any barriers that may affect the quality and delivery of sourced components.
• Monitor supplier non-conformance performance, and drive root-cause analysis (RCA), corrective actions and process improvements to reduce the escaping defects and cost of failure.
• Actively participate in supplier recovery efforts by managing technical issue information, and ensuring SQE resources provide support for Cost of Failure Recovery.
• Set team quality objectives and goals that are aligned with those of the business.
• Manage achievement of those objective through active KPI monitoring and initiatives development as needed.
• Drive process consistency and adherence to Global Sourcing quality procedures.
• Drive continuous improvement and ‘Lean’ activities across the Controls SQE team and supplier base

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electronics / Electrical engineering from an accredited university or college
• Minimum 15 years professional experience
• Minimum of 5 years of sourcing or quality management experience
• Minimum of 3 years of People Leader experience or demonstrated leadership experience
• Experience in manufacturing of Power Plant / Automation Control Cabinets
• Ability and willingness to travel as required (up to 50 %)

Desired Qualifications:

• Post Graduate in Electrical / Electronics engineering or Master of Business Administration
• Experience in manufacturing / field experience with GE Mark VIe, EX2100, Static starter panels
• Experience with electronics component manufacturing, especially PCBAs, HMIs, Wire Harnesses, networking switches
• Knowledge of IPC standards
• Knowledge of TRS (Technical Regulations & Standards) compliance requirements such as IEC, CE, UL, CSA
• Proven leadership ability, especially regarding performance development and coaching
• Certified RCA Leader
• Certified SRG Auditor (GEV internal candidates)
• Certified Six Sigma Green BeltExperience with manufacturing process control
• Experience with Lean manufacturing processes
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong financial, quantitative and data analysis skills
• Strong project management and process improvement skills
• Ability to motivate in a cross-functional, multi-site, team environment
• Ability to influence at all levels of the organization
• Strong oral and written communication skills

Additional Information

• Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

Addressing the climate crisis is an urgent global priority and we take our responsibility seriously. That is our singular mission at GE Vernova: continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to help decarbonize it. If we want our energy future to be different...we must be different. Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” in our name as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver. Together, we have The Energy to Change the World. www.gevernova.com