.- Support Project teams / plants in issues related with supplier chain
.- Keep proper communication with person responsible of IS assessment in the plant
.- Follow up in a regular basis KPIs in order to measure the efficiency of their activity. Set up action plans accordingly
.- Search, propose and apply optimized ways of managing activities
.- Guarantee that activities in SQA Organization are made in a standard way and fulfilling the procedures valid at that time
.- Participate in supplier decision meetings
.- Organize without delay and lead kick off meetings with suppliers
.- Schedule and lead meetings with suppliers during APQP phase
.- Guarantee fast creation of APQP/PPAP dossiers and its management without delays based on Project milestones
.- Guarantee good management of risks related part numbers under their responsibility, right use and update of SDQ file
.- Propose escalation of suppliers during development phase and participate actively in such a process
.- Know capability, resources and performance of suppliers under their responsibility, update bidder list in a regular basis
.- Identify areas of improvement for suppliers under their responsibility, promote and follow up action plans in order to achieve that
.- Lead new suppliers assessments and audits
.- Provide with the necessary support to suppliers under their responsibility
.- Collaborate, whenever decided, in the follow up of suppliers during mass production stage
.- Keep an updated action plan and do follow up
.- Verify production capacity of supplier before authorization of initial sample