.what you will do?The supplier quality leader is responsible for the identification and implementation of continuous improvements with assigned suppliers by using quality tools, six-sigma, and lean approaches, simultaneously securing that the organization stays aligned with business needs to improve value generation in terms of sustainable supplier performance in on-time delivery, quality, capacity, scalability, and sustainability to all our sites.
the supplier development & quality leader (sdql) is a position that supports and enables the monitoring, evaluation, training, and selection of suppliers across multiple product business units (pbu's) and the field organization within johnson controls.
this includes suppliers who provide direct material to plants, branded third party (oem/odm) or material with one of the johnson controls brand names, or third-party materials to the field business.
the impact of this role spans multiple functions, and suppliers within a defined region.
the focus areas are to work directly with the supplier fulfillment leaders and business unit level procurement & material leads, category managers, quality leaders and engineering.
this role will lead implementation of processes, tools, and training to drive quality, accuracy, efficiency, and accountability in all aspects of order fulfillment including supplier lead time reduction and on-time delivery, get well to po, supplier past due reduction, days gap closure to jci need date, supplier capacity verification, surge capacity available and key quality indicators at the supplier site as well as at jci including sppm, on-time response to 4d/8d and 8d closure rate in order to achieve a sustainable high-quality performance.
you will work cross functionally and globally to drive supplier selection, launch readiness, ppap, incoming supplier quality performance, warranty, and cost recovery.
support root cause analysis and capa implementation for critical and escalated quality and delivery issues within the supply base, by applying standard quality, program management, operations/lean and engineering principles, and techniques.how you will do it?Responsibility for manufacturing partners in terms of:identify and implement necessary delivery and quality continuous improvement activities.lead and follow up identified improvement projects.handle supplier capacity audits, reviews, and analyzes supplier's scalability.analyze the need of process development and investments.analyze production set up and methods to identify waste and improvement potentials.provides a structured problem-solving process to drive a solid root cause analysis for performance issues (delivery and quality) for assigned suppliers.communicates and coordinates supplier changes e.g.
manufacturing location changes, process modifications, material changes, sub-supplier source changes, design changes.facilitate and implement supplier-training and development programs