Siemens PoC LDA Supplier Quality Management Manager

Areas of Responsibility:

• Provide and manage efficient SQM organization globally
• Enable efficient and effective LDA-SQM-Organization, including Global Commodity Engineers (GCE) and Supplier Auditors. Coordinate and manage global factory SQMs
• Define LDA supplier strategy in cooperation with Procurement and R&D to minimize risks and costs of material with sustainable Quality
• Ensure compliance of SQM with applicable regulatory and Quality requirements
• Optimize cross-functional collaboration to transmit technical requirements to supplier reducing risks at supplier
• Support and drive cross-functional cooperation with P, R&D, EN, QM, OPS, Log and Project Management (PM) to achieve joint targets
• Drive implementation of supplier relationship & Quality management for selected partners
• Define and implement SQM relevant processes to provide sustainable high delivery Quality to all LDA factories
• Ensures and controls implementation of prevention oriented SQM related methods and risk management in supplier related processes, projects and products (8D, RCA, APQP, FMEA)
• Plan, implement supply risk assessments and follow up the supplier audit program and supplier pre-assessments
• Optimize together with technical responsible departments localization projects and qualification activities
• Develop and implement efficient processes to qualify material close to the supplier and to reduce efforts and process time
• Ensure that qualified materials are accepted at LDA globally by providing best competencies and qualifying result based on technical and customer requirements
• Provide Quality data as basis for risk prevention, actively driven supplier development and Q-reporting
• Develop SQM to a main contributor to business success to reduce costs, risks and cost of non-conformance
• Ensure and continuously improve Quality globally of suppliers and their deliveries by also increasing GVS-share
• Ensure qualification and risk prevention for materials, especially for GVS-material/GVS-product-suppliers
• Plan and coordinate yearly LDA audit program, based on the agreed supplier strategy and local needs, to provide sustainable supplier.

Requirements:

 Experience:

·       Bachelor’s or master’s degree in an engineering discipline;

·       More than 5 years of experience in a technical functions and organizations

·       More than 3 years of experience in SQM function

·       Experience in Leading teams or in management functions

·       Knowledge on LDA process and products is beneficial

·       Experience in Qualification of suppliers and parts (8D, FMEA, Material Quality Plan, VDA 6.3 audits)

Education & Training

• Certificate of ISO 9001, VDA 6.3
• Fluency English language (German beneficial);
• Excellent communication skills, intercultural awareness
• Ability to work in cross-functional and international teams by usage of state of the art communication platforms / methods