Description
We are seeking a Site STA to join our team in Chennai, India. As a Site STA, you will be responsible for driving flawless launches at assigned supplier sites, collaborating with the Launch STA team, and escalating significant issues promptly.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct onsite evaluation visits for priority commodities as per GPDS supplier engagement process for new programs
- Support capacity studies interfacing with suppliers and Ford cross-functional teams
- Review supplier incremental tooling work plans compliance to PPAP requirements
- Drive capacity/uplift actions implementation with suppliers inline with the GCP study requirements
- Drive supplier process capacity issues resolution as needed – production constraint risk mitigation working with Ford and supplier teams and manage “date to green” plan
- Monitor supply status of 24/7 roster suppliers and Blue bar status of PPAPs beyond implementation timing
- Review supplier Capacity Analysis Reports (CAR) for compliance to capacity requirements
- Drive robust supplier failure mode avoidance through PFMEA, SCCAF, CP reviews, manufacturing feasibility reviews, and health chart deployment as applicable
- Drive supplier manufacturing health chart compliance and support development of new health charts
- Drive suppliers for special process compliance with the support of STA technical specialists
- Drive continuous improvement in manufacturing excellence with the assigned sites through Q1-MSA deployment, Q1 attainment/retention, health chart deployment, supplier training as required
- Drive deployment & improvement of quality performance requirements (Q1, QR, TGW, R/1000, CPU) through reduction, benchmarking, lean manufacturing, G8D methodology, PFMEA, SPC, gage R&R, etc. as required
- Drive new supplier site evaluations and supplier risk assessment on new sourcing in support of GCST, identifying risk mitigation
- Drive closure of supplier process quality issues related to stop ship/build, BSAQ projects, and field action stop ship/prevent action
- Drive compliance to all organisational and corporate training requirements and SIM process compliance
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science/Engineering, or academic equivalent
- Be proficient in English when working with global teams
- Knowledge of handling suppliers catering to major automobile OEM
- Experience in quality systems, tools, and techniques e.g. SPC, MSA, GD&T, PPAP, and APQP
- Good communication skills verbally and in written mode