Vendor Development

Duties/Responsibilities:

1. Responsibilities will include New vendor development

(castings, forgings, fabrication parts & machined

components), Electrical & Electrical Components

2. Cross-functional coordination to qualify new

components, supporting issues with current production,

developing new suppliers to reduce cost, increase

capacity and auditing suppliers to ensure process

conformance.

3. Manage the customer specific requirements and offer

technical support. Work on multiple phases or sub-tasks

of projects, with results impacting on project completion.

4. Experience in Cost Estimation, Knowledge of Quality

Management System

5. Responsible for leading the solution for supplier

component concerns, driving Advanced Product Quality

Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process

(PPAP), customer interaction, supplier interaction, Value

Analysis/Value Engineering (VA/VE) support, supplier

component development and approval and supplier cost

improvements

6. Assist with new product launch by working with

suppliers to ensure that key milestones are achieved

7. Work with Engineering (Design and

Manufacturing Engineers) team to define process

parameters and criteria to ensure supplier process

capability is effective to meet product and process

requirements.

8. Keep up with current and developing manufacturing

and engineering trends that

concern product quality

9. Contribute to continuous improvement activities