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Purpose/Summary

In this position, the Supplier Quality & Development Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating supplier performance activities across manufacturing sites, maintaining centralized quality documentation, analyzing supplier data, as well as ensuring suppliers’ compliance to Akebono Brake Corporation’s quality standards.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

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+ Manage and maintain supplier documentation, PPAP records, audit results, certifications/CQI audits, and approved supplier lists.

+ Ensure corporate level compliance with IATF, ISO and customer specifics requirements

+ Gather information from manufacturing facility and issue Supplier Concern Report SCR for all quality and delivery issues related to supplied parts

+ Work with suppliers to ensure root cause analysis, corrective actions, 5 whys and proven countermeasures are completed in a timely manner according to 8D methodology.

+ Establish and monitor Supplier Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to ensure supplier performance is achieved. Monitor scorecards for each supplier on a monthly basis, request action plan from trouble suppliers and ensure corrective actions to improve key deliverables.

+ Manage Supplier requests SPCR and work with cross functional team to ensure all changes are validated as per requirements and necessary approvals in a timely manner.

+ Review PPAP documents like Control Plans, Process Flow, Process Capabilities Cpk, Packaging Data Sheets and all other customer specific documents

+ passed on to suppliers for cost recovery.

+ Perform other duties as assigned

Minimum Educational Qualification and/or Experience

+ High School or Associate Degree in Science required

+ 2-5 years’ experience in data analysis is required.

+ Experience in leading task force and coordinating with various CFT members is required.

+ Strong analytical/problem solving skills and the ability to think strategically is required.

+ Computer skills including MS Office, Microsoft Project, and Lotus Notes or Outlook is required.

+ Excellent oral, written and presentation communication skills; with the ability to present information internally and externally, as required.

Preferred Educational Qualification and skills:

+ Proficient in Microsoft Excel, word, Power point and data analysis tools.

+ Strong understanding of automotive quality processes (PPAP, 8.D, SPC)

+ Excellent communication and coordination skill across teams and suppliers.

+ Strong attention to detail, organization ability and analytical thinking.

Physical Demands/Environment

This position requires the following physical abilities: to sit; to use hands, to reach with hands and arms, to stand, to talk, to hear and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. In addition, the specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The work environment is mostly sedentary; however there is occasional exposure to moving mechanical parts and vibration and to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

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