Purchasing / Supplier Quality Engineer

Job Description

What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a Honda

Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it’s a joyful one.  We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals. At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success.  We strive to be a company that serves as a source of “power” that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential. To this end, Honda strives to realize “the joy and freedom of mobility” by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a “zero environmental footprint.”

We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team.

If your goals and values align with Honda’s, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!

Job Purpose :

Proactively sensing and analyzing supplier quality and delivery management characteristics to minimize parts related production impact.

Key Accountabilities :

• Take initiative to carry out proactive sensing / Plan Do Check Act (PDCA) of top focus (8-10) downtime and quality impact suppliers. Managing supplier KPI’s, communication method, approach, reporting.
• Manage activity related to specific top focus suppliers’ high delivery risk areas. Set priorities with supplier management to implement c / m’s & improve characteristics (Production Planning, Forecasting, Internal communication / systems, lead-times, quality issues, OEE, Manpower / resources)
• Respond to crisis suppliers with “at the spot verification” to understand, document and report crisis situation as well as countermeasures to mitigate impact to AHM.
• Support Team Leads on monthly reporting of top concerns (Proactive and Crisis activity)
• Actively collaborate with supplier, purchasing, in house departments to solve complex issues related to downtime or potential downtime
• Complete all required training including Team Leader initiated OJT related to SD / QD assurance process development.
• Prioritize and balance workload to minimize impact / for overall efficiency

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Additional Offerings :

Honda is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.