What are the responsibilities and job description for the Supplier Development Engineer position at AISIN?
Job Title: Supplier Development Engineer
Company: Aisin World Corp. of America
Department: Supplier Engineering Development / Supplier Parts Tracking Team
Location: Seymour, IN
Position Responsibilities
The incumbent is expected to perform the following functions that the company has determined are essential to this position:
- Planning to select target suppliers through verification of quality and delivery KPIs and data.
- Verification of contracts or other preproduction agreements to gain foundations for fair judgment.
- Organizing meetings, either virtually through business communication platforms or in-person, to bridge teams in perspectives of engineering, quality, production controls, commercial, projects, etc. to develop PFUS (problem follow up sheets) and/ or meeting minutes with actions, responsible persons and timings required to overcome issues in adequate time frame.
- Leading improvements of quality and delivery of AISIN's suppliers towards AISIN's KPI targets through supervisory and technical advisory to supplier utilizing techniques and knowledges of processes.
- Go-and-see verifications for establishing, completing and verifying effectiveness of specific countermeasures on-site at supplier locations, AISIN plants or at customer locations when necessary.
- Calmly, fairly, professionally and respectfully, promoting commercial or technical collaborations of suppliers and AISIN group towards short-term and long-term successes.
Required Skills and Abilities
Essential Skills and Experience:
- Positive thinking and attitudes.
- Communication or people skills and experiences for effective communications with internal and external resources for establishing trust.
- Ability to read and comprehend product drawings and their datum schemes and associate it to the controls in production processes to lead teams of suppliers and AISIN. (5 years of experiences in quality, engineering or other positions that requires technical coordination.)
Beneficial Skills and Experience
- Understanding and experiences in PPAP processes, Cpk evaluation and/or process validations.
- Six sigma or ability to assess the process stability and analyze the root-causes of product concerns relating to processes; such as any of riveting, welding, fastening, injection molding, stamping, forging, machining, die casting, etc.)
- Supervisory or management experiences in engineering, manufacturing, project management or technically involved functions.
Education/Training/Certifications
- Bachelors or associate degree in engineering, technology, industry, supplier management, etc. or 5 years of experiences in engineering or equivalent functions.
- Certificate or equivalent experiences of process capability, process control, launch management.