Senior Supplier Network Quality Auditor
Bangalore, IN, 562122
Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future? If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.
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Who we are and what we believe in
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.
“Volvo Group Purchasing is a team of changemakers that thrive in a fast-paced and exciting business environment. We are a truly global team with passion for innovation, sustainability, people, and where lifelong learning is an essential part of our culture. With our ecosystem of supply partners, we shape the world we want to live in and deliver value to customers, society, and the Volvo Group”.
We are a group of 12 people based in China, India, Mexico, Sweden, Belgium, Brazil and USA and we evaluate potential and existing suppliers mainly by audits on-site. Main audits performed are SEM (Supplier Evaluation Model) Sustainability audits (CSR), SD&I SEM audits and potentially also other audits from our toolbox.
This is a team with openness, high spirit, teamwork, and willingness to share with colleagues.
ROLE DESCRIPTION:
The job as a SNQ auditor is many times challenging and often rewarding. As SNQ auditor you evaluate supplier’s capability, performance and potential in several aspects based on a risk management approach by auditing suppliers. As a consequence of successful risk evaluations, you will contribute that GTP select the right suppliers and also improve the current supplier base. Main area of responsibility is to support within your continent but will also support global request upon needs. As an auditor you will coach the supplier together with SQE on making risk mitigation plans. Majority of the time the job consists of evaluate suppliers and identify weaknesses, gaps, and potential risks through application of different tools such as Supplier Evaluation Model (SEM) for AP and SD&I, Sustainability (CSR) audits and potentially Safety Management Audits (SMA). Calibration of existing lead auditors within the SQE organization is also an important task for the SNQ auditor by sharing best practices to secure a fact based and robust output from the audits which will be an input for sourcing decisions.
The SNQ auditor will present audit reports and follow up recommendations in identified forum and to stakeholders. As continual improvement activities the SNQ audit team will maintain and develop the different audit tools used. This is a senior position which means we are looking for someone with extensive knowledge that can support and help to develop our suppliers but also the team.
WHO ARE YOU?
You should have an eye for details but also have a good general understanding of the situation, being able to make risk assessments and focus on the right areas. You must be a good communicator and a multicultural team player, both internally Volvo but also towards supplier management team.
The job needs frequent travels (up to 3-4 times per month during some periods)
- Preferred Bachelor in Engineering, or >5 years of technical experience needed (extensive experience and strong performance can substitute for academic degree
- Audit skills and good knowledge of ISO 1901
- Uses structured approach with good analytical skills and logical thinking, strong problem-solving abilitie
- Strong continuous improvement skill
- Experience from various production processe
- Sustainability minded
- Good English communication skills, both orally and in writing
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Preventive mind set with leadership to solve problems and to make decision
- Ability to create networks and to lead cross functional activities within multi-cultural teams
- Can work with significant independence but is also a team player
- Actively support process harmonization and best practice sharing within GTP SNQ organizationNice to haveIts great if you have any experience from supplier quality work within automotive business or have knowledge of automotive quality standards and tools, such as IATF 16949, APQP & PPAP.
ARE WE THE PERFECT MATCH?
If you like to work with global teams, have the passion to evaluate suppliers and finding energy to face new situations and challenges then this is a job for you.
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