Tasks
**Job description**:
- Drive Continental Supplier Quality Management System, measures and improvement activities within the project
- Identify any component risks and develop solutions based on Continental Global Quality and "Quality First " initiatives
- Ensure Best in Class consistent and sustainable supplier quality performance to support flawless project launches
- Escalate critical topics for component introduction (technical, timing, etc.)
to Business Unit level
- Lead and drive component risk analysis between Plant SQM-CI and the supplier(s)
- Guide customer requirements review for purchased components
- Support customer requested audits at Continental locations related to component status
**Qualifications**:
**Job responsibilities**:
- Drive the team to identify critical and long lead time components during Maturity Evaluation (ME)
- Track and document component introduction status and report to Project Team
- Drive and support the team for the entire project milestones (MLC gates) to achieve on-time
- Provide answers to all SQM-related gate review questions for each MLC gate to the project team
- Support Purchasing during sourcing evaluation process
- Work with Plant SQM to provide continuous APQP and PPAP status for each purchased component
**Drive KPI management**:
- Maturity Evaluation (ME) on time and updated
- Supplier Component Reviews (SCR) to green status
- Feasibility Commitment (FC) to green status
- APQP support to Plant SQM
- PSW on-time, and first time
- Provide input for supplier improvement programs
- Implement lessons learned within SQM and BU for component introduction, design / specification topics, supplier selection, technology, and series production issues
**Required knowledge/experience**:
- Quality Management (including quality policies, systems, and processes)
- Product Lifecycle (MLC-gates) and SQM processes
- Quality assurance know-how, product safety issues and risk management
- 4-year degree or technical academic equivalent
- Minimum 3 years experience with SQM / operations / customer quality
About us
Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods.
Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation.
In 2021, Continental generated sales of €33.8 billion and currently employs more than 190,000 people in 58 countries and markets.
On October 8, 2021, the company celebrated its 150th anniversary.
The Automotive group sector comprises technologies for passive safety, brake, chassis, motion and motion control systems.
Innovative solutions for assisted and automated driving, display and operating technologies, as well as audio and camera solutions for the vehicle interior, are also part of the portfolio, as is intelligent information and communication technology for the mobility services of fleet operators and commercial vehicle manufacturers.
Comprehensive activities relating to connectivity technologies, vehicle electronics and high-performance computers round off the range of products and services
Keyfacts
Job-ID
233096BR
Function
Einkauf
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