Yamaha Motor Manufacturing
Overview
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
Qualifications
- Supplier quality engineering position within the Supplier Quality Assurance Unit Department under the Quality Assurance Division, reporting to SQA Unit Manager.
- NOTE : YMMC has SQA - Supplier Quality Assurance Team, assigned to manage the post-production part numbers, and ASQE - Advanced Supplier Quality Engineering Team assigned to manage the pre-production part numbers.
- Responsible for all aspects of supplier quality engineering with focus on the existing production parts made in United States and International regions.
- Responsible for corrective action & kaizen with the project management effort, providing support for YMMC operations divisions.
- Interfaces with Product Design, Purchasing, ME, Production Control, YMUS (Accessory Parts for Production Use), and YMC CKD to develop supplier quality improvement plan and manage its execution at supplier's genba / manufacturing site(s).
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Responsible for YMMC Supplier Quality Assurance Manual implementation at suppliers, and continuous kaizens based on the lessons learned.
- Responsible for designing an annual action plan (MBOP : Management By Objective Plan), based on the YMMC QA Division Management Direction, to improve the entire supplier chain quality.
- Responsible for managing and coordinating both quality kaizens and the corrective actions at suppliers and within YMMC after production launch of new models.
- Responsible for management of DMD, OFI (Opportunity-for-Improvement), SCAR (Supplier Corrective Action Report) for corrective action implementations in the areas of SPR & DRIFT Loss / Downtime / On-Hold / Warranty Claims. Key Qualification: SQE shall possess the high level of the Quality Problem Solving experience & skill sets to handle high volume of corrective actions.
- Responsible for improving, documenting and reviewing quality systems, standards, and procedures as required.
- Responsible for management of developing process controls (Control Plan & PFMEA), SPC, and other statistical methods with the assigned suppliers.
- Responsible for management of developing and implementing quality metrics to monitor internal and supplier quality performance of the part numbers that he / she is assigned to.
- Responsible for planning and managing the on-site audits at suppliers.
- Responsible for developing an incoming inspection plan for the part numbers that he / she is assigned to.
- Responsible for on-site sort and rework activities. (Outsourced company support is available at YMMC.)
- Responsible for supplier-charge back, as required.
- Responsible for communicating supplier quality status, including problem and corrective actions to cross functional department members.
- Support members of ASQE (Advanced Supplier Quality Engineering) Unit in Purchasing Division during their PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) management on new and changed model introductions within YAMAHA supplier chains.
- Responsible for communicating management directions to all members within the SQA Unit Department.
- Professionally adheres to all company rules and policies.
- Responsible for management of implementation and execution of all ISO-9001 procedures and strive for simplification.
- Responsible for all human resource management within the SQA Unit Dept.
- Responsible for managing of all other duties necessary to ensure business success.
Qualifications
- 4-Year Engineering Degree is required.
- High level of the Quality Problem Solving experience & technical knowledge is required. Presentation of corrective action examples may be asked during the interview for the qualified candidates.
- Minimum of 5-years of experience in Quality Assurance Engineering is preferred.
- Supplier quality engineering experience is a plus, but not required. Process Quality Engineering or Mechanical Engineering or Process Engineering experience is also welcome.
- If candidates have experience with heavy focus on trouble shooting / corrective action practice, and kaizen in genba, engineering degree requirement may be waived.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks / assignments in the very fast-paced manufacturing environment is a daily practice, and it is required. (YMMC members work very hard.)
- Logical decision-making ability and effective communication skills to implement actions in a challenging and cross-functional team environment at both YAMAHA and suppliers are required.
- Ability to create technical documentation with computer applications such as Microsoft word, excel, power-point, access dBase, all other unique YAMAHA dBase system is required. Training will be provided once hired.
- YMMC values honesty and decency when it comes to the supplier quality management and maintaining professional relationship with our suppliers.