Supplier Technical Assistance (STA) Site Engineer (Tire & Rubber Process)

Key Roles and Responsibilities of Position:

• Flawless Launches at assigned supplier sites, collaborating with Launch STA team (Ex: Schedule A, PPAP (Production Part Approval Process), Supplier Quality Issues resolution). Escalate significant issues promptly and ‘date to green’ plan to appropriate management
• Onsite evaluation visits for Priority commodities as per GPDS supplier engagement process for new programs.
• Capacity Purchase team in capacity studies interfacing with suppliers and Ford cross-functional teams.
• Supplier incremental tooling work plans compliance to PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) requirements
• Capacity/uplift actions implementation with suppliers in line with the GCP study requirements
• Supplier Process capacity issues resolution as needed – Production constraint risk mitigation working with Ford and Supplier teams and manage “date to green” plan
• Supply status of 24/7 roster suppliers and Blue bar status of PPAPs beyond implementation timing
• supplier Capacity Analysis Reports (CAR) for compliance to uplift capacity requirements.
• Robust Supplier Failure Mode Avoidance through PFMEA, SCCAF, CP reviews, Manufacturing feasibility reviews and Health chart deployment as applicable.
• Supplier manufacturing health chart compliance and support development of new health charts
• Suppliers for Special process compliance with the support of STA Technical Specialists
• Continuous improvement in manufacturing excellence with the assigned sites through Q1-MSA deployment, Q1 attainment/ retention, Health chart deployment, Supplier training as required.
• Deployment & improvement of Quality performance requirements (Q1, QR, TGW, R/1000, CPU), through Warranty Reduction, Benchmarking, Lean Manufacturing, G8D (Global 8 Disciplines) methodology, PFMEA (Process Failure Mode Effect Analysis), SPC (Statistical Process Control), Gage R&R (Repeatability and Reproducibility), Gage R&R (Repeatability and Reproducibility), etc.) as required.
• New supplier site evaluations and Supplier Risk Assessment on new sourcing in support of GCST, identifying Risk Mitigation.
• Closure of supplier process Quality issues related to Stop Ship/Build, BSAQ (Balanced Single Agenda for Quality) projects and Field Action Stop Ship/Prevent Action
• Compliance to all organizational and corporate training requirements and SIM process compliance.
• SIM process compliance.

Candidate Specification:

• Polymer Engineering / Rubber Technology, Bachelor of Engineering or academic equivalent.
• proficient in English when working with global teams.
• Tire & Rubber manufacturing process(es) of the responsible component commodities.
• Tire & Rubber manufacturing process(es) of the responsible component commodities and process control.
• Quality systems, tools and techniques.
• management experience
• Problem Solving and Quality systems and tools.