Supplier Assurance Specialist

We firmly believe that our employees drive the success of the company! With success in mind as the ultimate goal, we strive to create and provide an environment that offers challenging, stimulating and financially rewarding opportunities. We are looking for The Right One to join our team!

Are you experienced, flexible and self-motivated? Are you skilled and energized by collaboration and continuous improvement? Do you enjoy a challenging and vibrant work environment?

If this sounds like you, you may be The Right One! Please continue on to learn more about this opportunity. Don’t forget to take a look at our comprehensive benefits!

SUMMARY

This position is to support the quality related activities for global parts to identify customer request and communicate with international suppliers. The support person will help identifying documents that are needed and retrieving them by due dates. Other roles are to identify customer complaints and support containment, root cause and countermeasures investigations from the supplier, and recovering any financial impacts from the responsible parties. This position requires strong organizational, time management, and customer service skills.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• PPAP Management: Communicate with customer to determine engineering level and expected documents. Obtain documents from supplier for completion.

• TAI Abnormal Logistics evaluation and support: Evaluate inbound/outbound logistic abnormalities and support sales for documentation or evidence in insurance claims.

• Quality Area Control: Cross functional cooperation with sales and operations to audit and provide determination of products in quality area

• RMA Champion: Upon quality complaint – issue RMA to the customer for the NG units

• IMDS Management: Submit to correct IMDS database address

• Tsusho Mexico (TTM) QPR Management: Receive Quality Problem Report (QPR) from TTM, report to supplier PIC and obtain deliverables by due date. Confirm sorting acceptance and communicate to TTM.

• TMMGT Package specifications (PSS) Sustainability: Review current PSS for quality impacts upon QPR/QIR/STR/QFN submissions propose corrections if necessary.

• Support Quality committee as support and advisor: Identify quality related issues from sales to address with TAI internal operations and Organize PIC assignment for deliverables for LTCM

• Sorting Arrangements: Communicate with Customer/Supplier to understand Sort Criteria and Method. Contact  Sorting Company and establish sorting activities and audit and track data and approve work instructions.

• End Of Month Accounting responsibilities: Complete Expense reports and Accruals

• Other Duties as Projects Assigned

EDUCATION & SKILLS REQUIRED

• A minimum of 3 years’ Automotive Manufacturing or Quality experience are highly desired.

• Ability to read, interpret and comprehend quality documents. Effective written & verbal communications.

• Familiarity with PPAP, SQAM, and other automotive quality standards are highly desired.

• Must be self-motivated with a keen interest in problem solving in Manufacturing Quality.

• Attention to detail and organization is critical

• Must be comfortable working collaboratively as well as independently.

• Proficiency in Word, Excel and Power Point is highly desired.

• Knowledge of Safety Data Sheets

Flexible Work Arrangement

Consistent with the Company’s Flexible Work Arrangement* policy, an essential function of an on-site/office-based position requires an employee to perform a regular portion of their duties at a Company facility. In person collaboration is a critical component of your job and vitally important to innovation, all of which can only be accomplished working on site.  Working in this manner is consistent with the Company’s philosophy of “kaizen,” as well as facilitates important team interactions, enhances learning and development, and supports relationship building. These functions are critical to our business operations and consistent with the Company’s value of “genchi, genbutsu, genjitsu” to see and understand where work is done.

If your role is as a member of management, you will use in person work time to train, develop and motivate employees. Further, through observation and assessment of processes, you will identify opportunities to enhance employee effectiveness and productivity. 

*A flexible work arrangement is dependent on the nature, scope, essential job functions, requirements, and location of the position.

BENEFITS

• Competitive Salary with Bonus Opportunities
• Paid Time Off
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits (Low Premiums!)
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
• Disability and Life Insurance
• 401(k) with Company Contribution
• Educational Tuition Reimbursement

Our company is proud to be an equal opportunity employer! It is the policy and commitment of the company to maintain a work environment that provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) for all its employees and applicants. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, marital/domestic partner status, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other applicable lawfully protected basis. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.

We seek to employ individuals qualified for a position by virtue of job-related educational standards, training, experience, and personal qualifications.