- Plan, execute, and release preventive quality activities for supplied components related to new projects, as well as those involved in engineering change requests.
- Conduct technical supplier discussions with the project team and supplier to clarify part requirements and quality-related project milestones.
- Guarantee compliance with the Bosch quality requirements at suppliers and their sub-suppliers during the product development process and for the release.
- Assure that the assigned projects and commodities are qualified according to the existing processes and guidelines and that the timing is met.
- Demonstrate project management skills including planning, prioritizing, monitoring, coordinating, and change & risk management.
- Work closely with purchasing project manager, engineering, and manufacturing, as an active and continuous simultaneous engineering (SE) team member.
- Ensure an environment that fosters collaboration and effective working relationships within the cross-functional SE-team.
- Deploy lessons learned and coordinate activities to continuously improve the preventive quality and release process.
- Execute process assessment and capacity confirmation at the supplier.
- Define and follow up the early production containment activities.
- Perform the production part approval process (PPAP), the final release of purchased components.
- Direct and coordinate the solving of quality problems related to supplied components before the start of production (SOP) and during ramp-up phase.
- Report preventive quality topics during escalation meetings and to the management team when necessary.
