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ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Responsible for providing leadership, direction, and management of all mechanical & electrical supplier-engagement activities in the HDD Operations

Main Interfaces:

The main customer is Factory and Development Engineering to ensure suppliers are qualified by QSR and capable of supporting HVM production, excursion-free.

Key partners include:

• Global Commodity Management (Direct & Indirect)
• OCCQ – Product Quality, Factory Quality, Customer Quality
• SPMO, Mfg/Product Engineering & Analytical Services
• Dev Engineering including validation team (QA-PMs)

Primary Accountabilities:

1) Lead, manage and develop the SQE team:

• Recruit, train and develop the SQE subject matter expertise
• Review progress, customer feedback and monitor KPIs
• Establish tools/processes/systems for higher productivity
• Regular reviews on career and growth

2) Supplier-Component/Sub-Assembly Level:

• Timely qualification (QMP, AVL approval )to support new product ramp readiness
• Roadmap initiatives (Variability Reduction, FMEA+, ZDM) technology transitions at suppliers for continuous process capability and process robustness improvement
• Deep dive session reviewing supplier improvement & engagement progress, review action plans to meet KPI and stretch targets
• Engage supplier’s executives during Get Well plan

3) WD Cross-Functional Facilitation:

• Design for Manufacturability and ensure specs are complete
• Create Lessons Learned to feedback design rules
• Recommend and influence supplier selection list for new product
• Support alternate source qualification in times of supply chain disruption (due to covid or natural disasters)
• Supplier ratings (QBR) and supplier selection

4) Other Collaboration:

• With Factory team to resolve and prevent component quality excursions
• With Mfg Engineering to resolve not fit-for-use issues
• With Product Engineering on optimization to improve drive yield

REQUIRED:

• Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree in related fields
• Work experience in a high-volume manufacturing sector Quality Organization
• Direct experience in Supplier Quality Engineering Organization

PREFERED:

• Knowledge of Head/Media Interface and Suspension would be a great advantage
• Exposure to both internal and external stakeholders, engagement, and collaborative skillset to influence suppliers for a long-term strategic partnership

SKILLS:

• Strategic thinker; Good Overall Leadership Skills
• Process & Results Oriented
• Excellent communication and Presentation

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