• Audit new suppliers and make recommendations of whether we do business with them, based on the level of risk • Document audit results via a professional report that can be shared with financing partners • Provide guidance and support to suppliers to implement robust quality processes into their factory • Complete Quality requirements input into PPAPs, Critical Dimensions or aspects on prints, Inspection check sheet preparation, Measuring system plans, FAI process instructions and completion, MSA, Pre-production plan, production ramp up plan and sample inspections, Inline critical dimension/aspect checks, self-certification of suppliers • Be responsible for the specification and validation of inspection tools and gages for suppliers • Take ownership of and develop technical process improvement strategies at supplier facilities backed up by SPC data (Cp, CpK, P Chart, Xbar, etc.) to ensure compliance • Monitor key performance indicators for supplier quality, such as early life failures, DPPMs, and RMA rate • Own supplier performance results by monitoring, driving, and optimizing Inspection frequency based on DPPM outcome to ensure supplier quality compliance • Lead solving critical supplier quality issues. For example, when a supplier produces a product that does not meet Nextpower standards, deploys to a project site and lead root cause/corrective action activity • Manage timely resolution of supplier failure, corrective actions and preventive actions and drive their resolution through regularly set meetings with suppliers • Guide and mentor suppliers on how to improve their quality over time • Implement the supplier scorecard to measure ongoing supplier performance • Own and drive the relationship between NX and suppliers relating to quality performance, trends, and all corrective actions