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The role drives proactive supplier risk management, new-program supplier APQP readiness, supplier performance improvement, supplier audit compliance, and structured escalation. Working closely with country Supplier Quality teams, Purchasing, Engineering, Program Management, Supplier Development, plants Supplier Quality teams to ensure suppliers consistently meet customer, regulatory, and company requirements across the region.\nKeyResponsibilities\nRegional strategy and governance: Develop and deploy the annual APAC supplier quality strategy, priorities, standards, procedures, and performance objectives in alignment with business and customer requirements.\nCross-functional leadership: Partner with country Quality teams, plants, Purchasing, Engineering, Program Management, and Supplier Development to resolve risks, align decisions, and share best practices across APAC.\nSupplier risk management: Establish regional visibility of critical suppliers and parts through structured risk assessment, mitigation plans, clear ownership, due dates, and timely management escalation.\n New-program quality and launch readiness: Govern Supplier Advanced Quality Planning (SAQP), supplier feasibility, interim and full PPAP readiness, Supplier Process Sign-Off (SPSO), capacity verification, and launch-risk closure for critical programs.\nSupplier performance and escalation: Monitor supplier quality indicators, scorecards, audit findings, and escalation status; lead regional reviews and escalate chronic or high-risk suppliers through the appropriate management and sourcing channels.\nAudit and compliance: Govern supplier audit planning, auditor qualification, audit-report quality, corrective-action closure, and compliance with IATF 16949, applicable customer-specific requirements, and company quality systems.\nTeam capability building: Assess competency gaps and coach APAC SAQE and SQE personnel in supplier quality processes, core tools, auditing, technical problem solving, and effective stakeholder communication.\nRegional supplier support: Provide onsite support for critical suppliers, including China-based suppliers supporting APAC programs, and verify sustainable implementation of corrective and preventive actions.\nQualifications and Experience\nEducation: Bachelor’s degree or above in Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality etc.\nLeadership: Strong influencing, coaching, decision-making, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to lead cross-functional teams without direct reporting authority.\nExperience: Minimum ten years of progressive experience in automotive quality or supplier quality, including experience leading supplier improvement, audits, launches, or major quality escalations. 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