Your tasksTo develop and administer a supplier quality auditing program in line with HydraForce standards and processes. Ensuring audits are conducted and completed to schedule.To liaise with suppliers as required to drive open issues & supplier improvement plans to resolution.To generate, manage and maintain supplier scorecards, reporting performance out to heads of department at set frequencies, escalating poor performance & initiating corrective action plans to bring underperforming suppliers back to minimum requirements.Support NPI activities with regards to Supplier Readiness Reviews, Supplier Business Assessments or Special Process audits as and when required.Facilitate Containment, Root Cause Analysis & Corrective Actions with the supplier base ensuring suppliers meet expectations within minimum timeframes. (NCMRcompleted to closure on time).Implement and maintain an effective reporting system to identify the opportunities for improvement in supplier quality performance.Promote the use of customer preferred techniques for continuous improvement such as Lean, Six Sigma, Poka-Yoke (Error Proofing) Measurement System Analysis, Statistical Process Control, & PFMEA (Process Failure Mode & Effect Analysis) & use as part of the development process.To initiate & review supplier PPAPs adhering to company guidelines and requirements.Conduct benchmarking studies in the supply chain, to determine best practices\/designs.To conduct audits at suppliers when required to ensure the integrity of the supply chain, feeding back any identified issues to both the supplier and relevant HydraForce personnel on a timely basis.Work with the purchasing team to ensure supplier cost recovery is executed in a timely manner.Contribute to continuous improvement activities.Undertake Special projects as and when necessary.Your profileUndertaking engineering degreeComputer literate, with sound knowledge of Microsoft packagesAwareness of lean manufacturing techniques would be usefulUnderstanding of manufacturing and production processes advantageousAbility to multi task and prioritiseExcellent interpersonal skills with the ability to liaise with people at all levelsAbility to thrive in a fast paced environmentSelf motivated and dynamic, with a ccan-doattitudeContact & additional informationYour future job role offers you:A wide variety of interesting and challenging tasks. Benefits and services, employee discounts, various sports and health opportunities, on-site parking, room for creativity.You will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK, as we are unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants would not be provided with a Skilled Worker visa for this role and will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.Welcome to CoventryAt Bosch, we care; for you, our business, and our environment.Letturn visions into reality. At Bosch, we shape the future by inventing high-quality technologies and services that spark enthusiasm and enrich peoplelives. Our areas of activity are every bit as diverse as our outstanding Bosch-teams around the world. Their creativity is the key to innovation through connected living, mobility or industry. Our responsibility goes far beyond businessindependent of stock markets and bound to the purpose of the Robert Bosch Foundation; our success directly benefits society, the environment, and future generations. Our promise to our associates is rock- solid: we grow together, we enjoy our work, and we inspire each other. Join in and feel the difference. Work Like ABosch.