Sourcing Specialist - Supplier Quality Assurance (Chemicals and Minerals)
Baker Hughes · Hyderabad
Would leading the Supplier Quality Assurance for an innovative energy technology company excite you?
Are you passionate about delivering quality through meeting standards and procedures?
Join our India Sourcing Quality Team
Our Engineering and Supply Chain team select suppliers through qualification processes and provides improvements utilizing supplier scorecards. Own supplier audits, ensuring compliance, and advise improvement plans where needed. Be a part of team who will work on development of sustainable supply chain from India region.
Partner with the best
As a Sourcing Specialist - Supplier Quality Assurance (Chemicals and Minerals), you will take ownership for quality and continuous improvement across a range of suppliers. You will build relationships with internal teams, suppliers to ensure successful delivery. You will ensure supplier quality to global standards and lead continuous improvement where there are performance issues. Job location-Pune
As a Supplier Quality Engineer (Chemicals & Minerals), you will be responsible for:
- Support supplier quality assurance activities for the Chemicals & Minerals category, aligned with business requirements and supplier development objectives.
- Support qualification, onboarding and performance monitoring of chemical and mineral suppliers.
- Support material qualification through sample evaluation, laboratory testing, trial batches and verification against approved specifications.
- Participate in supplier process, product and quality management system audits, including laboratory controls, batch traceability and contamination prevention.
- Assist in monitoring supplier quality performance through scorecards, KPIs and quality metrics.
- Support root cause investigations and corrective and preventive actions for material defects, out-of-specification results and batch-to-batch variation using tools such as 5 Why and Fishbone Diagrams.
- Review supplier documentation including Certificates of Analysis, Certificates of Conformance, Safety Data Sheets, test reports, quality plans and process control records.
- Work closely with Engineering, Sourcing, Manufacturing, laboratories and suppliers to ensure materials meet technical specifications and quality requirements.
- Support supplier development initiatives to improve material consistency, process capability, quality and delivery performance.
- Assist in the investigation and resolution of supplier quality issues, non-conformances, and customer complaints.
- Learn and apply quality tools such as process FMEA, control plans, measurement system analysis, statistical process control, Lean and Six Sigma fundamentals, as applicable.
- Participate in supplier visits to assess chemical processing, mineral processing, sampling, testing, packaging, storage and handling controls, as applicable.
- Maintain accurate records and support reporting of supplier quality metrics including Quality, Delivery, Cost of Quality and Corrective Action closure.
- Demonstrate a strong commitment to EHS, integrity, compliance and continuous improvement.
Fuel your passion
To be successful in this role you will:
- Hold a BE/B.Tech in Chemical&Minerals, an M.Sc. in Chemistry, or a related qualification.
- Have 1–7 years of experience in supplier quality, quality assurance, quality control, laboratory testing or process engineering within chemicals, minerals or related industries; fresh graduates with relevant academic or internship exposure are welcome.
- Have a basic understanding of chemical or mineral processing, material properties, sampling methods and laboratory testing; awareness of ISO 9001 and quality management principles is preferred.
- Be able to interpret material specifications, Certificates of Analysis and test results; familiarity with chemical composition, purity, particle size, moisture and other relevant material characteristics is preferred.
- Good analytical, communication and teamwork skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
- Willingness to travel to supplier locations as required.
Work in a way that works for you
We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:
• Working flexible hours - flexing the times you work in the day.
Working with us
Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.
Working for you
Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace challenge with a package that reflects how much we value their input. Join us, and you can expect:
• Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Comprehensive private medical care options
• Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
• Tailored financial programs
• Additional elected or voluntary benefits
The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Sourcing Specialist - Supplier Quality Assurance