Quality Assurance/ Supplier Quality Lead Exclusive job

Job Description

Avensys is a reputed global IT professional services company headquartered in Singapore. Our service spectrum includes enterprise solution consulting, business intelligence, business process automation and managed services. Given our decade of success, we have evolved to become one of the top trusted providers in Singapore and service a client base across banking and financial services, insurance, information technology, healthcare, retail and supply chain.

We are currently looking for Quality and Security Lead who has proven track record in IT Industry. This is an exciting opportunity to expand your skill set, achieve job satisfaction and work-life balance. More details as below.

Title: Quality and Security Lead

Location: Kawasaki, Japan

Key Missions

This role aims at optimising and monitoring the quality level of supplies by having the objective to maximize customer satisfaction as well as client's performance.

Responsibilities:

• Qualifies client's suppliers
• Conducts audits at suppliers’ premises to evaluate supplier quality maturity and to ensure compliance with client and customer quality standards and business needs
• Monitors client’s suppliers’ performance in terms of quality, on-time-delivery and respect of service-level agreements, by analysing KPIs and by conducting supplier audits
• Conducts and drives the root-cause analysis of non-quality issues or events and ensures proper corrective actions are defined and implemented by suppliers
• Ensures client’s quality standards are maintained for suppliers’ new products or product changes
• Drives alignment between Supplier, Procurement Business Partners, Production, Purchasing, Supply Chain and Engineering teams
• Contributes to specification definition and check the suppliers’ ability to meet the requirements
• Develops suppliers by supporting or driving the implementation of continuous improvement activities (deployment of best practices such as “Total Preventive Maintenance’, “Lean”, “Seven quality basics”, etc.)
• Inspects quality of incoming supplies in client’s premises (for team-members based in production sites)
• Validates introduction into production
• Manages segregation of non-conforming products
• Reviews problem solving report (8D’s)
• Monitors and reports relevant KPIs and may manage a team
• Conducts most supplier quality management activities in autonomy, including driving supplier continuous improvement and performance for a product line or a manufacturing or personalization site
• Conducts supplier audits and analyses the data from audits
• Coordinates and supervises eventually a team
• Requests guidance for complex cases

Qualifications:

• At least 2–5 years of hands-on experience in Quality Assurance, Supplier Quality, or Manufacturing Quality.
• Bilingual in Japanese and English (native-level Japanese preferred) with the ability to communicate effectively with local suppliers, auditors, and global stakeholders.
• Strong quality management expertise, including hands-on experience with 8D Reporting, Root Cause Analysis, CAPA, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and Kaizen; relevant certifications are highly preferred.
• Experience conducting internal and external audits and maintaining compliance with ISO standards, including supplier audits, quality inspections, KPI monitoring, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Knowledge of security and compliance operations, including physical security monitoring (CCTV), PCI audits, site compliance activities, and fire drills, with willingness to work full onsite in Kawasaki, Japan

WHAT’S ON OFFER

You will be remunerated with an excellent base salary and entitled to attractive company benefits. Additionally, you will get the opportunity to enjoy a fun and collaborative work environment, alongside a strong career progression.

To submit your application, please apply online or email your UPDATED CV in Microsoft Word format to seema@aven-sys.com Your interest will be treated with strict confidentiality.

CONSULTANT DETAILS:

Consultant Name : Seema Verma

Avensys Consulting Pte Ltd

EA Licence 12C5759

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Qualifications:

• At least 2–5 years of hands-on experience in Quality Assurance, Supplier Quality, or Manufacturing Quality.
• Bilingual in Japanese and English (native-level Japanese preferred) with the ability to communicate effectively with local suppliers, auditors, and global stakeholders.
• Strong quality management expertise, including hands-on experience with 8D Reporting, Root Cause Analysis, CAPA, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and Kaizen; relevant certifications are highly preferred.
• Experience conducting internal and external audits and maintaining compliance with ISO standards, including supplier audits, quality inspections, KPI monitoring, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Knowledge of security and compliance operations, including physical security monitoring (CCTV), PCI audits, site compliance activities, and fire drills, with willingness to work full onsite in Kawasaki, Japan