Quality Procurement Manager, Japan
Objective: To stabilize the quality of storage battery-related products by collaborating with the QA department to develop early solutions to quality issues caused by suppliers and improve delivery quality.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with the QA department and suppliers to minimize the impact of quality problems, investigate causes early, and implement countermeasures.
- Regularly visit suppliers to assess the status and effectiveness of countermeasures for past defects and ensure reliable prevention of recurrence.
- Implement measures to foster quality awareness among supplier management and promote company-wide quality improvement efforts.
Requirements:
- General knowledge and operational experience in improving the quality of industrial products.
- General knowledge and operational experience in the manufacture of industrial products.
- Extensive experience in negotiations and management with suppliers.
- General knowledge and operational experience in the purchase of industrial products.
- Experience in organizational management.
- Experience in improvement activities related to procurement is a plus.
Skills:
- Logical thinking ability.
- Planning and milestone management skills.
- Problem-solving skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Proficiency in Japanese and English (business level).
- Basic PC skills (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, etc.).
Preferred:
- Quality-related experience in the battery industry.
- Experience in purchasing electrical control products and quality work.
- Experience in purchasing and quality work of canned products and sheet metal processed products.
- Experience in development and mass production purchasing.
- Experience in various negotiations, including overall business conditions and optimization of order scope.
- Experience in direct negotiations with overseas suppliers.
- Supplier performance evaluation and contract management.
- Experience in managing outsourced work such as design, processing, and inspection.
Candidate Profile:
- Can take on new challenges and difficult issues with a positive attitude.
- Good at coordination inside and outside the company.
- Enjoys constantly changing situations and can respond flexibly to changes.
- Can identify issues independently and take action.
- High communication skills (written and oral).
- Can quickly catch up in fields where they have no prior experience.
Working Conditions:
- Use of common IT tools such as Google Workspace, Slack, Notion, Dialpad, SmartHR, Money Forward, and Bakurak.
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