Junior Vendor development Engineer

Junior Vendor Development Engineer

Department: Vendor Development / Supply Chain
Qualification: B.E./B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering / Production Engineering, DME/DAE
Experience: 2–5 years, preferably in manufacturing, automotive, engineering, or casting industries.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and develop vendors for ferrous castings, machined components, heat treatment, and surface protection processes.
• Support vendor evaluation based on technical capability, quality, capacity, delivery, and cost.
• Interrupt required engineering drawings, specifications, tolerances, material grades, and process requirements with suppliers.
• Coordinate with vendors for new component development, samples, trials, and production readiness.
• Monitor supplier quality, delivery performance, and development timelines(supplier rating).
• Conduct/support supplier process audits and technical assessments.
• Work closely with Quality, Engineering, Production, and Purchase teams to resolve supplier-related technical issues.
• Support root-cause analysis and corrective actions for supplier quality issues.
• Follow up with suppliers for process improvements, cost reduction, quality improvement, and timely delivery.

Mandatory Technical Knowledge

• Good knowledge of Ferrous Casting processes.
• Understanding of casting defects, inspection requirements, and foundry processes.
• Knowledge of Heat Treatment processes and their impact on material properties.
• Knowledge of Special Processes for Surface Protection, such as plating, coating, painting, phosphating, galvanizing, or other corrosion-protection treatments.
• Working knowledge of Machining processes, including CNC machining, turning, milling, drilling, and grinding.
• Ability to understand engineering drawings, GD&T, tolerances, and material specifications.
• Basic knowledge of supplier quality tools, RCA, 8D, CAPA, PPAP/APQP is preferred.

Required Skills

• Vendor development and supplier coordination
• Technical problem-solving
• Supplier/process assessment
• Negotiation and communication skills
• Cross-functional coordination
• Basic knowledge of ERP/MS Office

Pay: ₹350,000.00 - ₹450,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Leave encashment
• Life insurance
• Provident Fund

Work Location: In person