Salman Farooq

Experience

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  Gates Corporation

  Jun 2003 - now

  Responsible for Gates Power Train global supply chain with major focus on North American supply base.•Drive Supplier Quality Development activities by selecting top 3 suppliers each quarter based on their performance. Focus on systemic root casue and systemic corrective action implementation on site.•Identify and recommend continuous improvement opportunities to further improve the performance and efficiency of the Gates Global Supply Chain.•Lead and manage supplier ISO/TS16949 compliance audits.•Lead and conduct supplier VDA6.3 audits.•Evaluate suppliers’ quality performance by monitoring the number of incidents and cost of poor quality.•Support Gates Windsor Operations in containment of supplier related non-conformances and escalation. •Lead and manage part qualification process by doing onsite PSO/PPAP verifications and approvals. •Lead and manage secondary source insepction for the supplier's critical outsourced processes.•Provide on-site support to other Gates facilities in Turkey, China, Korea and Brazil in the area of supplier quality and internal trainings.•Assessed suppliers in China and Korea for global sourcing, audited their processes and capabilities.•Visit supply base in all over the North America to support Gates Windsor and Global Operations. Show less

  • Supplier Development Manager

    Dec 2021 - now

  • Global Supplier Development

    Mar 2016 - Nov 2021

  • Global Supply Chain Management/Corporate SQA

    Jan 2014 - Mar 2016

  • SQA Engineeer

    Oct 2008 - Dec 2013

  • Quality Engineer

    Jun 2003 - Oct 2008