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Ines Kouki

EINDHOVEN

Summary

Experienced automotive Supplier Quality Engineer with strong problem-solving skills and a proven track record of ensuring process and product compliance with customer requirements. Expertise in developing, releasing, and supporting supplier quality performances.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

SUPPLIER QUALITY ENGINEER - ELECTRONICS

ASML
12.2022 - Current
  • Early supplier involvement in the D&E project to ensure that the technology expertise of ASML and the supplier are merged in the best way.
  • Deliverables that secure Supplier Parts Quality in the ASML product generation process, such as:
    -Acceptance of the design and/or specification by the supplier
    -Complete and detailed parts qualification process
    -Acceptance of qualified parts
    -Process flow and process failure mode effect analysis
    -First article inspection: FAI
  • Define and maintain supplier interface processes, such as issue resolution: 8D, RCA report.
  • Configuration & change management, -Support of the factory on supplier-related quality issues,
  • Ensure that quality, manufacturability, and serviceability parts are covered in the design phase.
  • Lead the supplier development to improve operational excellence by driving execution of existing agreements, improvement actions, and participation in supplier audits.
  • New product introduction (NPI) and supplier development.

PRODUCT GROUP SQA ENGINEER - ELECTRONICS

VALEO
08.2018 - 11.2018
  • Company Overview: Experienced Supplier Quality Engineer in automotive with a high learning, listening ability and problem solving skills
  • I'm responsible for developing, releasing and supporting supplier quality performances to ensure that process and products meet to customer requirements
  • Application of Group Standards (SQM and AQP.pp) with External suppliers
  • Validation of Supplier components on time vs
  • Project milestones
  • Technical expertise for Problem Solving / incidents created by suppliers in projects and current production
  • Perform Process audit for project and customer incidents closing in South Europe's VALEO PCBA supplier
  • Provide to PG or Sourcing Committee - conducting Supplier selection for projects recommendation on the Supplier capability proposed for sourcing inherent to the commodity
  • Validate with purchasing network that contracts are updated according to Group standards
  • Use the VALEO portal to manage the project components
  • Respect strictly the SQM (Supplier Quality Manual) and validate the AQP.pp deliverables
  • Raise to Project Quality and Project Purchasing and Commodity Purchaser - all technical issues encountered by the suppliers requiring a modification of the drawing, specification or contract
  • Validate PDCA for incidents created by a supplier in South Europe's VALEO PCBA supplier - in compliance with Group Standard reactivity : 24hrs / 5 days / 10 days
  • Support Group Segment SQA Leader in the preparation of the Top Worst Suppliers meetings when supplier improvement is required
  • Responsible for the key indicators for The VALEO PCBA suppliers in South Europe: IS approved on time vs
  • Initial project time-line, Red Launches along the probationary period, C3M - Incidents (C1 / C2 / Wr) for components in production, Incidents recurrence
  • Experienced Supplier Quality Engineer in automotive with a high learning, listening ability and problem solving skills
  • I'm responsible for developing, releasing and supporting supplier quality performances to ensure that process and products meet to customer requirements

CUSTOMER/PROJECT QUALITY ENGINEER

Asteelflash
01.2017 - 08.2018
  • Manage the business unit quality team.
  • Created reports and dashboards to track progress against key performance indicators.
  • Analyzed customer requirements and identified areas of improvement for product quality.
  • Developed and implemented quality assurance procedures for project management activities.
  • Conducted regular reviews of project processes to ensure compliance with established quality standards.
  • Monitored performance metrics to identify potential risks and recommend corrective actions.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop new strategies for improving product quality and reliability.
  • Performed root cause analysis on defects to determine underlying causes and solutions.

CUSTOMER/PROJECT QUALITY ENGINEER

LACROIX - Electronics
06.2016 - 12.2016
  • Guarantee quality during the development of projects and new products until the introduction in serial life in the company while respecting the QCD objectives and the customer satisfaction
  • Managing the team of operational quality technicians: supervision, distribution tasks, setting objectives, monitoring and evaluation
  • Provide technical assistance in the workshop for the analysis and resolution of quality issues related to new products
  • Be the client's interface during the different project phases
  • Manage the follow-up of returns of products deemed non-compliant by the customer, check the product analysis results and establish a corrective action plan
  • Ensure compliance with Lacroix Electronics Quality standards and customer's requirements
  • Animate quality problem solving meetings, establish and follow a corrective, preventive and systemic action plan

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER

LACROIX - Electronics
08.2014 - 06.2016
  • Launching new products based on customer technical and commercial data
  • Leading the project team Genba
  • Definition and implementation of BOMs in ERPs, files and manufacturing tools according to automotive standard
  • Optimization of manufacturing processes and elimination of Muda
  • Application of modification requests from customer mainly VALEO, ALSTOM, Brightloop

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER & AOI MANAGER

IBL - Electronics
11.2012 - 07.2014
  • Management of 9 technician team
  • Continuous improvement and programming of the automatic vision machines & programmes
  • Programming of automatic vision machines
  • Analysis of the causes of non-detection
  • Improvement of coverage test rates
  • Optimization of inspection times
  • Improvement of SMT line KPI

Education

Electrical-Automatic Engineer -

NATIONAL SCHOOL OF ENGINEERS OF GABES-TUNISIA
Tunisia
06.2012

Skills

  • Project Management
  • Quality Management
  • Supplier Management
  • PCBA-Technical expertise
  • Supplier Auditing
  • Project Team Collaboration
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Continuous Improvement

Training

  • FTA, PDCA, 8D, QRQC
  • Quality Core Tools: APQP - FMEA - MSA - SPC - PPAP
  • Reverse FMEA
  • Internal Auditor 9001 V2018
  • IATF standard requirements
  • FIEV Auditor
  • Valeo Lead Auditor
  • Valeo Process Audit
  • IPC610

Awards

  • Valeo Lead Auditor
  • Valeo SQA Academy Digital & Power Active Components Level I & II
  • Valeo certified PCBA SQA Academy Level I & II

Languages

Arabic
First Language
French
Proficient (C2)
C2
English
Advanced (C1)
C1

Timeline

SUPPLIER QUALITY ENGINEER - ELECTRONICS

ASML
12.2022 - Current

PRODUCT GROUP SQA ENGINEER - ELECTRONICS

VALEO
08.2018 - 11.2018

CUSTOMER/PROJECT QUALITY ENGINEER

Asteelflash
01.2017 - 08.2018

CUSTOMER/PROJECT QUALITY ENGINEER

LACROIX - Electronics
06.2016 - 12.2016

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER

LACROIX - Electronics
08.2014 - 06.2016

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER & AOI MANAGER

IBL - Electronics
11.2012 - 07.2014

Electrical-Automatic Engineer -

NATIONAL SCHOOL OF ENGINEERS OF GABES-TUNISIA
Ines Kouki