Quality Manager

Global Tier 1 automotive supplier seeks a Quality Manager!!  Must have IATF experience.

The Lansing, MI plant is an assembly plant.  2 direct reports(Quality Engineers) along with indirect reports (Quality Technicians).

MUST HAVE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY (TIER 1 OR 2) EXPERIENCE!!!

PURPOSE:  To perform all duties, as needed for the Quality Department.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Customer management:

· Know and analyze the specific customer requirements, processes and products understanding how much our failure modes can impact the customer lines and final products.

· Track customer indicators, generate corrective action plans with the plant teammates when needed.

· Monitor and advise the plants so that we have OEM inspection implemented, understood, and practiced.

· Ensure that all past problems are converted into lessons learned knowledge for engineering, process, tooling, production, and quality plant manager teams.

COPQ management:

· Leading monthly meetings with plant managers for discussion and follow up of COPQ reduction action plans.

· Review and provide feedback to all COPQ lessons learned and submitted, acknowledging when they meet all the requirements and teaching them how to achieve it when they do not.                                                 

WPS and Standardization:

· Keep constant training in WEPS for all quality employees.

· In case of common problems between plants, ensure that the solution found in one will also be systemically applied systemically and establish a feedback loop to ensure standards are met.

· Guarantee the monthly analysis and periodically audit locally the assessments sent by the plants.

Supplier Management:

· Assist suppliers with problem solving techniques by reducing the amount of NC products that arrive to plants.

· Assist and train the plants in problem solving with the supplier.

Quality system management:

· Together with Corporate Quality, ensure that plants are meeting legislative and regulatory requirements (TS, ISO, etc ...)

· Responsible to ensure implementation of quality system in new plants.

· Schedule internal audits.

· Accompany external audits.

· Generate local and / or global alerts whenever necessary.

· Keep managers informed about system changes and review of standards and specification.

· Ensure that quality LAUNCH activities are being fulfilled such as with; DVPR, PPAP, Process Flow, Vendor

People management and development:

· Provide training in quality tools for plants.

· Hold monthly update meetings with those responsible for plant quality

· Promote semiannual events among quality analysts and laboratory technicians to discuss best practices and align discipline information.

Requirements

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in a Technical related field

Experience:

- Quality or equivalent – 8 years

- Supplier management

- Project management

- WPS and lean manufacturing knowledge

- Intermediate English – written and oral

- MS Project

- Good skills with office tools

- Availability for international travel

- Good communication skills with internal and external customer

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

- Leadership skills and interpersonal skills with the ability to share and transfer knowledge and skills to / with others.

- Dependable and self-motivated individual with good attendance / disciplinary and safety record who can work effectively with minimal supervision.

- Detail orientated individual with excellent thinking and trouble-shooting skills; able to make decisions based on information and analysis.

- Some math and computer skills are essential to perform job duties. concrete variables in standardized situation.

Why is This a Great Opportunity

Global company with over 60 plants and 7000 employees..offering solid growth potential!!