Quality Manager

Qualifications and Experience Levels:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• Minimum 3 years of experience in manufacturing quality
• Minimum 3 years of experience managing / leading people
• Excellent English skills in writing, reading and speaking / German is an advantage
• Significant experience in a high volume manufacturing environment, preferably automotive
• Product and Process (manufacturing process) Know-How
• QM-basic knowledge
• Lean Manufacturing skills
• Q-tools, higher level knowledge
• Internal Auditor „Layered audit / Work place audit“
• Knowledge of Standards ISO, ISO, ISO, IATF 16949
• Knowledge of VDA

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the analysis, development, and operation of quality systems and tools to meet customer requirements. This includes ensuring a profound understanding of customers’ needs, facilitation of methodologies, process management, continuous improvement activities, business process re-engineering, embedded quality and preventive activities.
• Implements defined global (local) Production Quality policies, contributes to achievement of respective targets, and supervises day-to-day Quality operations, controlling and reporting systems, for assigned team at local sites or plants.
• Analyzing all quality related issues in all technical steps. Identifies quality trend data . Devises sampling procedures.
• Develops systems for recording, evaluating, and reporting quality and reliability data. Completes and maintains quality inspection and audit programs. Advices process and quality owner, recommends measures (incl. shipment halt decisions).
• Carries out quality improvement projects. Communicates with specialized external and internal partners.
• Reviewing customer requirements and making sure they are met
• Monitoring performance by gathering relevant data
• Making suggestions for changes and improvements and how to implement them
• Defining quality procedures in conjunction with operating staff.
• Setting standards for quality as well as health and safety
• Looking at ways to reduce waste and increase efficiency
• Planning and tracking of quality goals and quality assurance tasks
• Perform all internal and external audits on behalf of the companies management
• Process qualifications and process capability studies according to the specific procedures, including statistic evaluation, evaluation and decision of capability results;
• Support of statistical methods (SPC, Preliminary Process Capability Analysis, Process Capability Analysis)
• Review quality inspection personnel qualifications and training requirements
• Support and coaching of the team regarding quality issues and processes
• Coordinate all quality related correspondence with the customer's representatives
• Action and close all customer complaints