About this role
JOB DESCRIPTION
Key Responsibilities
• Observe, maintain and improve the company's Quality Management System (QMS) in compliance with automotive industry standards (IATF1649) • Ensure compliance with customer-specific requirements and industry certifications, including IATF 16949 and other applicable standards. • Manage annual audit plan for internal, customer, and third-party certification audits. • Lead all quality assurance and quality control activities for automotive seat covers and interior component manufacturing operations. • Ensure that safety-critical customer requirements are understood and consistently met across all plants. Promote the implementation of new safety-critical initiatives and systematically monitor their effectiveness. • Drive continuous improvement initiatives utilizing Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA, and other quality tools. • Lead customer quality interface activities, including audits, corrective actions, quality reviews, customer visits and issue resolution. • Establish quality objectives, KPIs, and performance metrics to improve operational effectiveness and customer satisfaction. • Lead root cause analysis and corrective action implementation to eliminate recurring quality issues. • Collaborate closely with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Program Management teams to ensure product quality throughout the manufacturing process. • Oversee supplier quality management programs, including supplier audits, qualification, development, and performance improvement initiatives. • Develop and mentor quality teams to foster a culture of quality excellence and continuous improvement. • Prepare and present quality performance reports to executive leadership and customers. • Support new product launches by ensuring compliance with Advanced quality planning (APQP) and validation requirements. • Product safety and compliance representative and leader. Create and promote environments with high sense of responsibility for product safety. • Represent group of plants in front of the company product safety office.
PRIMARY LOCATION
Adient Juarez 4