Job Description
Lead and coordinate plant quality activities, ensuring customer-defined quality issues are resolved through corrective/preventive actions, proper use of statistical tools, and compliance with IATF 16949.
Main Responsibilities
* Resolve customer-identified quality issues and prepare corrective/preventive actions, follow up, verification, and release.
* Control and lead scrap and containment problem solving.
* Ensure manufacturing runs with best quality and zero downtime through effective resource use and statistical tools.
* Serve as the link between customer, plant, and supplier for all quality concerns.
* Lead cross‑functional problem‑solving teams for internal issues (IPPM, COPQ, Product Audit).
* Monitor key operational metrics and take corrective actions as appropriate.
* Maintain and improve the Measurement System Analysis Plan; ensure Gage studies (R&R, bias, linearity, stability) on all gaging.
* Lead plant quality activities such as IPPM, offline inspection training, visual management, quality alerts, and containment actions when issues arise.
* Ensure compliance with IATF 16949, BOS, and customer requirements.
* Communicate customer quality requirements to plant members and keep them updated.
Optional Responsibilities
* Monitor key operational metrics and implement containment strategies.
* Ensure quality system compliance with IATF 16949, BOS, and customer requirements.
Customer Requirements
* Understand and communicate customer quality requirements for all customers.
HSE Expectation
* Conduct safety talks, share findings, provide feedback, and maintain updates.
* Volunteer for safety meetings and take immediate action on safety issues.
* Keep JSA/Risk assessment and environmental aspects current for routine and non‑routine activities.
* Participate in safety activities and initiatives (AMS, safety week, 5S, HSE training, proper PPE).
Qualifications (Education, Skills, and Experience)
* Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
* Minimum 5 years post‑qualification experience in manufacturing, with at least one year as Supplier Quality Engineer or Plant Quality Engineer, preferably in a multi‑national company.
* Knowledge of advanced quality planning: AIAG, FMEA, PPAP, dimensional layouts, gage/fixture design, performance/material testing.
* Strong statistical concepts, design of experiments, and problem‑solving methodology.
* Experience with manufacturing quality systems and customer communication.
* Professional certification in quality engineering is desirable.
* Solid communication, interpersonal, and team‑inspiring skills.
* Background in ISO/TS16949, continuous improvement, TQM, PPAP, FMEA, control plans, DOE, and SPC.
Reporting Relationship
* Direct: Manager, Quality
* Functional: Manager, Plant
Primary Location
Adient AE THA Metal
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