Manager Quality Manager

This role is QC management within an automotive production plant. The position manages 30 quality people including 3 direct reports. It's a great career-up chance for someone wanting to gain management experience.

Overview:

• Monitor and validate the conformity of components, products / processes in production 
• Customer interface for Quality Matters (current production)
• Ensure that the Quality System is respected – coaching site Managers to achieve customer satisfaction for Quality

R&R:

• Manage Quality physical Indicators on the site
• Develop and coordinate the site Quality Improvement plan following guidelines and promote Quality Culture
• Ensure QRQC (Quick Response Quality Control) is well implemented and participate daily to the Plant QRQC and Plant Supplier QRQC
• Manage Quality network in the site
• SQA (Supplier Quality Assurance) management in the daily supplier incident management (5W2H) and Quick-Response validation
• Challenge SQA network to obtain FTA (Factor Tree Analysis) in time and confirm PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Action).
• Manage the Quality Project-Team-Member for Serial production and New production
• Audit the Quality System periodically (Internal and support of Customer Audit)
• Participate in the project launch meetings
• Represent Customer internally on Quality matters (Communication / Escalation)
• Manage the quick responses for incidents internally and with Customer, and support the team analysing the incidents.
• Represent Quality in Technical Committee when relevant and / or Site Change Committee.

Requirements

• University degree: Engineering
• Min. 15 years Experience in Quality Control of automotive parts
• Experience in People Management
• Business level in both Japanese and English
• Technical knowledge of mechatronics, plastics, presses (advantage)