New trends and expectations are reshaping the automotive industry. Inspired by the exciting new challenges associated with this revolution, **Faurecia (company of the group FORVIA)** anticipates the future of mobility developing cutting-edge solutions for smart life on board and sustainable mobility. If you're willing to contribute and create value for tomorrow's cleaner and smarter mobility, **FORVIA** is the place to be.
**We are looking for an PROGRAM QUALITY LEADER to be part of our team.**
Program Quality Leader is a member of the Program Core Team. He/she has overall responsibility for the achievement of quality deliverables until the start of production.
**The main missions of this role are**:
- Ensure that best practices are shared within all regions about Program Management System (PMS) deliverables, Engineering Change Requests (ECRs), product quality issues, lessons learned, shop-floor solutions, Bought Part issues with potential impacts on the customer, etc
- Arbitrate issues between global and local content about Design Validation Plan and specifications for Measurement devices.
- Support Advanced Supplier Quality Function activities with a global supplier when there is a global quality issue affecting the customer.
- Ensure the coordination/animation of local Program Quality Leaders (weekly review)
- Report regional (or Product Line) quality status to the Global Program Manager
- Represents the Customer Voice within the company and ensure leadership when needed with the customer and internally with the others functions on quality matters.
- Design validation Plan : Analyse consistency, and possibility to use tests results from other regions.
- Appearance Approval: Ensure that the very first customer approval for appearance is available for all regions.
- Perceived Quality : Coordinate understanding about internal quality issues and customer complaints.
- Convergence Plans : Support convergence planning and ensure overall coordination and follow up.
- Process Robustness: Ensure alignment about Key Control Characteristics, Poka Yoke, Standard Work, Process Capabilities.
- Risk Assessment: Manage the risk assessment process with a focus on Poka Yoke, Final Inspection and Temporary Quality Wall.
- Global Alignment: Manage regular reviews with all local PQLs to ensure alignment and best practice sharing.
**You are going to need these qualifications**:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering.
- Advanced English skills
- Minimum 4 years of proven experience in the Automotive industry in related positions such as Plant Quality Engineer, Process Engineer, Program Quality, with high product diversity, several R&D centers and manufacturing sites, strong experience in new programs. Experience with customers as Nissan and GM.
- Quality tools: Functional analysis, FMEA, Customer Special Characteristics, reliability, problem solving, variability reduction, CPKs, PPAPs
- Team player with strong communication skills.
**Faurecia is an equal opportunity employer.
