**Overall responsibilities and duties**:
The Program Quality Leader represents the Customer Voice within the company and ensures the interface with the customer and internally with the others functions on quality matters.
**The main missions of the role are**:
- Identify the initial Program Quality objectives, built-up the quality management plan and ensure a regular follow-up
- Achieve the Quality objectives - including Safety & Regulation, Environmental - such as the PPM Scrap,including Perceived quality and cascade them to the internal and external suppliers
- Monitor the objectives achievement through a risk assessment follow up based on FMEA (Failure mode and Effects Analysis), Special characteristics, capabilities, Tolerance stacks, PPM, etc
- Have the authority to stop any process or product delivery in case of serious non conformance.
- Approve the "Design Validation Plan" and "Production Validation Test" established by Engineering and ensure its completion according to the program milestones.
- Lead the development and production process for measurement, checking and testing fixtures and gauges.
- Define the control plans
- Be responsible for conformity, perceived quality and traceability of any parts delivered to the customer all along the development phases.
- Prepare and compile the PPA (Production Part Approval) files, and supports the Plant Quality Engineer for the submission of the initial samples, including process validation audit.
- Lead the relation with Customer Program Quality
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**Qualifications**:
Minimum education level: Master's degree in engineering or appliable work experience.
**Experience**:
- 3-5 years of proven experience in the Automotive industry
- Intimate knowledge of design and production methods of both seats complete (JIT) and frame production
**Skills & Competencies**:
- In-depth knowledge of quality engineering techniques