**JOB DESCRIPTION**
**Responsibilities**:
- Implementation and effectiveness of the QM system agreed with Management
- Coordinating and controlling all activities relating to securing quality
- Implementing preventive actions to ensure adherence to quality standards
- Detecting and recording quality issues / defects in products
- Taking remedial action and making recommendations, bearing in mind accountabilities (Quality Improvement Plans)
- Checking to see whether problem-solving measures have been implemented
- Continuing to monitor processes, deliveries or assembly of non-conforming product until such time as defects or quality issues have been eradicated
- Developing and implementing quality improvement programs
- Investigation in the event of damage
- Making recommendations and introducing technical improvements to quality assurance and testing systems
- Decisions on concessions
- Informing Management about quality relevant figures and measures with the aim of improving quality standards
- Advising all Sections of the Company in matters relevant to quality assurance
- Monitoring QM activities in other Sections
- Performing internal audits
- Carrying out quality planning, control and the dissemination of quality information
- Involvement in decisions on the use of production systems
- Analysis of the costs of quality in conjunction with other Sections
- Implementation, instigation and co-ordination of FMEA's and quality analysis
- Career planning support for QA employees. Includes training requirements and cross training within department.
- Enforce all safety regulations and requirements.
**Specific function related duties**:
- Management of new part or engineering change approvals (PPAP Process)
- Coordinating change implementation
- Executing and monitoring of all planning work in Ramos Arizpe and cooperation with operational departments and Detroit R&D.
- Participating in Material Review Board to disposition nonconforming product.
- Coordinating testing of assemblies and finished parts
- Instigating defect reports, following up and implementing corrective measures
**Qualifications**
- Possess solid applied Statistical-Process-Control experience.
- Minimum 10 years experience in an assembly manufacturing environment.
- Good PC skills, Excel, Word etc.
- Experience in quality automotive systems certification standards and implementation.
- Supervisory experience.
- Theoretical and practical experience with measuring equipment.
- Good business administration skills
- Ability to work well with other departments; good communication skills.
- Good organizational skills
- Good procedure writing skills.
