Sr Quality Engineer – Customer Liaison

Adient; Alagón; Presencial; EUR 65.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Adient is seeking a Sr Quality Engineer - Customer Liaison to bridge customer JIT needs with Trim production. You will analyze issues on-site, drive corrective actions, and verify improvements at JIT plants, coordinating activities across OEM, JIT and Trim facilities.

The role requires strong quality management background in automotive, fluency in English, and willingness to travel extensively to support customers and production sites.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent technical qualification.
• Proven professional experience in automotive quality management.
• Experience in customer quality management with OEMs and Tier 1 customers.
• Strong analytical and root-cause problem-solving abilities.
• Knowledge of VDA 6.3, 8D, FMEA, Poka-Yoke, Ishikawa, 5 Why.
• Fluent English; German is an advantage.
• High willingness to travel (≈70%).

Responsabilidades

• Interface between customer JIT and Trim production plant.
• JIT onside problem analyses and close feedback to Trim plant.
• Verification of improvement action at JIT plants.
• Coordination of sorting activities at JIT plants.
• Support local Trim resident engineers with technical knowledge and feedback loops.
• Boundary book setup between OEM, JIT and Trim plant.
• KPIs include customer satisfaction JIT, IRPPM, ICPPM, Firewall head count JIT.
• Firewall audits at JIT and follow-up on improvement action plans.
• Inspector Gauge R&R evaluation and inspector training.

Conocimientos

Quality management

Root cause analysis

Analytical skills

Customer communication

English fluency

Travel readiness

German language (advantage)

Educación

Bachelor's degree or equivalent technical qualification

Herramientas

VDA 6.3

8D

FMEA

Poka-Yoke

Ishikawa (Cause & Effect)

5 Why

Descripción del empleo

What can you expect?

www.adient.com

• Interface between customer JIT and Trim production plant
• JIT onside problem analyzes and close feedback to Trim plant
• Verification of improvement action at JIT plants
• Coordination of sorting activities at JIT plants
• Supporting local Trim resident engineers with technical knowledge, organization firewall set up and feedback loops
• Boundary book set up between OEM, JIT and Trim plant
• Firewall audits at JIT - incl. following up on improvement action plan
• Inspector Gauge R&R evaluation and inspector training

Job Description

Sr Quality Engineer - Customer Liaison

What can you expect?

Adient (NYSE: ADNT) is a global leader in automotive seating. With more than 65,000 employees in 29 countries, Adient operates ~200 manufacturing/assembly plants worldwide. We produce and deliver automotive seating for all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat-making process. We take our products from research and design to engineering and manufacturing - and into millions of vehicles every year. For more information, please visit www.adient.com

What will your responsibilities be?

• Interface between customer JIT and Trim production plant
• JIT onside problem analyzes and close feedback to Trim plant
• Verification of improvement action at JIT plants
• Coordination of sorting activities at JIT plants
• Supporting local Trim resident engineers with technical knowledge, organization firewall set up and feedback loops
• Boundary book set up between OEM, JIT and Trim plant
• KPIs: customer satisfaction JIT, IRPPM, ICPPM, Firewall head count JIT,
• Firewall audits at JIT - incl. following up on improvement action plan
• Inspector Gauge R&R evaluation and inspector training

Which qualifications are we looking for in potential employees?

• Technical education (Bachelor's degree or equivalent technical qualification).
• Proven professional experience in quality management within the automotive industry.
• Experience in customer quality management and direct communication with OEMs and Tier 1 customers.-
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a structured approach to root cause analysis.-
• Good knowledge of automotive quality management tools and methodologies, e.g. VDA 6.3, 8D, FMEA, Poka-Yoke, Ishikawa, 5 Why.-
• Fluent English (written and spoken); German is an advantage.-
• High willingness to travel (approximately 70%).

Adient is committed to equal employment opportunity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. As a true global company, our leaders and employees come from various cultures across the world. Our diversity is a source of inspiration enabling us to achieve our goals and build an inclusive company culture.

PRIMARY LOCATION

Barcelona