Sr Quality Engineer – Customer Liaison

Adient; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 55.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Adient is a global leader in automotive seating, with 65,000+ employees across 29 countries. The Sr Quality Engineer – Customer Liaison will act as the interface between customer JIT and Trim production, drive on-site problem analyses, and verify improvement actions at JIT plants.

The role requires strong quality management experience in automotive and frequent interaction with OEMs. Fluent English is required; German is a plus.

Formación

• Technical education or equivalent in a technical field.
• Proven professional experience in quality management within automotive.
• Experience in customer quality management and direct communication with OEMs and Tier 1 customers.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with structured root cause analysis.
• Knowledge of automotive quality tools and methodologies (VDA 6.3, 8D, FMEA, Poka‑Yoke, Ishikawa, 5 Why).
• Fluent English; German is an advantage.

Responsabilidades

• Interface between customer JIT and Trim production plant.
• Conduct JIT onside problem analyses and feedback to Trim plant.
• Verify improvement actions at JIT plants.
• Coordinate sorting activities at JIT plants.
• Support Trim engineers with technical knowledge and feedback loops.
• Set up boundary book between OEM, JIT and Trim plant.
• Monitor KPIs: customer satisfaction JIT, IRPPM, ICPPM, Firewall headcount JIT.
• Perform firewall audits and follow up on action plans.
• Conduct Inspector Gauge R&R evaluation and training.

Conocimientos

Quality management

Automotive industry

Root cause analysis

Quality tools knowledge

Educación

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Herramientas

VDA 6.3

8D

FMEA

Poka‑Yoke

Ishikawa

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.

We are looking forward to receiving your application including your salary expectations and your earliest availability date. If you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact Miroslav Luhovy on +421 32/741 30 58.

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Barcelona