Líder de Grupo de Calidad Operaciones

General Motors de México; San Luis Potosí; On-site; MXN 550,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors de México is seeking a capable manufacturing supervisor to lead hourly teams, train and develop staff, and ensure alignment with lean manufacturing principles to hit production targets.

The role emphasizes quality, safety, and cost control while fostering strong working relationships with union and management. An onsite, 4x3 schedule is required, with prior automotive experience and ISO/IATF familiarity highly valued.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a People Leader with direct team management responsibilities.
• Experience in the automotive industry.
• Intermediate English; ability to maintain business-level conversations.
• Strong knowledge of problem-solving methodologies (5 Whys, Ishikawa, Root Cause Analysis).
• Basic knowledge of welding processes is preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics, Industrial, Automotive Mechanical Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop hourly team members and training programs.
• Drive lean manufacturing and synchronous principles to meet production schedules.
• Ensure quality standards and cost schedule targets are met.
• Maintain safety, ergonomics, health, and housekeeping objectives.
• Build strong relationships with employees, union, and management.
• Coach group leaders and implement JIT training.

Skills

People leadership

English (intermediate)

Lean manufacturing

Root cause analysis

Quality systems

Welding basics (preferred)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics/Industrial/Automotive Engineering

Tools

ISO 9001

IATF 16949

Job description

Responsibilities

Responsible for the effective use of personnel, material, and equipment. Participates in the training, developing and evaluating of hourly team members. Participates in the development of highly effective teams. Leads Global Manufacturing Systems(GMS) processes and serves as resource supporting launch and pilot activities in assigned areas. Meets or exceeds production cost schedule and maintains quality requirements. Maintains awareness of quality standards, and communicates department quality goals, and leverages resources to solve quality issues. Builds and maintains good working relationships with employees, union and management. Understands and consistently administer the National and Local Agreements between General Motors and the United Auto Workers Union. Implements and follows systems that prevent reoccurrence of known issues. Promote safe work practices and achieve objectives for ergonomics, health and safety and housekeeping. Motivates, trains and develops employees to effectively perform their jobs utilizing standardized methods. Ensure team members receive adequate JIT (job instruction training). Achieve production schedules and product requirements by applying lean manufacturing/synchronous principles with emphasis on variation reduction, control costs, and achieve productivity improvements. Coach, teach, counsel and mentor Group Leaders in these responsibilities.

Job Description

Responsible for the effective use of personnel, material, and equipment. Participates in the training, developing and evaluating of hourly team members. Participates in the development of highly effective teams. Leads Global Manufacturing Systems(GMS) processes and serves as resource supporting launch and pilot activities in assigned areas. Meets or exceeds production cost schedule and maintains quality requirements. Maintains awareness of quality standards, and communicates department quality goals, and leverages resources to solve quality issues. Builds and maintains good working relationships with employees, union and management. Understands and consistently administer the National and Local Agreements between General Motors and the United Auto Workers Union. Implements and follows systems that prevent reoccurrence of known issues. Promote safe work practices and achieve objectives for ergonomics, health and safety and housekeeping. Motivates, trains and develops employees to effectively perform their jobs utilizing standardized methods. Ensure team members receive adequate JIT (job instruction training). Achieve production schedules and product requirements by applying lean manufacturing/synchronous principles with emphasis on variation reduction, control costs, and achieve productivity improvements. Coach, teach, counsel and mentor Group Leaders in these responsibilities.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a People Leader, with direct team management responsibilities.
• Previous experience in the automotive industry.
• Intermediate conversational English, with the ability to maintain business-level conversations.
• Strong knowledge of problem-solving methodologies (5 Whys, Ishikawa (Fishbone), Diagram, Root Cause Analysis)
• Basic knowledge of welding processes is preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics, Industrial, Automotive Mechanical Engineering, or a related field or experience.
• Familiarity with quality systems such as ISO and IATF standards.
• Availability to work under a 4x3 schedule, with monthly shift rotation.

Experience

• Minimum of year of experience in similar positions.
• Experience in manufacturing quality or operations environments.

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