PRODUCT LINE QSE MANAGER

AKWEL Paredes de Coura; Paredes de Coura; Presencial; EUR 65 000 - 90 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

AKWEL Paredes de Coura is seeking a Quality, Safety, Environment and Energy Manager to lead the QSE2 function. You will act as the customer representative in project development and manage changes, while coordinating internal and external audits and driving continuous improvement in the QSE² system.

You will coach the team on problem-solving tools, ensure planed audits occur on time, and collaborate with suppliers to ensure data accuracy and compliance with quality standards.

Qualificações

• Leadership and coordination skills with integrity.
• Autonomy with strong organizational and interpersonal abilities.
• Proficiency in English; knowledge of other languages recommended.

Responsabilidades

• Act as customer representative in project development and change management.
• Manage the QSE2 team and ensure effective implementation of the QSE² system.
• Coordinate internal and external audits and prepare for customer audits.
• Coach the team in problem-solving tools and QRQC processes.
• Liaise with suppliers and verify data reporting accuracy.
• Organize the QSE2 function's competences and resources.

Conhecimentos

Leadership

Autonomy

Training ability

English proficiency

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Formação académica

A-level + 5y superior technical education

Quality-focused technical education

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Join Akwel and be part of our adventure in a family-run, independent group with a long-term vision. A first-class automotive equipment and systems manufacturer specialising in fluid management, mechanisms, and structural parts, Akwel offers state-of-the-art industrial and technological expertise in applying and processing materials (plastics, rubber, metal) and mechatronic integration.

Our culture of industrial performance, efficiency, results and customer satisfaction is what drives the progress of our group. To respond to our clients’ needs, our employees are free to be pragmatic in order to come up with the perfect solution for every problem in the spirit of creativity and agility.

Want to push yourself? Interested in stepping up to the challenge of working in an industrial and technological environment at the cutting edge, making your day‑to‑day work extremely worthwhile and enriching?

We value diversity by encouraging applications from people of all genders, backgrounds and experiences. Join Akwel and our 8.000 employees in more than 20 different countries! And together GROWING +!

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES :

The Quality, Safety, Environment and Energy Manager is the customer representative and the manager of the QSE2 team:

Customer representative in project development and in change management:

• Control that the customer expectations are taken into account in the project development through the CPP reviews (Project Steering Committee) and in the Engineering Change Requests (ECRs).
• Control the effective implementation of the AKWEL QSE² management system, monitor impact analysis of new documents and propose improvements to the AKWEL QSE² management system.
• Plan and coordinate the activities to prepare customer audits, and external and internal QSE² management system audits, working closely with the DQSE² Coordinator.
• Plan the internal audits at entity level. Verify that corrective actions are implemented in an effective manner.
• Verify that customer incidents and other relevant issues are considered in the entity QRQC and deadlines are known, respected and consistent with the 8D database..
• Coach the team in the use of the problem‑solving tools and challenge the conclusions and results.

AKWEL representative in face of internal and external suppliers for QSE² topics:

• Verify the accuracy and suitability of reporting data concerning suppliers
• Verify that the escalation process is initiated when the supplier response is not at the expected level.
• Support Purchasing to gather all available information in case of disputes with suppliers.
• Organize and verify the collection of the documentation applicable to sourced parts (external and internal).

Manage the organisational chart of the QSE2 function in terms of competences and resources by applying the premises of the AKWEL QSEE management system with respect of the AKWEL mission, culture and values:

• Assess the skills of his/her employees with the aid of the skill matrix, consolidate the data of the department and deal with the gaps identified (induction, training plan, recruitment and overstaffing).
• Conduct flash audits regularly.

REQUIREMENTS :

Either A-level (High School Diploma) + 5 years of superior technical education strengthened with 10 years of experience preferably, in the automotive industry, or technical education oriented towards quality strengthened with strong equivalent experience.

Professional abilities:

• Leadership and coordination skills, integrity, managerial skills
• Autonomy, organizational abilities and interpersonal skills
• Ability to train
• Proficiency in English; knowledge of some other customer language(s), such as French, German, Spanish, Chinese, is recommended

Technical knowledge:

• Project Development phases, Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)
• Technical skills to analyse and understand all technical information, explanations and decisions
• IMDS, REACH, conflict minerals and substance declaration
• Functional Analysis and design FMEA
• Risk assessment and process FMEA
• Control Plan and special characteristics, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Measurement System Analysis (MSA)
• 8D problem solving and QRQC approach
• QSE2 audit supports, especially those for process audits (based on VDA 6.3, Run@Rate, capacity, panel integration, CQI, …) but also for product audits
• Automotive customer specific requirements (CSR) affecting the entity and customer special audits (Q1, QSB+, etc…) “