03- Sampling Auditor

LEONI; Tennessee; On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in automotive solutions is looking for a quality professional in Tennessee. The role entails performing product audits, ensuring compliance with quality standards, and maintaining documentation. Candidates should have a university degree and at least one year of experience in quality management, with proficiency in English and French. This position requires strong communication and team collaboration skills to drive continuous improvement in quality processes.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of experience in Quality.
• Fluent in English and French.
• Minimum 1 year of quality experience.
• Strong communication and intercultural sensitivity.
• Proven change management, resilience and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Perform product audits during samples and pre-production phases.
• Follow up on corrective actions of product audit non-conformities.
• Verify dimensional and functional conformity of initial samples.
• Approve initial sampling inspection reports.
• Maintain compliance with integrated management systems.
• Ensures compliance with integrated management systems and regulatory requirements.
• Checks updates for technical changes to products, processes, equipment and documentation.
• Approves product and production processes per customer requirements and internal procedures.
• Ensures SPC/MSA/CPK/CMK data are available during samples and pre-production.
• Maintains quality control per customer requirements during samples and pre-production.
• Maintains customer technical documents (drawings, changes).
• Implements continuous improvement in quality management processes.
• Ensures compliance with customer-specific requirements.
• Authorized to stop production or dispatch to mitigate risk.

Skills

Communication

Social & intercultural sensitivity

Change management

Target & result orientation

Motivation & resilience

Self-organization

Conflict management

Teamwork

Resilience

Self-organization

Conflict management

Teamwork

Education

University Degree in a relevant field

Job description

Company Description

LEONI is a global leading provider of products, solutions and services for energy and data management in the automotive industry. With around 86,000 employees in 21 countries and consolidated sales of EUR 3.9 billion in 2025 (excluding the former Automotive Cable Solutions division), we are a leading supplier of complex wiring systems and customer‑specific cable harnesses.

Since 2025, we have been part of the Luxshare Group, a global technology company headquartered in China. Together, we are shaping the future of mobility. Join us and help drive the transformation of the automotive world.

Job Description

• Performs product audits as planned e.g. components, semi‑finished goods and finished goods during samples, like A‑, B‑, C‑ and D‑, and pre‑production phases.
• Follows up corrective actions of product audits non‑conformities within the project through QRQC activities in the plant, lead by Industrial Engineering.
• Verifies the dimensional and functional conformity of the initial samples.
• Approves PPAPISIR, initial sampling inspection report, German: EMPB, of the initial sample.
• Registers the release on customer portal if applicable.
• Ensures compliance with the integrated management systems, legal and regulatory requirements.
• Checks that products, processes, equipment, tooling and documentation are updated for each technical change.
• Approves product and production processes according to customer requirements and internal procedures.
• Ensures that all statistical data SPC, MSA, CPK, CMK, etc. are available during samples, like A‑, B‑, C‑ and D‑, and pre‑production phases.
• Maintains quality control according to customer requirements and internal procedure during samples, like A‑, B‑, C‑ and D‑, and pre‑production phases.
• Maintains the technical documents of the customer e.g. drawing, drawing complement, technical change.
• Ensures implementation of continuous improvement actions of the quality management processes, procedures, policies, activities and reports throughout the segment or area of responsibility.
• Ensures compliance with customer specific requirement within segment or area of responsibility.
• Is authorized to stop production and/or dispatch to mitigate risk of non‑conforming processes and products.

Qualifications

• Education Level: University Degree in a relevant field.
• Language: English & French.
• Experience: Minimum 1 year Quality.
• Communication.
• Social & intercultural sensitivity.
• Change management.
• Target & result orientation.
• Motivation & resilience.
• Self‑organization.
• Conflict management.
• Teamwork.

Additional Information

People of all genders are always treated equally; for linguistic simplification and better readability, only the masculine form is used in the text.

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