Quality Manager

Adient US LLC; Northwood (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Adient US LLC in Northwood, OH, seeks a Quality Manager to lead the Quality Department and ensure processes meet customer expectations across internal and external quality. You will partner with Engineering on advanced quality planning for new programs and supervise Quality Engineers and Technicians, while maintaining BOS/IATF 16949 compliance.

This role emphasizes supplier quality management, calibration control, safety, and continuous improvement through data-driven methods, with regular

Responsibilities

• Guide and direct the Quality Department to meet internal and external quality expectations.
• Collaborate with Engineering on advanced quality planning for future programs.
• Supervise Quality Engineers and Quality Technicians.
• Manage the Quality Reporting system.
• Serve as Management Representative for Quality/BOS and manage IATF 16949 audits.
• Knowledge of IATF 16949 and ISO 9001:2015.
• Manage supplier base for purchased and bailed components.
• Support safety, environmental and sustainability objectives.
• Ensure calibration on all gauges.
• Develop individual development plans for Quality Department members.
• Review customer specifications and daily scoreboards.
• Review Customer Specific Requirements.
• Assign and maintain designated people list to manage sample part cage.

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

- Basic Function; Quality Manager Guides and directs the Quality Department to assure appropriate procedures are in place that will assure both internal and external customer quality expectations are achieved.

- Works with Engineering on advance quality planning on future programs and ensures that all special characteristics identified during product development are monitored using statistical techniques throughout the manufacturing process.

- Supervises and manages Quality Engineers and Quality Technicians.

- Manages complete Quality Reporting system.

- Serves as the Management Representative for Quality/BOS. Manages the internal audit schedule for BOS and IATF 16949. Administers all Quality activities as defined in the BOS and IATF 16949 standards

- Knowledge of IATF 16949 and ISO 9001:2015 standard.

- Manages supplier base for both purchased and bailed components.

- Engages in safe practices as well as follows safety rules and job rotations.

- Must be willing to report unsafe conditions, reporting unsafe acts, participating in safety/ergonomic committees, participating in safety Kaizen events, participating in blue sky initiatives, participating in safety audits, and participating in safety observation feedback events.

- Assist the plant in achieving safety goals while achieving and maintaining Safe Workplace and Environmental and Sustainability objectives.

- Ensures that facility maintains calibration on all variable and attribute gauges.

- Complete individual development plans for each member within the Quality Department.

- Establishes the criteria guideline for determining incoming inspection frequencies and ensuring that it is conducted.

- Ensures that a final product audit is conducted to the necessary instructions, frequency and auditors.

- Review daily customer scoreboards/ concerns/ other feedback in the absence of the Quality Manger or Quality Engineer

- Reviews and understands the Customer Specific Requirements.

- Responsible for assigning and maintaining designated people list to manage sample part cage.

PRIMARY LOCATION

Northwood Facility