Quality Manager

Adient plc; Northwood (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Adient plc is seeking a Quality Manager to lead the Quality Department, ensuring processes meet customer expectations and collaborate with Engineering on advance quality planning for future programs.

The role includes supervising Quality Engineers and Technicians, managing the Quality Reporting system, and serving as the Management Representative for Quality/BOS with oversight of BOS and IATF 16949 audits.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a quality department in a manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of statistical techniques used in production processes.
• Strong understanding of IATF 16949 and ISO 9001:2015 standards.

Responsibilities

• Guide and direct the Quality Department to assure customer quality expectations are met.
• Collaborate with Engineering on advance quality planning for new programs.
• Supervise Quality Engineers and Quality Technicians.
• Manage the Quality Reporting system and internal audits per BOS/IATF 16949.

Skills

Quality management

Statistical methods

IATF 16949 knowledge

ISO 9001:2015 knowledge

Leadership

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

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.