Regional Quality Technical Manager - J0051446

Astemo Ltd.; Farmington Hills (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Astemo Ltd. is seeking a Regional Quality professional in the United States to execute the BRBU quality strategy, support program launches, and address critical quality issues across sites. You will conduct quality audits per APQP, PPAP, and SOP, and drive lessons learned across the region.

The role requires strong knowledge of automotive quality systems, change and crisis management, and fluent English to coordinate with ROD, BU, and central functions.

Qualifications

• Knowhow in quality processes, standards and tools.
• Product liability knowledge.
• Change management skills.
• Crisis management skills.
• Problem solving tools.
• Fluent English.

Responsibilities

• Quality Assurance on new projects development: perform project quality audits during APQP phases, from customer kick-off through project gates (PG1–PG4), including PPAP, Run at Rate, and SOP.
• Support the team to follow customer quality requirements and lessons learned are applied.
• Proactively elevate deviations impacting compliance, product quality, or SOP timing.
• Support shipment release decisions based on quality risk assessment and containment status.
• Support BU quality tasks on Change Management (CHM) activities are properly executed according to customer requirements, with risks identified, assessed, and mitigated.
• Quality Assurance in mass production phase: Maintain regional quality KPI dashboards with updated performance metrics, risk status, and action plan progress.
• Support proper escalation and management of severe quality issues.
• Support horizontal deployment of lessons learned.
• Perform a gap assessment on the Gemba in regards with Astemo standards.
• Communication/ Regional governance: Facilitate communication between ROD, BU and central functions.
• Customer escalation management: Support customer escalations and maintain aligned between ROD and BU.

Skills

Quality processes

Quality standards

Quality tools

Product liability

Change management

Crisis management

Problem solving

Fluent English

Education

Bachelor or Master degree in Engineering

5+ years in automotive industry

Job description

Job Purpose

Execute BRBU Regional Quality strategy to support successful program launches, support sites/ROD on critical quality issues.

Description

Job Purpose

Execute BRBU Regional Quality strategy to support successful program launches, support sites/ROD on critical quality issues.

Area of Accountabilities & Key Activities

Quality Assurance on new projects development

• Perform project quality audits during APQP phases, from customer kick-off through project gates (PG1–PG4), including PPAP, Run at Rate, and SOP.
• Support the team to follow customer quality requirements and lessons learned are applied
• Proactively elevate deviations impacting compliance, product quality, or SOP timing.
• Support shipment release decisions based on quality risk assessment and containment status.
• Support BU quality tasks on Change Management (CHM) activities are properly executed according to customer requirements, with risks identified, assessed, and mitigated.

Quality Assurance in mass production phase

• Maintain regional quality KPI dashboards with updated performance metrics, risk status, and action plan progress.
• Support proper escalation and management of severe quality issues.
• Support horizontal deployment of lessons learned
• Perform a gap assessment on the Gemba in regards with Astemo standards

Communication/ Regional governance

• Facilitate communication between ROD, BU and central functions

Customer escalation management

• Support customer escalations and maintain aligned between ROD and BU

Profile

Key Professional Competencies

Hard Technical Skills Directly Related To The Job Function

• Knowhow in quality processes, standards and tools
• Product Liability knowledge
• Change management skills
• Crisis management skills
• Problem solving tools
• Fluent English

Key Personal Competencies

• Analytical & Problem Solving
• Managerial Courage
• Implementation & Results Orientation
• Relationship Building & Networking
• Stress & Pressure / Being Resilient

Qualification: Bachelor lor/Master degree in Engineering or equivalent

Experience: At least 5 years of experience in automotive industry

• Qualification in: APQP, PPAP, ISO/TS… familiar with Honda, Ford quality system.