Global Manager, Advanced Quality

PHINIA•Auburn Hills, MI

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for an enthusiastic candidate to join our global optimization Quality team as an Advanced Quality Manager. The purpose of this position is to ensure quality is built into the product and process during development, guaranteeing customer satisfaction, risk mitigation, and flawless industrialization. This position will lead proactive quality engineering activities during our Enterprise Operation System (EOS) development phases, to ensure that a robust quality system has been built into the Product and Process as the product transitions into production. This role will also lead cross-plant and cross-region activities for all product lines.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or above in Mechanical Engineering/Electrical or related field or equivalent experience.
5+ years of experience as a Quality Manager in multi-national company, system module application in automotive industry is highly preferred
Experienced in implementing quality systems
Good command of English in oral and writing
Good command of MS. Office
Familiar with IATF16949 and AIAG quality tools
Experience in quality problem solving
Excellent organizational skills
Highly developed oral and written communication skills
Interpersonal skills and good leadership skills
Able to travel as required

Responsibilities

Be an example of Principled Leadership and Excellence.
Develop and maintain an Advanced Quality organization (Local & Global) which is self-sustainable through planning, strategic recruitment, employee feedback mechanisms, motivation, assessment and development with robust cross functional dialogue, training & coaching.
Support warranty and liability reduction initiatives within all projects during quote and product development process (PDP) phases (i.e. QRB, Warranty Waiver letters …)
Create/update and roll out existing and new PHINIA procedures that will improve our product and process development
Ensure that advanced quality procedures/processes and tools are understood and rigorously applied on all ADV & PDP projects.
Manage Knowledge Library (K-lib) and ensure that K-Pac assessments are performed on-time at each PDP gate
Ensure Flawless Launches through strict execution of PDP and APQP requirements
Develop, maintain, track Advanced Quality KPI & objectives and report monthly those to all concerned functions (APQP roadmaps, PPAP …)
Escalate as appropriate significant project issues that may impact PHINIA warranty liability and support roadblocks removals
Attend and approve as appropriate ADV / PDP gate reviews at system level.
Support change management in plant for all engineering changes
Manage Advanced Quality budgets (TBC)
Promote within all functions the use of the following tools to improve quality throughout projects: APQP Tasks assessment in project server (under PM leadership)
BoR-BoS and associated Warranty Warning and Waiver process
CVM WRAM K-Lib / K-Pacs