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Stellantis•Auburn Hills, MI

About The Position

The Project Quality Manager is part of the Cross Carline and Project Engineering Team, which supports vehicle development by ensuring program-level feasibility and target setting. The role oversees quality objectives for the vehicle program and manages the activities needed to advance, consolidate, and track them. The manager is accountable for meeting quality targets and ensuring the team executes quality processes from Pre-Contract Commitment through Start of Production and throughout the vehicle lifecycle.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field.
Minimum of 8 years of automotive experience, preferably including plant quality experience.
Broad quality knowledge.
Excellent communication skills, including the ability to present ideas and concepts successfully to all levels of management.
Excellent relationship-building skills and ability to work in a cross-functional team environment.
Ability to manage change productively.
Strong program management and team leadership skills.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Engineering.
Program lifecycle experience.
Experience in resident or quality engineering.
Experience in various BICEEP disciplines.

Responsibilities

Ensure customer quality objectives are achieved for assigned vehicles from concept through mass production.
Prepare monthly summaries of results and updated forecasts for overall program quality KPIs and milestones.
Drive engineering teams to address design anomalies detected in the field or at the plant.
Propose and request yard holds and campaigns; initiate yard-hold requests when necessary and complete the information needed to execute retrofits or rework, such as spare-parts requirements.
Ensure quality deliverables are met for modifications to vehicles in mass production.
Organize and manage root-cause analysis for anomalies detected during development and the start of mass production.
Provide quality advice on proposed technical modifications (PEPP).
Manage follow-up of product and process results, including APQP, and establish preventive and corrective actions needed to meet quality deliverables.
Build partnerships internally and externally and influence without direct authority.
Represent the Voice of the Customer to platform teams.
Clarify expectations, minimize political hurdles, and support team success.
Demonstrate commitment to delivering results and championing achievements.