Quality Director, Headliners

ANTOLIN•Shelby Township, MI

54d•Hybrid

About The Position

Antolin is a leading global automotive supplier specializing in designing, manufacturing, and supplying innovative solutions for vehicles. Their product portfolio includes trim, headliners, and acoustic systems, as well as lighting and other interior systems, focusing on quality, safety, and sustainability. Their products are used by major car brands worldwide. This role ensures the proper execution of product and process development phases by coordinating project quality activities, validating concepts, processes, and products according to customer and internal requirements. It also guarantees robust industrial implementation by supporting APQP, PPCR, IPA, CPA, and related milestones while ensuring compliance with Antolin procedures and customer standards.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related technical field or equivalent experience
Minimum 5 to 7 years of experience in a Quality function
3 to 5 years of direct supervisory experience
Professional and effective communication and representation skills.
Ability to sit, stand and have mobility to move around the office or manufacturing environment, when needed.
Ability to conduct extended computer work and lead discussions with employees.
Visits to customer facilities and plants may require extended standing and walking.
Ability to lift, move and manipulate parts required.
May require domestic and international travel

Responsibilities

Ensure implementation of the territory’s Quality strategic plan in accordance with the strategic direction of the GANA Executive Committee and Corporate Quality Function.
Ensure customer satisfaction thru management and improvement of territorial quality systems and resolution of customer issues.
Assist plants with customer meetings and provide direction/mentoring with problem solving.
Support Plant Quality functions to ensure consistent, standardized approach with regard to plant metrics and improvement plans.
Ensure Manufacturing best practices are communicated and implemented throughout all territorial facilities.
Assist with and ensure consistent implementation of the GA production system across all territorial facilities.
Able to ensure that all quality systems in the plants are aligned toward achieving overall strategic goals; continually communicate and reinforce the highest priority strategic initiatives to keep the plants focused on the right things; hold others accountable for meeting the needs of the total business rather than optimizing the performance of only their plant.
Ensures the quality system is established, implemented, and maintained in accordance with TS 16949 requirements.
Interface with customer quality representatives concerning problems with product quality and assure that effective corrective actions are implemented.
Develop a proactive culture for continuous improvement in processes and efficiency.
Completes other job related tasks as assigned