Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide Leadership, discipline, and support to ensure the highest safety, housekeeping (5S), and professionalism within the department
• Act as main liaison between Program Management, OEM Plant level contacts, and the plant launch team to ensure program milestones are met and all risks to successful launches are mitigated.
• Coordinate plant activities, and provide resources to manufacturing, maintenance and engineering and execution regarding designation of Special Characteristics, SPC, Process Capability
• Ensure the PPAP process is initiated internally and externally as defined in the AIAG PPAP manual
• Coordinate installation and launch of all production equipment and tooling.
• Ensure achievement of process, equipment, and facility FMEA.
• Directly responsible to keep updated on customer APQP requirements
• Act as a liaison between the plant and customers on product quality and program timing issues
• Responsible for establishing inspection standards to ensure product quality according to customer standards
• Develop/Implement/Manage lab testing activities for incoming product(s) and all third-party tests as required
• Reviews all data obtained during all quality control and quality assurance activities to ensure consistency with customer requirements and company policies/procedures
• Keeps management team abreast of significant issues or developments identified during launch activities and actions being taken to improve the situation
• Directly responsible for inspection method buy-off and MSA requirements
• Implement/Support a 100-product audit (random quality checks included, but not limited to, part quality and packaging specifications) program
• Ensure compliance with all related IATF 16949 and ISO-14001 policies and procedures
• Participate in all plant-wide communications
• Assist other Autoneum plants as necessary
• Responsible for all dimensional verification/validation (PPAP, pre-launch, etc.)
• Coordinate, monitor and assemble all required documentation for successful run at rate demonstration
• Perform or direct inspection of pre-launch shipments
• Lead problem solving and preventative action for customer program launch issues
• Responsible for managing and completing all customer documentation for new model launch(s) in a timely manner
• Responsible for the following APQP requirements:

1. Engineering – Layout approvals, RFQ review, review proposed manufacturing processes, training, etc.
2. Quality-SPC planning, Measurement System Analysis Capability study, blueprint review, PPAP readiness, and Launch Readiness Review
3. Production -Poke-Yoke, TS documentation (flow charts, PFMEA, FMEA, CP, etc.), cell readiness, start of shift checklist, run at rate, training, 5S, etc.

• Coordinate Run at Rate activities in compliance to customer launch schedule
• Coordinate PPAP compliance to customer launch schedule

• Directly responsible for all process performance related problems (including safety, quality, and productivity) in a timely manner.  Using effective root cause analysis methodology which includes, but is not limited to, Six Sigma tools, daily meeting, data collection, fish bone diagrams, 5-whys, brainstorming exercises, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, etc.
• Directly responsible for Standard Work, FMEA, Control Plans, WI’s and Process Flows
• Leads a cross-functional team in the APQP and PPAP processes. Assumes direct responsibility for FMEA’s, Control Plans, Process Flows and Standard Work documents
• Responsible to oversee the manufacturing of all pre-production samples (prototype and PPAP) for all new product launches
• Responsible for initial training of new production process launches
• Manage internal/external maintenance resources and/or outside contractors as required
• Comply with all facility safety guidelines and ensure safe work practices are followed
• Ability to apply effective root cause analysis methodology which includes, but is not limited to, Six Sigma tools, daily meetings, data collection, fish bone diagrams, 5-whys, brainstorming exercises, etc. for CAR requirements
• Conduct Layered Process audits, per required schedule
• Attend production support meetings, New Model Launch CFT meetings, and monthly Change Management meetings
• Communicate effectively with all levels of the organization to ensure issues are addressed and resolved in a timely manner

Education / Experience preferred

• Bachelor's degree in technical or related field or equivalent work experience
• Minimum of three years of experience dealing with Quality systems, procedures and practices for an automotive supplier in a manufacturing environment
• Thorough understanding of IATF 16949 and APQP procedures and requirements
• Lean Manufacturing Experience is a plus

Language Ability

• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedures

• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, employees, and customers

Math Ability

• Basics math skills are required.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to interpret instructions and deal with abstract and concrete variables

Computer Skills

• Proficient in MS Office software (inc. PowerPoint, Word, Project, and Excel) and Lotus notes
• Minitab