Corporate Process Quality Specialist

The Corporate Process Quality Specialist is responsible for developing, deploying, auditing, and sustaining corporate-level Manufacturing Quality standards across North American operations. This role supports inspection standards, certification processes, QMS/SIS best practices, reactivity processes, Quality Certification line, Production Quality Gates, Stellantis Customer Audit, and other global/regional quality standards. The specialist serves as a subject-matter expert for process quality, providing hands-on support to assembly plants, conducting process assessments, ensuring regulatory and internal compliance, and driving standardization and continuous improvement.

Deliverables:

Job responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Develop, implement, and maintain corporate process and inspection standards

• Ensure consistent application of QMS, SIS fundamentals, PQG, SCA, and certification processes across NA plants

• Conduct process assessments to validate readiness, robustness, and compliance before process or product changes

• Support internal QMS/ISO audits and SIS fundamentals audits

• Ensure standards meet regulation, ISO requirements, and company expectations

• Develop and sustain Professional Inspection standards and best practices.

• Support Certification Line processes and government/regulatory practices related to manufacturing quality

• Execute or support process quality tasks within BIW, Paint, and General Assembly, including online inspection, torque auditing, control plans, PFMEAs, and traceability

• Analyze internal/external quality indicators to identify trends and validate quality control effectiveness

• Review and interpret MCV (Palantir) data to verify process performance

• Lead robust root-cause analysis activities to resolve issues and prevent recurrence

• Recommend and implement mistake-proofing and cost-effective quality improvements

• Represent the Voice of the Customer by ensuring customer-focused quality practices

• Support launch readiness and implementation of new methodologies in assembly manufacturing facilities

• Provide training and coaching on inspection standards, QMS/SIS best practices, and process quality expectations for hourly and salaried employees

• Share best practices globally to ensure alignment with North American process integrity

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree

• 5+ years of manufacturing or quality experience

• Strong communication skills, including ability to present technical content

• Experience with vehicle certification, inspection processes, and/or QMS

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (especially Excel) and quality data systems (MCV/Palantir)

• Demonstrated problem-solving and planning capability

• Ability to train in both classroom and shop-floor settings

• Ability to travel to North American assembly plants as needed

• Ability to work autonomously and meet tight deadlines

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with PQG, control plans, PFMEA, DVX/FTQ/DRL processes

• Experience with BIW, Paint, or General Assembly inspection and quality methods

• Strong data visualization and reporting skills

• Knowledge of SIS fundamentals and mistake-proofing strategies