Team Leader Production Quality Specialty Gaskets

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensuring the quality produced in series production
• Ensuring the use of quality improvement programs and monitoring the product quality and scrap rate: error analyses, Continuous Improvement Process (Scrap Problem Solving), tracking remedial and improvement measures as specified by the QM
• Drawing up and implementing local BU quality standards in coordination with BU Production Quality (quality-related work instructions, list of limit samples, etc.)
• Advising and training the technical departments in all matters relating to quality
• Assisting the technical department with customer audits for the Business Unit, incl. monitoring the remedial measures
• Initiating and coordinating the 8D process, incl. the associated internal documentation and the customer portals
• Training of the production team in quality related issues, i.e. use of SAP QM, work instructions, quality philosophy etc
• Reporting KPIs in the assigned area
• Carrying out audits (multi-shift audits, process audits, product audits, 5S audits, LPA, etc.)
• Assisting the technical department with PFMEA
• Defining remedial measures based on the product re-qualification results
• Further individual tasks (only if necessary):
• Assisting the Quality Blocked material inventory management, incl. the associated internal KPI`s and its reports.
• Responsible to monitor and control internal KPI`s and its respective boards.
• Responsible to ensure Shopfloor Meeting is updated.
• Assisting the Quality Process Inspectors with correlated activities such as, new process controls implementation, SAP-QM orientation, Shift notes.
• Responsible to define and monitor Scrap Problem Solving activities and results.

Minimum Requirements:

• Completed bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering or similar relevant subject
• At least 4 years of professional experience in similar role or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Prior experience with FORD and/or GM customer service preferred
• Prior SAP experience preferred