Primary Function - Job Summary:
Manages, monitors, and improves Quality Management System to ensure compliance with IATF16949, Customer Specific Requirements (CSRs), EQS and Goverment regulations. Key duties include maintaining documentation, conducting audits, analyzing performance data, and implementing corrective actions together with the multidisciplinary Team.
Essential Functions - Job Responsibilities:
QUALITY MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT:
a) Define clear, simple affective procedures for all operations and ensure they are well-documented and followed to ensure consistency and compliance with IAT16949, CSRs and EQS requirements.
b) Foster a culture of quality by training staff on best practices, empowering them to solve problems, and involving them in the improvement process.
c) Ensure executive-level involvement to align the QMS with organizational goals and provide necessary resources.
d) Use the PDCA Cycle (Plan-Do-Check-Act) to regularly review system performance, identify improvement opportunities, and implement changes to enhance the effectiveness of the system.
e) Responsible for collecting data and ensure timely reporting of key quality metrics
DOCUMENTS CREATION & CONTROL:
a) Establishing and maintaining systems to store, track, and retrieve records.
b) Ensuring documents are up-to-date, accurate, properly reviewed, and that superseded versions are removed from circulation.
c) Managing the flow of documents between teams, clients, and departments.
d) Ensuring all documents meet industry-specific regulations and company standards.
AUDIT PLANNING, EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL AUIDTS:
a) Establishing the objectives, timeline, and areas or processes to be reviewed, such as specific regulations, internal policies, manufacturing processes, administrative processes.
b) Creating a formal report detailing audit findings, including areas of non-compliance, control deficiencies, and recommendations for improvement.
c) Implementing action plans to correct non-conformities and providing training on Problem Solving to address gaps.
RISK ASSESSMENT:
a) Evaluating the organization’s controls, identifying potential gaps in compliance with IATF16949, CSRs, EQS requirements or regulatory, and assessing the risk of non-compliance.
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT:
a) Analyze quality data, identify trends, and implement corrective/preventive actions (CAPA) to improve processes.
b) Coach and assist in the development of documentation Control Plans, PFMEA’s PPAP’s, MSA, APQP, SPC.
c) Participate in Kaizen events, Lean Council and Continuous Improvement teams when required. Generate ideas for improvement according with the local programs. Implement and optimize Lean Management tools. Sustain the ELLS tools (VSM, 5´s, TMP, STW, Set up, Problem Solving, Materials Management and 6 Sigma) to drive the continuous improvement performance when apply.
d) Obtain knowledge of corporate processes and procedures, be familiar whit the corporate SharePoint perform a minimum review once a year in order to prevent them from being misaligned whit internal processes and procedures.
e) Participate in & lead multidisciplinary problem-solving team & teach problem solving tools such as 8Ds, A3, FTA, Ishikawa, Pareto, etc.
f) Demonstrate the application of the 8 CIF modules and support related initiatives on daily basis through establishing, maintaining and complying with his/her Standard Work and other tools.
