What are the responsibilities and job description for the Automotive Quality Systems Manager position at Valeo?
Key Responsibilities
This exciting role involves managing multiple responsibilities that will drive the success of our organization.
- Coordinate Quality System audits according to the audit schedule
- Support readiness for ISO, IATF, VDA, and customer certification audits, performing pre-audits as necessary
- Conduct internal audits (Process audits – project audits, StEDE…) to identify discrepancies vs. the standard
- Prepare the Quality System Management review, providing deployment status to management staff
- Train personnel on process audits and certify them as assistant Product Quality Assurance (PQA) auditors and internal ISO/TS auditors
- Ensure Internal Procedures/Polices are aligned with Customer and Automotive industry requirements
- Coordinate Incident Management System activities
- Perform Quality reporting (Reliability, coherence, transparency)
- Organize self-assessments and pre-audits for customer audits (MMOG, Supplier Health Check, QSB etc.)
- Maintain Customer Scorecards properly
- Develop, tune, and set up process automation stations to enhance efficiency and quality performance, as well as flow management improvement and ergonomic workstations
- Prepare specifications for machines, supervise new machine start-ups, and ensure APU's organization complies with health and safety and quality rules
- Implement Plant industrial plans and prepare engineering investments (IAR's)
- Assess and receive process stations
- Responsible for process development schedules in line with CLEAN
- Respect and ensure respect of safety and Valeo Production System rules and guidelines during process development
- Improve the TRP of equipments supporting the improvement of the performance
- Propose and implement Continuous Improvement ideas, focusing on Cycle Time reduction of automated cells and bottlenecks
- Responsible for all quality and process-related documentation
- Alert managers when standards are not met
- Ensure lines have necessary equipment and spares to avoid downtime
- Work on connection of PLCs to Manufacturing Execution System, with error codes management & traceability features implementation
This position requires someone who can manage competing priorities and drive results through effective planning and execution.
