Director of Quality

Webasto is seeking a details oriented and motivated leader to join our team as a Director of Quality at our North American headquarters in Auburn Hills, MI. What you will do – Essential Responsibilities: • Manage the quality team and develop quality understanding, -strategy and -processes in R&C • Lead R&C quality function to ensure stakeholder management and engagement with cross-functional global teams • Review, report and improve quality performance (customer satisfaction, quality cost, process performance data etc.) and provide strategic direction to improve quality performance • Ensure successful and on-time completion of customer quality tasks within PEP • Lead complaint-handling systems, ensuring timely reporting, adequate root cause investigations and compliance to schedule on resulting action items • Develop and implement a standardized and sustainable Problem Solving system. • Monitor, measure, and report on quality escalation issues. Engage and drive improvement activity plans to achieve targets within the appropriate timescales. • Monitor the implementation of Operational Quality Standards in-line with corporate and customer expectations. • Monitor Regional Performance KPI’s and surveillance of activities to reach the targeted results. • Drive and support regional activities to achieve high quality performance results in-line with Internal Quality Award requirements • Drive and support regional activities to meet the highest level Customer Certification requirements (Eg. A-Rating). The minimum requirements you will need: • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related field • Minimum 10 years experience in the area of Quality Management • Minimum 5 years Managerial experience. • Strong leadership capabilities (e.g. functional) • Change agent capabilities – Persuasive & Assertive skills • Good knowledge of VDA 6.3 and IATF16949:2009 requirements • Excellent Problem Solver • Extensive knowledge of key Quality tools & methods (8D, FMEA, SPC, PPAP, APQP) • Good knowledge and customer requirements & expectations • High Customer focus and drive • Experienced customer interfacing • Good technical analytical skills – 6 Sigma capabilities preferred • Computer literate - Good MS-Office, SAP-QM, QAD skills • Willingness to travel local & International • Good knowledge of customer technical specifications How we work together Our Culture – Our Values We deliberately associate the first two words of our vision with our culture. Here, the word “Our ...” stands for all of us, for us as a team – across all departments, plants, regions and business units. The term “… Inspiration” embodies both the passion for our business and our intrinsic motivation. Because what it takes for a vision to become reality is a team of people who are highly motivated as they strive for the same goal together. • Responsibility with a Long-Term View • Passion for Quality and Innovation • Hearts and Minds for our Customers • Embracing Cooperation and Improvement • Courageously Optimistic What you will get When you join the Webasto team, you will enjoy good excellent compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that includes vacation time, paid sick time, medical, dental and vision insurance, 401k and much more. You will also • Competitive pay • Health coverage for you and your family • Generous number of vacation days each year • Paid sick time • 401k with company match • Professional development opportunities • A work environment where we are One Webasto Family & live by our values!

Salary : $100,000 - $152,000