Assistant Quality Manager

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ASSISTANT QUALITY MANAGER

DETROIT, MI - DETROIT CONNER PLANT

As a member of the Quality team, the Assistant Quality Manager will assist plan, coordinate, and direct quality programs designed to ensure continuous production of products consistent with established standards by performing the duties either personally or through subordinate staff members and monitors and maintains IATF 16949 systems in compliance to the latest standards.

The Role:

Your work will include, but not be limited to:

• Develop and analyze statistical data and product specifications to determine present standards and establish proposed quality and reliability expectancy of finished product.
• Direct workers engaged in inspection and testing activities to ensure continuous control over materials, facilities, and products.
• Plan, promote, and organize training activities related to product quality and reliability.
• Investigate customer complaints regarding quality and implement corrective action and containment as required.
• Act as IATF16949 management representative.
• Relay customer requirements to personnel at the facility.
• Prepare monthly reports on Key Quality Measurables.
• Prepare budget of quality operations.
• Assure adherence to the collective bargaining agreement.
• Follow ISO14001 and IATF16949 procedures/processes.
• Participate in plant recycling programs.
• Actively participate in self-directed work team model.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Contribute to the achievement of quality/management objectives by ensuring that quality policies, procedures, and processes are followed.

Advantages of working at Lear in the functional group:

• Emphasis on continuous improvement and read across among multiple plants and support groups
• Opportunity to develop plant Quality department to align with evolving customer requirements
• Direct participation in multidisciplinary internal and customer teams
• Quality department owned reporting structure

Your Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree (B.S. /B.A.); five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret the most complex documents.
• Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints.
• Ability to write speeches and articles using original or innovative techniques or style.
• Ability to make effective and persuasive speeches and presentations on controversial or complex topics to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations.
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
• Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
• Ability to deal with nonverbal symbolism (formulas, scientific equations, graphs, etc.) in its most difficult phases.
• Ability to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.

Bonus If You Have:

• IATF lead auditor certification
• JIT Quality management experience/working relationship with OEM customer
• Proficiency in APIS software
• Engineering educational background