Main responsibilities and duties

She/he introduces, monitors and validates the good practices for Quality procedures of Products/Process

• Acts as the Customer representative within the Production team, and therefore ensures the respect of the customer’s requirements, targets and satisfaction;
• Takes part in QRQCs,
• Is bound by the duty to alert his manager in the event of risks (for instance: Quality incident, failure to control a significant characteristic, etc.) with no identified satisfactory solution and involving potential or real reputation or financial impacts internally or at the Customer;
• Ensures the deployment and implementation of the Quality tools and procedures in production;
• Coordinates the problem solving activities (AKWEL Customers for 0km or Warranty return, AKWEL Inter-sites and/or AKWEL Suppliers incidents, alerts, etc.) and/or put forward the appropriate tools/measures. She/He verifies the action plan efficiency.
• Is aware and follows up the control of significant characteristic in production by identifying the sensitive processes,
• Performs the QSE² audits (VDA6.3, FIEV, LPA, product or other equivalent audits), and follows up the relevant action plans when necessary on AKWEL manufacturing plants or AKWEL suppliers,
• Ensures the introduction of suitable measures at the customer according to the performance, risks and results;
• Works in close collaboration with Production teams, Project team, purchasing teams and/or AKWEL Suppliers teams if need be; and assists them in the event of problems (customer or internal) related to products/processes. He manages the concession and containment (rework / quality wall) activities for AKWEL Customers and/or AKWEL Inter-sites,
• Conduct the acceptance of AKWEL inter-sites or AKWEL Suppliers,
• Takes part in the continuous improvement of processes performance by issuing proposals and contributing to the continuous improvement plan.
• She/he ensures that our suppliers meet our agreements

Requirements

Qualifications and Experience

• Technical university education and Quality training strengthened by 3 years of experience preferably, in the automotive industry.

Professional abilities

• Autonomy, organizational abilities and interpersonal skills
• Synthetic and analytical thinking, integrity, rigor, and tenacity
• Oral and written competencies; ability to communicate succinctly the quality standpoint
• Good IT skills (MS Office, PDM, Customer scorecards and customer Portals),
• Proficiency in English; knowledge of some other customer language(s), such as French, German, Chinese, are recommended.

Technical knowledge

• Knowledge of core automotive Quality tools, such as: QSE2 audit supports (customer, pre‑production, and/or VDA 6.3), Control Plan, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Measurement System Analysis (MSA), Problem-Solving (8D, etc.) approach, QRQC approach
• Knowledge of Production Part Approval Process (PPAP);
• Technical skills; ability to analyze and understand all technical decisions made by the project team
• Knowledge of Functional Analysis and FMEA (Product, Process, etc.);
• Basic knowledge of Project Development steps, Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP);
• Knowledge of AKWEL QSE²MS MAN02, CLI03 and CLI05, including AKWEL Manufacturing System;
• Knowledge of automotive customer specific requirements affecting the product line
• Basic knowledge of QSE2 management standards (IATF 16949, ISO 9000, ISO 14001…)

If you are interested in this role and believe that you meet the requirements, please forward your CV and cover letter at: hr.vbg@akwel-automotive.com before 2023-04-16.

Please note that incomplete application will not be considered.