Plant Quality Manager

The role of a Plant Quality Manager is to guarantee that all actions in the Plant comply with the requirements of the internal Quality Excellence System, and to do so considering customer, Quality, Division, Business Group and Corporate guidelines.

The main missions of the role are:

• Represent customer requirements internally. 

• Define Plant Quality objectives and monitor progress.

• Manage the Plant Quality System in accordance with the Corporate Excellence System.

• Define, staff, and develop the Plant Quality organization.

• Ensure the Plant's compliance with all Safety/regulation standards. 

• Report Quality results to all relevant parties and maintain Quality records/documentation 

• Collaborate with the Purchasing organization in all activities and initiatives concerning Supplier Quality Assurance. 

• Interrupt the manufacturing or the delivery of products when Quality is not assured. 

The ideal candidate will have/be:

• Degree: engineering preferred
• Minimum of 10 years of professional experience within the automotive industry
• Manufacturing experience, preferably in the automotive industry 
• Solid knowledge of Quality in Production 
• Effective communication skills
• JOEM customer relationship experience
• Japanese native speaker with conversational English abilities