Specialist - Quality Control (VPC Improvement)

Position Summary:

Coordinate, monitor, and perform specialized analytical/technical processes related to vehicle/Vehicle Processing Center (VPC) functions, process improvement, and plant-wide Quality Initiative goals in an automotive manufacturing environment.

Essential Functions:

• Drive quality improvement of quality issues through analysis, investigation, and resolution.
• Analyze and trend quality data to determine direction for issue improvement.
• Gather early customer quality data, prioritize, drive and track improvement on the issues during new model introduction and support quality improvement activities on current model.
• Serve as liaison between the Quality Control (QC) Department and Production Division for new model launch projects.  Serve as QC coordinator for the Global Quality Management System (GQMS) used at the VPC.
• Provide testing support for designers and other affiliate organizations.
• Monitor and control HMMA QC interests in the VPC inspection and process flow.
• Coordinate, monitor, and/or participate in plant-wide quality promotion activities and ensure effective communication between all key stakeholders to meet or exceed established goals/expectations.
• Coordinate data acquisition of campaigns from responsible departments and log results, countermeasure follow-up.
• Participate in all related meetings/activities (Engineering Change meetings) and stay up-to-date on progress.
• Capture and analyze quality data from the VPC and develop system to feedback upstream for improvement.
• Lead and drive improvement for First Time through (FTT) concerns, repetitive concerns, and field issues.
• Lead and chair VPC Quality task force teams and meetings.
• Provide support and knowledge to identify root cause, implement permanent countermeasures.
• Provide support and knowledge for all VPC concerns to related base departments.
• Administer, coordinate, and comply with all Business Management System (BMS), Environmental Management System (EMS), and Safety Management System (SMS) requirements.
• Meet all other requirements as assigned.

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent preferred

Related Experience:

• 0 – 10 years job related experience preferred
• Experience in automotive manufacturing, New Model Launch teams, and Quality Control desired 

Skills / Knowledge:

• Word
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Access
• Alignment Equipment (Hunter) preferred
• Wheel Balancers (Hunter) preferred
• Data-Myte Tool usage preferred 

Additional Information:

Position may require occasional travel (domestic or foreign). Flexibility in working hours to include weekends, holidays, and off shift. Position may require on-call duty or overtime due to overall responsibility.