Manager, Global Quality Governance

Manager, Global Quality Governance

The automotive industry is known for the high standards it imposes on all the participants in the value chain. Quality standards are driven by the Original Equipment Manufacturers and are usually governed by the ISO/TS 16949 Quality Management System. The Manager Global Quality Governance will be responsible for leading the Quality Governance organization. This role will implement and maintain processes improving quality globally. It will also ensure harmonization of these processes and policies.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Lead the Quality Governance organization including management of direct reports
• Deploy and control global QMS Governance
• Establish, implement and maintain processes (global procedures, global guidelines) needed for the Quality Management System – supervision of translation to local work instructions
• Coordinate Management Review
• Global harmonization of:
• Nonconforming Products & Activities
• Customer Complaint Management
• Quality Control (Analytical Testing Services)
• Auditing (internal / external)
• Prepare and supervise audit plans
• Control of documents and records
• Continuous Improvement Process
• Report the performance of the Quality Management System to Director Quality & Excellence
• Develop and improve measures of Quality Management Systems
• Communication of QMS related issues in the organization
• Control of preventive action fulfillment

Leadership Core Responsibilities:

• Coach and develop team members to reach their full potential
• Support development assignments and movement of talent across units
• Motivate and challenge to drive high performance
• Commit to "hiring the best" internally and externally
• Create an inclusive environment which embraces and derives value from diversity
• Execute performance and career development discussions
• Role model and enable development of competencies in others needed to implement

Our strategy:

• Establish and support a safety culture in which all accidents are preventable

Master's degree in an engineering or scientific discipline or higher

5+ years of experience in Quality Management, Product Stewardship or Continuous Improvement disciplines required

5+ years of leadership experience required

Expertise in Risk Management

Expertise in Project Management

Prior automotive quality experience preferred

Main competencies: Collaborate for Achievement, Drive Sustainable Solutions, Act with Entrepreneurial Drive

Leadership Expectations: As a leader, you will play a key role in creating value for the company through people. Our top candidate will be expected to enable greater personal success among our employees through quality people development, coaching, and performance management. Leaders at are role models to help employees develop the competencies needed to implement our strategy. Our expectation is that leaders will coach and develop team members to reach their full potential, and support relevant development assignments, opportunities and moves while motivating and challenging employees to drive high performance. Our leaders must be committed to "hiring the best" internally and externally at the same time they are creating an inclusive environment which embraces and derives value from diversity. Finally, a leader must establish and support our safety culture in which all accidents are preventable

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