BU QUALITY METHODS PROFESSIONAL

Responsibilities & Activities

Outline the key areas of responsibility for this position, including the related activities and eventual authorities

Responsibility 1: Establishes and manages program specific quality timeline with Program Manager

• Activity 1.1 Coordinates all necessary PPAP related activities (dimensional, testing, homologation) with Product Engineer, Supplier Quality Engineer and representative of Plant Quality
• Activity 1.2 Coordinates and performs internal/external pre-production process audits
• Activity 1.3 Analyzes prototype quality with initialization of necessary corrective actions (tolerances, dimensions, production process etc.)
• Activity 1.4 Approves in conjunction with respective Process Development Engineer POKA-YOKE devices on prototype and production equipment
• Activity 1.5 Establishes the necessary relations with the respective employees at the customer (project related)
• Activity 1.6 Identifies and alerts quality risks and deviations within the scope of the project. Has the responsibility and authority to stop production and or program design in the event of Unchangeable violations and quality risks
• Activity 1.7 Coaches and guides the platform team members regarding the utilization of quality tools concerning method, capitalization, (including warranty and quality history review) and product standards
• Activity 1.8 Represents Quality during engineering change approval process through SOP
• Activity 1.9 Participates on design reviews (platform and project related)
• Activity 1.10 Supports Plant Quality Team during launch up to 6 months after SOP
• Activity 1.11 Actively participate in continuous improvement and corrective action activities

Responsibility 2: Ensure the quality of trials and new product to achieve customer and company requirements

• Activity 2.1 Measuring & collecting data of product characteristics to reporting on statistical results
• Activity 2.2 Ensure IATF & QSB systems assuring gaps are identified and open issues are closed out.
• Activity 2.3 Activity 2.4 Maintain history of data on key processes identifying change point history and retrieval.
• Activity 2.4 Develop training modules, approved by QEM, All QE department need to been trained, testing verification on file.
• Activity 2.5 Preparation of PPAP to obtain the customer approval of new programs
• Activity 2.6 To be part of new product development team
• Activity 2.7 Support the development of QA work instructions, check sheets, final inspection records and provide approval

Responsibility 3: Coordinates and assures the establishment of all quality relevant tasks within the platform project

• Activity 3.1 Participating and moderating design & process FMEA’s
• Activity 3.2 Participating and/or moderating Significant/Critical Characteristics (SC/CC) and Key Product/Control Characteristics (KPC/KCC) selection meetings

• Activity 3.3 Definition & support of the project related quality file according to internal & external requirements including control plan for prototypes, pre-serial products and first serial production

Responsibility 4: The staff is responsible to develop final audits, responsible to approve APQP (SRV) & R@R, responsible to approve and release the production, responsible of new model launching, responsible to approve new tooling and responsible of technical support.