Head of Quality Seats

As a successful family-owned company on a path to global growth, the Brose Group offers challenging responsibilities and exciting career opportunities to performance-driven, skilled specialists with solid professional knowledge and proven career expertise who wish to contribute to our company’s success.

Your tasks

• Monitor and improve all measurable quality KPIs for current production programs.
• Establish an effective process for warranty analysis, improvement, and communication between the customer, BNA, and the NAFTA Manufacturing Facilities.
• Responsible for driving the Brose Problem Solving Process to increase our problem solving acumen in our manufacturing facilities and business divisions.
• Identify and implement Brose Quality Methods and drive best business practices to improve the product quality and reduce the Balance of Failure Cost. 
• Manage NAFTA Top Q process, QORS, and customer-escalated issues.
• Assure timely program reviews (quality gates), flawless launches and quality failure prevention by effective implementation of FMEA and Lessons Learned methods.
• Ensure RFMEAs are supported and completed on all launch products.
• Train and mentor employees in the quality organization.
• Work with the Customer Teams, Quality Staff at BNA and Brose Manufacturing Facilities to close and avoid quality concerns, both internal and external.
• Main interface function to quality method (PFM, safe launch, BBR, Process and Product Audits, etc…) of Brose Group concerning roll-out, execution, evaluation, and lessons learned.

 

Your Profile

• Bachelor degree in related field
• 8-10 years of experience
• Must have working knowledge of Brose Products sold in the NAFTA Region.
• Must have direct working knowledge of quality methods (BBR, PFM, Safe Launch.
• Must be familiar with core tools of automotive quality (I.e. PPAP, MSA, 8D, etc…)
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word), GD&T, and problem solving techniques.
• SAP experience is preferred, but not required. 
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, &/or governmental regulations. 
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, procedures, &/or instructions. 
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers, clients, customers, &/or suppliers.

Brose offers a high-tech work environment and a wide range of benefits. Along with competitive performance-based compensation and health insurance, our employees also benefit from attractive social and family-oriented programs throughout our North American locations*. Our benefits packages include comprehensive medical and insurance. Brose also provides educational assistance and a variety of community outreach, family, and sporting events. Flexible working hours and a collaborative work environment give our employees the freedom to balance work and personal life. Brose believes in investing in people. We offer a wide range of development programs with great opportunity for individual growth through training, international or regional assignments and tailored career paths. Our objective is to provide our employees the tools necessary to live a balanced life, experience a rewarding work environment and contribute to our surrounding communities.

*Benefits package may vary slightly per location