Regional Quality Technical Manager

ASTEMO AMERICAS, INC.Quality Management

Job Description:

Job Purpose

Execute BRBU Regional Quality strategy to support successful program launches, support sites/ROD on critical quality issues.

Area of Accountabilities & Key Activities

Quality Assurance on new projects development

• Perform project quality audits during APQP phases, from customer kick-off through project gates (PG1–PG4), including PPAP, Run at Rate, and SOP.
• Support the team to follow customer quality requirements and lessons learned are applied
• Proactively escalate deviations impacting compliance, product quality, or SOP timing.
• Support shipment release decisions based on quality risk assessment and containment status.
• Support BU quality tasks on Change Management (CHM) activities are properly executed according to customer requirements, with risks identified, assessed, and mitigated.

Quality Assurance in mass production phase

• Maintain regional quality KPI dashboards with updated performance metrics, risk status, and action plan progress.
• Support proper escalation and management of severe quality issues.
• Support horizontal deployment of lessons learned
• Perform a gap assessment on the Gemba in regards with Astemo standards

Communication/ Regional governance

• Facilitate communication between ROD, BU and central functions

Customer escalation management

• Support customer escalations and maintain aligned between ROD and BU

Profile

Key Professional Competencies

Hard technical skills directly related to the job function:

• Knowhow in quality processes, standards and tools
• Product Liability knowledge
• Change management skills
• Crisis management skills
• Problem solving tools
• Fluent English

Key Personal  Competencies

Soft behavior or personal skills related to the individual capacity to execute a job task or responsibility:

• Analytical & Problem Solving
• Managerial Courage
• Implementation & Results Orientation
• Relationship Building & Networking
• Stress & Pressure / Being Resilient

Qualification: Bachelor lor/Master degree in Engineering or equivalent

Experience: At least 5 years of experience in automotive industry

• Qualification in: APQP, PPAP, ISO/TS… familiar with Honda, Ford quality system.

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) – Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, identity, disability, protected veteran status and national origin.

At Astemo, we’re challenging the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. Our goal is to build an inclusive work environment that celebrates the differences of our employees. We want to ensure that every employee feels valued, respected and empowered. We don’t just accept difference—we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. Astemo is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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