Head of Quality (Internal Factory) I

Location

FORVIA HELLA is a listed, international automotive supplier. Coming together with Faurecia in the FORVIA Group, we build the world's seventh largest supplier of automotive technologies. As a global market leader in high-growth areas, FORVIA employs 157,000 people worldwide. FORVIA HELLA therein stands for high-performance lighting technology and automotive electronics. At the same time, we cover a broad service and product portfolio for the spare parts and workshop business as well as for manufacturers of special vehicles with our Business Group Lifecycle Solutions. With around 37,500 employees at over 125 locations, the Company is active worldwide and generated adjusted sales of € 8.1 billion on a preliminary basis in the fiscal year 2023.

YOUR TASKS

Job Objective

Management of the internal quality organization, control and implementation of methods and processes for ensuring quality as well as intervention and solution finding in comprehensive quality procedures with the affected internal and external positions as well as with quality management

Cooperation in quality-relevant incidents, including suspension of delivery due to defective parts

Ensuring and complying with the legally mandated COP (conformity of production) requirements in inspections during series production of the products to be manufactured in the plant for the license holder and the obligation to immediately inform both the managing director and the license holder of any deviations from the legally mandated values

Duties And Responsibilities

• Quality management system
• -Fulfillment of customer-specific requirements based on the Hella Quality Management System to preserve long-term competitiveness nationally and internationally
• -Train the employees to ensure qualifications
• Quality improvement plan
• -Responsible to develop, maintain and pursuit continues improvement plans (budget, quality targets)
• Audits
• -Plan and supervise internal process and product audits and manage deviations by taking corrective actions
• -Support and supervise external systems and process audits and manage deviations by taking corrective actions
• Product quality
• -Monitoring of quality performance, detection of quality and service problems including introducing corrective actions, checking their effectiveness and customer communication
• Quality in the Time-to-Market process
• -Intervention and/or reporting in the event of quality problems in production to product/process development and influencing the implementation of corrective actions in new developments, to ensure an error-free start of production through stable and capable processes and methods
• Quality reporting
• -Reporting to the plant management on relevant quality topics, quality KPI’s (metrics) and trend of Quality costs
• Leadership
• -Deploying employees corresponding to their qualifications within the relevant structure. Instructing and supporting employees in a target-oriented and motivating manner to fulfill the tasks
• -Guiding, instructing and supporting employees in function-related tasks
• -Responsible for hiring and performance evaluation as well as qualification demands
  
  
  

Your Qualifications

+5 year of experience in the same position and area.

Dealing with OEM's

Knowledge and use of Core tools

IATF 16949

Control Plan

Knowledge of electronic component manufacturing and lamp construction

Project management

Knowledge in electronic assembly and components

Control KPIs :scrap, ppms, warranty and cost

Leadership & Team Building | Experience with direct staff

Conflict resolution

Sense of urgency

Even if you do not meet all our requirements, do not hesitate to apply to us, because the further development of our employees is very important to us and opens up a wide range of opportunities for you in our company.

FORVIA HELLA stands for the variety of all employees. Inclusion and diversity are firmly anchored in our company culture. We are continuously looking for new team players and welcome applications from all interested parties, regardless of their ethical and social background, age, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation or identity.

Please send us your application via our career portal, stating your salary requirements and earliest possible starting date, with the reference number req16302.

ANA MORAN