Industry: Automotive – Interior Components

Location: Jesús María, Aguascalientes

Work Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Job Overview

The Quality Manager will be responsible for overseeing the plant's overall quality function, including the quality management system, in-process quality control, new projects, supplier quality, customer complaints, and quality team management.

The position will ensure compliance with customer requirements, IATF 16949 standards, and applicable EHS regulations, while maintaining stable serial production and driving continuous quality improvement.

Key Responsibilities

1. Quality System & Audit Management

- Maintain and continuously improve the plant's IATF 16949 Quality Management System.
- Standardize and implement quality tools and procedures.
- Coordinate internal, customer, and third-party certification audits.
- Lead corrective actions and ensure timely closure of audit non-conformities.

2. In-Process Quality Control

- Oversee product quality throughout all manufacturing processes, including injection molding, blow molding, wrapping, painting/spraying, and assembly.
- Identify and resolve recurring quality issues.
- Reduce process abnormalities, defects, and scrap rates.
- Establish preventive actions to improve production quality.

3. Incoming & Finished Product Quality

- Manage incoming material inspection and supplier quality controls.
- Ensure proper inspection standards for raw materials and components.
- Standardize finished-product inspection, packaging, warehousing protection, and outbound delivery controls.
- Prevent product mixing, damage, contamination, and other quality risks.

4. New Projects & Engineering Change Management

- Lead quality activities for new projects, including APQP, risk assessment, trial production, and PPAP approval.
- Identify and mitigate quality risks associated with engineering, process, or material changes.




- Ensure quality requirements are incorporated throughout the project development process.

5. Customer Complaint Management

- Lead the investigation and resolution of customer complaints.
- Coordinate 8D analysis and corrective/preventive actions.
- Manage critical quality incidents and ensure effective root-cause analysis.
- Minimize customer impact and financial losses resulting from quality issues.

6. Supplier Quality Management

- Conduct supplier quality audits and evaluations.
- Monitor supplier performance and incoming quality.
- Develop and implement supplier improvement plans.
- Drive quality improvement initiatives with key suppliers.

7. KPI Management & Data Analysis

- Monitor and analyze key quality performance indicators.
- Prepare periodic quality reports for management.
- Identify quality trends and recurring issues.
- Ensure effective follow-up and closed-loop resolution of outstanding quality problems.

8. Quality Team Management

- Lead and organize the daily activities of the Quality Department.
- Establish objectives and monitor team performance.
- Conduct performance evaluations.
- Identify training needs and develop employee capabilities.
- Promote team stability and reduce employee turnover.

9. Shopfloor Quality Management

- Ensure implementation of 5S and quality standards on the production floor.
- Identify and prevent on-site quality risks.
- Prevent part mixing, surface contamination, improper handling, and other product quality issues.
- Promote a strong quality culture throughout the plant.

Mandatory Requirements

- Bachelor's degree completed.
- 12+ years of professional experience in Quality.
- Experience in the automotive industry, preferably with automotive interior components.
- Strong experience with IATF 16949.
- Experience leading quality systems and audits.
- Experience with APQP and PPAP.
- Experience with 8D and customer complaint management.
- Experience in supplier quality management.
- Experience managing quality teams.
- Advanced English.
- Mexican nationality.
- Willingness to work in Aguascalientes.

📌 Gerente de calidad (Jesús María)
🏢 LINKEAZI
📍 Jesús María