Salary Range: $20,000 MXN gross per month

Position Summary The Quality Analyst is responsible for leading quality-related activities within the plant, ensuring compliance with customer requirements, IATF 16949 standards, internal procedures, and regulatory requirements. The role drives continuous improvement, customer satisfaction, product conformity, and operational excellence while managing quality systems, customer relations, supplier quality, and problem-solving activities.

Key Responsibilities

- Maintain and improve the Quality Management System in compliance with IATF 16949 and ISO 9001.
- Support in internal, customer, and certification audits.
- Monitor KPIs and quality performance metrics.
- Ensure implementation and maintenance of Control Plans, PFMEA, and Process Flow Diagrams.
- Monitor production quality performance and drive defect reduction initiatives.
- Lead containment actions and root cause investigations.
- Support supplier development and supplier quality improvement activities.
- Monitor supplier performance and manage supplier corrective actions.
- Participate in supplier audits when required.

Continuous Improvement

- Lead problem-solving methodologies including:
- 8D
- 5 Why
- Ishikawa
- PDCA
- DMAIC




- Promote Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement culture.
- Drive cost-of-poor-quality reduction initiatives.

Product Safety & Compliance

- Support Product Safety and Regulatory Compliance activities.

Team Management
- Lead and develop Laboratory personnel.
- Establish performance objectives and development plans.
- Promote a strong quality culture throughout the organization.

Requirements Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Industrial, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Automotive, or related field).

Experience
- Minimum 2years of experience in automotive quality department.
- Experience with Tier-1 or Tier-2 automotive suppliers.

Technical Knowledge
- - IATF 16949
- VDA 6.3
- APQP
- PPAP
- FMEA (AIAG-VDA)
- SPC
- MSA
- Control Plans
- 8D Methodology
- Core Tools
- Customer Specific Requirements

Languages
- Intermediate English (mandatory).

Desired Competencies
- Leadership
- Strategic Thinking
- Decision Making
- Customer Focus
- Conflict Resolution
- Negotiation Skills
- Analytical Thinking
- Results Orientation

Location

Colón, Querétaro, Mexico

Reporting To

Quality Manager

📌 Automotive Quality Analyst JR (Colón)
🏢 Kros Automotive México
📍 Colón