Leads supplier quality and production-readiness activities for automotive components. Responsibilities include reviewing PPAPs, conducting supplier and incoming-inspection audits, managing containment and rejected-material disposition, resolving quality issues, supporting FMEA and control-plan reviews, coordinating gage and MSA activities, completing capability studies, monitoring SPC data, and maintaining IATF-16949 quality records.
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What we offer:At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.
Group Summary:The Magna Exteriors portfolio of products includes access systems such as liftgates, exterior trim, modular systems, front-end modules including fascia, active aerodynamic systems and other lightweight structural components for automotive, commercial truck and other industrial markets.
Recognized globally as an innovator in all aspects of vehicle exteriors, Magna provides everything needed, from materials development and design through manufacturing and assembly, to help automakers create sleek, state-of-the-art vehicles across the world.
Job Responsibilities:
- Lead a cross functional team required to ensure supplier production readiness. Review and approve supplier PPAPs.
- Determine incoming inspection processes and frequencies. Complete incoming inspection audits as required.
- Complete supplier audits to identify and eliminate possible failure modes with the supplier’s production operations.
- Issue written documentation to suppliers regarding quality issues. Assist in the resolution of any quality issues, ensure the proper methods for resolution are being followed.
- Manage sort and containment activity for supplier issues.
- Oversee the disposition of any rejected supplied components to ensure proper credit is received for non-conforming materials and other associated costs.
- Complete RMAs and supplier chargebacks to ensure cost is recovered from supplier impacts.
- Attend daily stop scrap reviews and disposition NC material daily to maintain minimal NC inventory.
- Respond promptly to customer concerns.
- Support cross-functional team in development of problem-solving documentation and auditing of Control Plans and FMEA’s.
- Understand customer problem solving tools and documentation to give effective communication back to the customer on issues.
- Complete gage reviews and track gages from start to finish including all necessary customer approvals.
- Coordinate MSA activity for gages.
- Complete capability studies in accordance with customer requirements for PPAP.
- Monitor ongoing SPC data and react accordingly to any issues found.
- Maintain quality records in accordance to IATF-16949 procedure(s).
Who we are looking for:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or appropriate job-related work experience.
- Must be a Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or successfully enroll in and complete the next available CQE certification course offering following placement into the position.
- Minimum five years’ experience, preferably in the automotive industry.
Your preferred qualifications:
- Demonstrated understanding of SPC analysis.
- Ability to read and understand blueprints/CAD drawings along with the ability to interpret the specs as well as GD&T callouts.
- Strong oral and written communication skills with demonstrated abilities to communicate with Customers, Suppliers, APQP cross-functional teams and internal management team, along with presentation of detailed reports.
At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That’s why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email or traditional mail to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.
AI-Assisted Screening Disclosure
As part of our commitment to a fair, consistent, and efficient recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the initial screening of applications submitted through our Workday system. These tools help identify qualifications and experience that align with the role requirements. Please note that AI is used solely to support our recruiters. Final decisions are always made by the hiring manager and the hiring team. Importantly, no applicant data is shared externally through these AI tools. All information remains securely within our systems and is handled in accordance with our privacy and data protection policies.
Under conditions defined by applicable law, you may have the right to request an explanation of how AI is used to support decision-making.
If you have any questions or concerns about this process, feel free to contact our Talent Attraction team.
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