Responsibilities: - Preparation of necessary documents, presentations and reports - Monitoring compliance with factory standards - Adherence to strategies to achieve the specified departmental goals - Collaboration and further development of cross-departmental processes - Monthly tracking of key performance indicators - Carrying out supplier audits and tracking action plans - Execution of process approvals and performance tests at the supplier's site - Execution of product and process release according to VDA Volume 2 (EMPB, PPAP) - Consistent tracking of supplier action plans and checking their effectiveness - Negotiation of quality assurance guidelines - Develop suppliers during ramp up of production - Evaluation of feasibility studies - Assistance in the creation of failure catalogs and work instructions - Execution of APQP process with the supplier - Evaluating Change Requests - Collaboration in the SE team according to SE team assignment - Coordination of project activities according to project assignment - Ensuring cleanliness at your own workplace - Reducing the risk of accidents to machinery and equipment - Assurance of quality, safety and environmental requirements - Active support and promotion of the Environmental Manage-ment System (EMS) - Duty to inform the supervisor in the event of detected malfunc-tions (escalation) and to initiate appropriate corrective actions in time if deviations occur. Requirement: PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE - KNOWLEDGE OF STANDARDS IATF16949 AND VDA BOOKLETS (3) - QM METHODS FUNDAMENTALS (4) - QS-STAT (3) - SAP QM (3) - SUPPLIER AUDITS (3) - APQP (4) - METROLOGY (3) METHOD COMPETENCE - PROJECT MANAGEMENT (3) - MODERATION (3) - DECISION, CAUSE AND PROBLEM SOLVING (3) SOCIAL COMPETENCE - ABILITY TO WORK IN A TEAM (3) - SELF-MANAGEMENT COMPETENCE AND WORKING TECHNIQUES (3) - DEALING WITH CUSTOMERS AND SUPPLIERS (3) - ENGLISH (3) - CONFLICT DISCUSSIONS (3) - NEGOTIATING SKILLS (3) Other or required qualifications: - Completed technical training or technical university degree, ideally with a focus on mechanical engineering, plant engineering, production engineering - Several years of professional experience in a comparable position - In-depth knowledge of the QM methods to be applied - VDA auditor advantageous - Automotive experience - preferred technology experience: centrifugal casting, investment casting, fine-blanking, heat-treatment, MIM