The Corporate Innovation and QMS manager is responsible for developing, deploying, auditing, and sustaining corporate-level Manufacturing Quality standards across North American operations. This role supports inspection standards, certification processes, QMS/SIS best practices, reactivity processes, Quality Certification line, Production Quality Gates, Stellantis Customer Audit, and other global/regional quality standards. The specialist serves as a subject-matter expert for process quality, providing hands-on support to assembly plants, conducting process assessments, ensuring regulatory and internal compliance, and driving standardization and continuous improvement.
Deliverables:Job responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Develop, implement, and maintain corporate process and inspection standards
- Ensure consistent application of QMS, SIS fundamentals, PQG, SCA, and certification processes across NA plants
- Conduct process assessments to validate readiness, robustness, and compliance before process or product changes
- Support internal QMS/ISO audits and SIS fundamentals audits
- Ensure standards meet regulation, ISO requirements, and company expectations
- Develop and sustain Professional Inspection standards and best practices.
- Support Certification Line processes and government/regulatory practices related to manufacturing quality
- Execute or support process quality tasks within BIW, Paint, and General Assembly, including online inspection, torque auditing, control plans, PFMEAs, and traceability
- Analyze internal/external quality indicators to identify trends and validate quality control effectiveness
- Review and interpret MCV (Palantir) data to verify process performance
- Lead robust root-cause analysis activities to resolve issues and prevent recurrence
- Recommend and implement mistake-proofing and cost-effective quality improvements
- Support launch readiness and implementation of new methodologies in assembly manufacturing facilities
- Provide training and coaching on inspection standards, QMS/SIS best practices, and process quality expectations for hourly and salaried employees
- Share best practices globally to ensure alignment with North American process integrity
Basic Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree
- 7+ years of manufacturing or quality experience
- Strong communication skills, including ability to present technical content
- Experience with vehicle certification, inspection processes, and/or QMS
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (especially Excel) and quality data systems (MCV/Palantir)
- Demonstrated problem-solving and planning capability
- Ability to train in both classroom and shop-floor settings
- Ability to travel to North American assembly plants as needed
- Ability to work autonomously and meet tight deadlines
Preferred Qualifications: - Experience with PQG, control plans, PFMEA, DVX/FTQ/DRL processes
- Experience with BIW, Paint, or General Assembly inspection and quality methods
- Strong data visualization and reporting skills
- Knowledge of SIS fundamentals and mistake-proofing strategies
