Job Category

Production & Skilled Trades

Position Summary

Manufacturing Quality Assurance work includes:
• Defining and specifying activities, processes, and standards to fulfill the quality requirements for a manufactured material, component, or product.
• Building and maintaining the infrastructure and systems necessary to consistently ensure the timely delivery of quality products.
• Auditing, monitoring, and determining the quality of manufacturing processes and/or outputs against defined internal and regulatory standards.
• Reporting and troubleshooting manufacturing process deviations and defects in finished goods.
• Solid experience in Quality Tools: APQP, MSA, FMEA, PPAP, SPC in a daily basis.
• Experience in quality management system: IATF, VDA and customer specific requirements for automotive and/or truck industry.

Responsibilities

• Leads projects or processes of diverse scope, while working independently with limited supervision.
• Coaches and reviews the work of lower-level professionals.
• Supports continuous improvement/automation activities.
• Use advanced analytical/technical problem solving to develop new solutions to existing problems/procedures.
• Supports relationships through strong communication and negotiation skills with internal and external stakeholders.
• Customer interface for PPAP submission, customer complaints and audits.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a bachelor's degree; or 3 years and a master's degree; or a PhD without experience; or equivalent work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• CQE Certification for ASQ
• Green Belt or Black belt training or certification
• Lead auditor IATF/ ISO 9001

What we offer

At Bridgestone, what really matters is to foster co-creation opportunities and empowering you to be creative and curious to make mobility safer, more efficient, and more sustainable for future generations. Whatever role you fill, when you represent Bridgestone, you are a valued teammate, and part of our larger mission to "Serve Society with Superior Quality", for that, we offer you more than just a competitive compensation; we will provide you:

• A supportive and engaging onboarding experience to ensure a smooth transition into our team.
• The opportunity to develop and grow, through training and regular mentorship.
• Corporate Social Responsibility activities.
• A truly global, dynamic and challenging work environment.
• Agility and work/life effectiveness and your long-term well-being.
• An effective and inclusive team.