Team Leader Quality

Brose

$75K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years in quality assurance, preferably in automotive
  • Familiarity with quality process planning and optimization
  • Leadership experience managing Quality Auditors or similar teams
  • Proficient in shop floor audits, scrap, rework, and salvage processes
  • Knowledge of quality KPIs like Scrap, RT, and Rework Rate

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate daily quality activities on the shop floor
  • Provide disciplinary leadership for Quality Auditors and Salvage Team
  • Oversee shop floor quality KPIs, including Scrap and Rework Rate
  • Mentor and support team members in problem-solving issues
  • Define and enforce auditing standards and procedures
  • Improve scrap reporting tools and manage related processes
  • Lead projects aimed at reducing scrap in coordination with PQC

Benefits

  • Modern working environment with high-tech facilities
  • Comprehensive medical and insurance coverage
  • Educational assistance programs
  • Social and family-oriented initiatives
  • Flexible working hours to promote work-life balance
  • Opportunities for professional development and tailored career paths
  • Community outreach involvement and various sporting events
Full Job Description
Your Tasks

  • Daily coordination of shop floor quality activities to ensure Brose and its customers are protected. Disciplinary leadership of Quality Auditors and the Salvage Team, focusing on their career and skill development.
  • Escalation support for Quality Auditors and Leadership during internal and customer issues.
  • Responsible for shop floor quality KPI's for the plant (e.g. Scrap, RT, Rework Rate etc...). Owner of the plant scrap, salvage and rework processes.
  • Lead, mentor and support Quality Auditors and Salvage Operators with quality issues and problem solving
  • Define and monitor a clear concept for shopfloor audits, enforcing dicipline, Brose basic rules and correct PFM
  • Responsible for (improving) scrap reporting tools and ensuring correct 551/552 transactions
  • Lead scrap reduction projects in coordination with the PQC
  • Owner of the Procella software for the plant
  • Lead the improvement of the NBO rework and salvage concepts (incl. rework station concepts)
  • Own the hold and sort areas and all areas where NOK material is stored, ensuring correct material flow and labeling
  • Own the career development process for Quality Auditors and Salvage, defining a clear path from junior QA to QE
  • Create training and development plans for the quality team, aiming to close skill gaps and ensure successors are defined
  • Lead the continuous improvement of our daily shop floor quality and salvage processes
  • Plan budgets and track costs of your team to ensure cost efficieny at all times
  • Initiation and follow-up on sorting activities and containment concerning parts that do not meet specification


Your Profile

  • At least 3 years' professional experience in the area of quality, ideally at least 1-3 years in a position in the automotive industry as a quality specialist
  • Knowledge of appropriate procedures for planning and optimizing quality processe
  • Experience leading, mentoring, and supporting Quality Auditors, Salvage Operators, or shop floor quality teams
  • Experience with shop floor audits, scrap reporting, rework, salvage, containment, and material flow
  • Experience with quality KPI's such as Scrap, RT, Rework Rate, and related plant quality metrics
  • Ability to support internal and customer issues through escalation, problem solving, and follow-up


We offer you a modern working environment with our Brose working world

Brose offers a high-tech work environment and a wide range of benefits. Along with competitive performance-based compensation and health insurance, our employees also benefit from attractive social and family-oriented programs throughout our North American locations*. Our benefits packages include comprehensive medical and insurance. Brose also provides educational assistance and a variety of community outreach, family, and sporting events. Flexible working hours and a collaborative work environment give our employees the freedom to balance work and personal life. Brose believes in investing in people. We offer a wide range of development programs with great opportunity for individual growth through training, international or regional assignments and tailored career paths. Our objective is to provide our employees the tools necessary to live a balanced life, experience a rewarding work environment and contribute to our surrounding communities.

*Benefits package may vary slightly per location

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