Work Arrangement: This role is categorized as onsite. this means the successful candidate to report to the GM office full time.
Your Role:
The Country Quality Manager leads manufacturing quality for the country operation, overseeing plant quality systems, quality operations, quality engineering, and launch readiness to ensure safe, compliant, high-quality production. The role drives BIQ, leads cross-functional quality issue resolution, and partners with local, regional, and global teams to improve performance and sustain manufacturing excellence.
What You'll Do:
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Lead the country manufacturing quality strategy and execution in alignment with GM quality standards, local business requirements, and corporate objectives.
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Provide overall leadership for plant quality systems, quality operations, quality engineering, and launch quality readiness.
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Ensure safe, compliant, and high-quality production through robust quality planning, execution, and governance.
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Drive Built-In Quality (BIQ) implementation, sustainment, and continuous improvement across the manufacturing operation.
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Lead cross-functional resolution of quality issues through effective problem solving, containment, corrective actions, and preventive actions.
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Oversee manufacturing quality performance, monitor key quality metrics, and drive recovery actions to achieve plant and regional targets.
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Partner with Manufacturing, Engineering, Production, Maintenance, Program Quality, and other stakeholders to strengthen quality performance and operational readiness.
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Ensure standardized manufacturing quality requirements are deployed and consistently followed across the country operation.
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Support new program and launch readiness activities to ensure quality systems, controls, and processes are in place before production ramp-up.
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Escalate major quality risks with urgency, ensure timely decision-making, and drive closure of critical issues.
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Collaborate with local, regional, and global quality teams to share best practices, align priorities, and sustain manufacturing excellence.
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Foster a culture of accountability, customer focus, and continuous improvement across quality organization.
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualification)
Educational and Experience Background:
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Bachelor’s degree with a related technical field.
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10+ Years of experience in the field.
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Solid experience in automotive manufacturing quality, quality operations, quality engineering, or plant quality leadership, with practical exposure to in-process quality oversight and manufacturing quality execution.
Skills & Abilities :
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Proven ability to lead teams and provide planning, direction, and governance for plant quality activities in line with local, divisional, and corporate objectives and policies.
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Strong knowledge of manufacturing quality systems, including BIQ/GMS, standardized operational quality requirements, and manufacturing launch quality expectations.
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Demonstrated experience in planning, structured problem solving, containment, corrective actions, and continuous improvement.
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Experience supporting or leading new projects / launch readiness, including cross-functional alignment to ensure robust and standardized launch systems.
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Ability to manage and improve quality performance metrics, develop recovery actions, and drive performance to target using plant and regional scorecards.
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Strong communication, leadership presence, and decision-making skills, with the ability to escalate issues clearly and drive closure with urgency.
