Team Lead, Quality

Job Purpose

The Quality Team Leader is responsible for coordinating, maintaining, and improving the quality management system to support product development, industrialization, and production activities. He acts as a reference for quality, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement. He develops and implements policies, procedures, and methods to evaluate and improve the quality of products, materials, components, processes, and operations.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Act as a resource person for all quality-related matters.
• Coordinate the daily activities of the quality team and monitor performance indicators (KPIs).
• Develop, maintain and improve the quality management system.
• Develop and update policies, procedures and procedures to assess and improve the quality of products, materials, components and operations.
• Ensure compliance of products and processes with applicable standards, including ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.
• Plan, coordinate and support internal, external and supplier audits.
• Oversee the management of non-conformities as well as corrective and preventive actions.
• Support validation, verification, testing and industrialization activities.
• Participate in APQP, PPAP activities and new product launches when required.
• Participate in the qualification, evaluation and monitoring of suppliers.
• Identify, recommend, and implement continuous improvement and process optimization initiatives.
• Ensure the updating of quality documentation and the management of the calibration program.

Education and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, quality management or a related field.
• Minimum of seven (7) years of relevant experience.
• Excellent knowledge of ISO 9001.
• Knowledge of IATF 16949, APQP, PPAP, ISO 26262 and ASPICE standards and methodologies is an important asset.
• Experience in a manufacturing, technology or automotive environment.
• Bilingualism in French and English, both oral and written.

Skills

• Excellent communication, interpersonal and team mobilization skills.
• Ability to positively influence stakeholders and foster collaboration.
• High degree of autonomy, organizational skills and results-oriented.
• Strong sensitivity to health and safety issues, particularly in high-voltage environments.
• Continuous improvement approach.
• Excellent command of French and English, both oral and written.