Parts Quality Team Leader

External Description

Parts Quality Team Leader

Location: Swepsonville, NC

Workstyle: Onsite

What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a Honda

Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it’s a joyful one. We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals.

At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success. We strive to be a company which serves as a source of “power” that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential. To this end, Honda strives to realize “the joy and freedom of mobility” by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a “zero environmental footprint.”

We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team.

If your goals and values align with Honda’s, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!

About this Position:

Maintain overall supplier parts quality (match to drawing) and supplier development to achieve overall Honda requirements in the area of quality. Lead Quality engineer staff to do the same and provide final approval/sign off on all countermeasure activity. Provide strategy for PQ group regarding investment, expense, manpower allocation, etc before presenting to Unit Lead level for final approval.

Responsibilities include:

• Manage Exempt level associates within the PQ team to assign and track completion items of daily tasks

• Develop future department strategy to include roles, budget, strategy, equipment, supplier management, etc.

• Plant level reporting on key department metrics in alignment with corporate business goals (SMQCD), Budget, Business Plan, Scorecard, and Quality Day.

• Manage group projects and ensure schedules are maintained.

• New model development coordination and QAV schedule as well as MP approval of all parts quality

• Evaluate and approve PQ documents (PPAP, timelines, supplier status, MI, deviation)

• Final approval of HTR and follow up on countermeasure activity with PIC

• Training and associate development

• Approval of supplier visits to include task lists, travel, final report

• Lead all supplier negotiation regarding part quality related items

Who we are seeking:

Required Experience:

• 8 years’ experience

Required Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Other job specific skills:

• Strong verbal and written communication, Equipment/Robotics experience

Additional Position Factors:

• Knowledge of testing equipment and its primary use

• Knowledge of basic quality standardization practices

• Knowledge of root cause analysis and PDCA

At Honda, you will play a key role in our journey to become a company that society wants to exist now, and in the future. Your endless curiosity will drive innovation and your courageous spirit will challenge the status quo. We believe having a workforce made up of diverse thinkers and innovators makes us a better Honda. Respect for each other and respect for diversity each and every day drives our associates to contribute at the highest level and work effectively in a team environment. We make the dream of mobility a reality with our innovative and high-quality products. Together, we Bring the Future to our customers, associates, and communities. We are Honda!

What differentiates Honda and make us an employer of choice?

Total Rewards:

• Competitive Base Salary

• Annual Bonus

• Overtime Pay

• Industry leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx)

• Paid time off, including vacation, paid holidays, sick time, personal days

• 401K Plan with company match additional contribution

• Relocation assistance (if eligible)

Career Growth:

• Advancement opportunities

• Career mobility

• Education reimbursement for continued learning

• Training and Development programs

Additional Offerings:

• Wellbeing program

• Community service and engagement programs

• Product programs

• Free drinks onsite

Honda is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.