Quality Management System Lead Specialist
Manufacturing & Production · Quality & Process · Quality Assurance · Manufacturing Engineering
In short
Autoliv Tunisia is seeking a Quality Management System Lead Specialist to oversee and enhance their QMS. The role involves supporting process owners, ensuring customer requirements are met, promoting quality awareness, and contributing to continuous improvement using various methodologies. A Bachelor's degree in a technical field, 3+ years of automotive experience with QMS knowledge, and fluency in French and English are required.
Responsibilities
- Support process owners in defining process maps, procedures, risks, opportunities, controls and measurable objectives.
- Coordinate management, review inputs, consolidate data and follow up resulting decisions and actions.
- Ensure customer-specific requirements and applicable lessons learned are integrated into the QMS.
- Promote quality awareness and provide QMS training and guidance to employees and internal auditors.
- Support change management, new launches and process changes by ensuring required QMS updates are completed.
- Identify systemic risks, compliance gaps and improvement opportunities and escalate critical issues to the PQM.
- Maintain audit schedules, certification records, quality manuals, procedures and other required QMS evidence.
- Contribute to continuous improvement using PDCA, 8D, 5 Why, Ishikawa and other structured problem-solving methods.
- Request objective evidence and corrective actions from process owners.
- Escalate overdue or ineffective actions and significant compliance risks.
- Recommend suspension of a process or activity when a serious quality or compliance risk is identified.
- Comply with HSE, ethics, information-security and confidentiality requirements.
- Support quality culture, lessons learned and cross-functional continuous-improvement activities.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Quality, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Minimum 3 years of experience in the automotive industry, with strong exposure to Quality Management Systems (QMS) and internal auditing.
- Solid knowledge of IATF 16949, ISO 9001, customer-specific requirements, and quality core tools (APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, Control Plan, SPC, MSA).
- Experience with problem-solving methodologies such as 8D, 5 Why, Ishikawa, PDCA, and QRQC.
- Internal Auditor qualification (required).
- Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills, with attention to detail and a proactive mindset.
- Customer-focused, results-oriented, and able to make informed decisions.
- A team player who can motivate, collaborate, and coordinate effectively across functions.
- Fluent in French and English.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and QMS/document management tools.
- Available to support audits and occasional business travel when required.
Desired Qualifications
- IATF 16949 Auditor and VDA 6.3 certifications are a plus.
- Knowledge of VDA 6.3 Process Audits and VDA 6.5 Product Audits.
Benefits
- International work setting with a range of opportunities designed to enhance career and personal development.
- Emphasis on developing people's skills, knowledge and creative potential.
- Training and development programs emphasizing technical competency, leadership development and business management skill.
Skills
IATF 16949ISO 9001APQPPPAPPFMEAControl PlanSPCMSA8D5 WhyIshikawaPDCAQRQCVDA 6.3VDA 6.5Microsoft Office
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About Autoliv
Autoliv, Inc. is the worldwide leader in automotive safety systems. We develop, manufacture and market protective systems, such as airbags, seatbelts, steering wheels and pedestrian protection systems for all major automotive manufacturers in the world. Our products save 37,000 lives and prevent 450,000 injuries each year. Our ~65,000 employees in 25 countries are passionate about our vision of Saving More Lives and quality is at the heart of everything we do. We have 13 technical centers, with 20 test tracks. In the world of automotive occupant safety, we were the first to introduce the two-…
Company
AutolivJob Posted
49 minutes ago
Employment Type
Full Time
Work mode
On Site
Experience Level
Mid-Senior
Locations
Nadhour, Tunisia
Qualification
Bachelor, Master, Doctoral
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