Position Summary (Responsibility): The Quality Advance Planning tech has the responsibility to execute and ensure a group of value streams in an specific program to comply 100% with customer specific requirements, control plan execution and PFMEA update.

Quality Advance Planning tech has the authority and responsibility to manage quality census across specific program or group of customer value streams towards ensuring designed quality program is being executed and improved; quality manager is responsible to provide the resources required and agree upon. The Quality Advance Planning tech must be the primary contact point to the customer for any quality topic related to the specific program or group of value stream assigned during early phases. He/She is also responsible to properly execute the IATF procedures to ensure adequate launching of new value streams or products at Aptiv.

Position to report

AQP Regional Manager

Positions reporting to this position

AQP Technician

Authority

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Routine Work: Simple and structured tasks; authorization is required to deviate from the process.

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Structured Work: Receives specific instructions with limited alternatives to choose from.

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Semi-Structured Work: Receives instructions that complement objectives with the freedom to act.

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Flexible Work: Operates with freedom to achieve objectives within medium-term deadlines.

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Autonomous job: objectives are stablished in conjunction with superior management, including long-term objectives, resource usage is stablished by employee.

Authority scope of authority

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Employee does not make decisions; any unexpected situation is consulted with superior.

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Employee occasionally makes decisions, generally checked with superior.

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Employee frequently makes decisions, some of which are not consulted with superior.

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Decision making process is a normal part of the job, and normally not checked with superior.

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Employee is constantly making decisions and expected to do so without having to consult with superior; decisions are expected to impact others.

Employee Category 

Trusted employee      ☒

Basic employee          ☐

Competencies and required skills English Finished career Problem Solving Lead Microsoft Office PDCA Pareto Quality control Standard work Customer portal 8D QSYS OSA standard Competency matrix Structured problem solving Control plans 5S Reverse PFMEA IATF 16949 PPAP Kappa test MSA Daily performance management AIAG / VDA Customer assurance policy SAP Statistical methods Control chart SPC PFMEA for special processes BOT Line side review process General Functions

Validates new projects / new processes to ensure customer satisfaction

Define Quality Plan for new programs, communicate the plan to the program team and ensure execution.

Organize & develop quality assurance system

Ensure customer satisfaction on assigned value streams

Ensure internal quality KPI's performance are met on assigned value streams

Ensure safe introduction of product & process changes

Detect process risks and eliminate them during the development phases

Required Training

APQP Manual

Customers Systems

EOS instructions

Component Risk Analysis

Problem Solving

MSA, PPAP, PFD, PFMEA

Engineering specificatios (ESA's - M)

IATF16949

EOS

Whip

USCAR (2, 5, 21)

USCAR (2, 5, 21)

MSD, BOP, BOT, WPO, BOE

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