Quality Assurance Specialist

About ZF Group

ZF Group is a leading global technology company that supplies systems for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and industrial equipment. We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced professional to join our team as a Quality Assurance Specialist.

Job Summary

We are seeking a Quality Assurance Specialist to ensure the quality of our suppliers and to execute improvement and development plans with them to meet internal and customer requirements. The successful candidate will be responsible for optimizing resource utilization and minimizing costs by digitizing their work.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop quality plans to meet the requirements established by standards (ISO and IATF) in everything related to supplier management, scheduling quality activities, defining reception controls, and carrying out audits.
• Coordinate with the quality team to ensure compliance with the specifications of the products manufactured in our plants and the maintenance of quality certifications.
• Establish key performance indicators (KPI), define targets, and monitor results, supervising together with suppliers the action plans in case of non-compliance with objectives and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborate with Engineering to define and transmit product quality requirements to suppliers, being an active part in the approval processes (PPAP) of raw materials and components acquired from suppliers.
• Collaborate with production, engineering, and purchasing teams to ensure availability of materials and resources to support production schedules.
• Follow up on detected non-conformities, analyzing the data, and using tools such as 8D, design of experiments, or statistical process control.
• Minimize supplier risks using tools such as FMEAs and control plans or statistical process control.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering with several years of quality department experience within an industrial manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of ISO and IATF quality standards.
• Competence in software and management tools, such as ERP systems, Minitab, Microsoft tools (Excel, Access, Words, Teams...).
• Knowledge of quality tools and continuous improvement methodologies (FMEA, MSA, SPC, 6sigma, Lean...).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze complex data and make data-driven decisions.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong organizational skills, technical sensitivity, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Fluent language skills in Spanish and English.