Senior Quality Engineer – Customer Liaison

**JOB DESCRIPTION** **Sr Quality Engineer – Customer Liaison** ========================================== **What can you expect?** _Adient (NYSE: ADNT) is a global leader in automotive seating. With more than 65,000 employees in 29 countries, Adient operates ~200 manufacturing/assembly plants worldwide. We produce and deliver automotive seating for all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat-making process. We take our products from research and design to engineering and manufacturing — and into millions of vehicles every year. For more information, please visit_ [_www.adient.com_](https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.adient.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ckristian.psotny-ext%40adient.com%7C519a6f06418a4a81a06c08de3bc7204a%7C21f195bc13e5433982eaef8b8ecdd0a9%7C0%7C0%7C639013923578319662%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=9mRlk47Qx2ytPBSIw87fPbaf6U3R%2FZ%2Fw4vIMlgWIzpQ%3D&reserved=0) **What will your responsibilities be?** * Interface between customer JIT and Trim production plant * JIT onside problem analyzes and close feedback to Trim plant * Verification of improvement action at JIT plants * Coordination of sorting activities at JIT plants * Supporting local Trim resident engineers with technical knowledge, organization firewall set up and feedback loops * Boundary book set up between OEM, JIT and Trim plant * KPIs: customer satisfaction JIT, IRPPM, ICPPM, Firewall head count JIT, * Firewall audits at JIT – incl. following up on improvement action plan * Inspector Gauge R&R evaluation and inspector training **Which qualifications are we looking for in potential employees?** * Technical education (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent technical qualification). * Proven professional experience in quality management within the automotive industry. * Experience in customer quality management and direct communication with OEMs and Tier 1 customers.- * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a structured approach to root cause analysis.- * Good knowledge of automotive quality management tools and methodologies, e.g. VDA 6.3, 8D, FMEA, Poka-Yoke, Ishikawa, 5 Why.- * Fluent English (written and spoken); German is an advantage.- * High willingness to travel (approximately 70%). _Adient is committed to equal employment opportunity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. As a true global company, our leaders and employees come from various cultures across the world. Our diversity is a source of inspiration enabling us to achieve our goals and build an inclusive company culture._ We are looking forward to receiving your application including your salary expectations and your earliest availability date. If you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact Miroslav Luhovy on ​ +421 32/741 30 58 . **PRIMARY LOCATION** Barcelona