Quality Consultant (Automotive)

Job Title: Automotive Quality Consultant

Position Type: Independent Consultant (1099 or LLC)

Locations: Continental United States

Travel Required: 85-100%

Industry: Automotive

Client Testimonials:

• Asst. President of Automotive Tier 1 Multinational: “Ambe has been great to work with responding quickly to our requests with experienced personnel who delivered on the objectives we needed to accomplish”
• CEO of Automotive Tier 1 Multinational: “I consider Ambe Engineering to be an extension of my organization. The team is always nimble to the needs of my company and provides expertise to create solutions to our business in a variety of ways”
• Manager of Tier 1 Automotive Manufacturer: “Thank you Ambe for your support with getting our supplier under control…it’s greatly appreciated and your flexibility to adjust to issues and availability was key”
• Supplier Quality Director of Automotive OEM: “Impressive support network that is evolving fast, has helped us in various challenging situations with our supply chain. Agile leadership offering tailored solutions are key competence for this business, where Ambe has excelled.”

Well-Established:

• First project deployed in 2001
• Over 1,000 Completed Projects
• 250+ Clients
• Global Footprint: Servicing 28 countries

Summary:

Our consultants are industry experts, providing tactical operational wins to OEMs and T1 Suppliers via extensive industry knowledge, critical thinking and problem-solving abilities, and a passion for making hands-on changes to warehouse and production floors rapidly.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities:

• Provide resources, technical support, coaching and consultation around quality improvement, technology, and professional development needs.
• Provide technical support in the quality process; ppap, apqp documentation and more.
• Lead problem solving efforts and collaborate with the manufacturing team regarding open corrective actions.
• Provide support or conduct internal audits; IATF, LPAs, supplier compliance etc.
• Initiating and implementing process improvements through innovative creative ideas.
• Monitors implementation of corrective action plans
• Works with Quality Department to analyze any quality concerns throughout the Production process, and implement necessary changes in order to improve production efficiency, quality and processing.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of hand-on Quality Control experience within an Automotive or Aerospace production/manufacturing environment.
• PPAP, APQP documentation experience required.
• IATF knowledge
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills and ability to communicate effectively with client customers at all organizational levels.
• Strong oral and written communication and documentation skills, including presentation skills (MS Excel, MS Visio, MS PowerPoint, etc.)
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to exercise mature judgment.
• Experience leading small teams or delivering projects or programs.
• Experience prioritizing tasks and managing assignments in a collaborative team environment.
• Bachelors’ Degree in Engineering or related, preferred.
• ERP and SAP experience required.
• Previous Consulting Experience Preferred