Technical Quality Manager

JOB PURPOSE Lead and build the factory quality function to ensure product, process and system quality across wire-harness manufacturing operations. The role owns the development and effectiveness of the Quality Management System, drives prevention and resolution of quality issues, establishes robust inspection and process-control practices, and provides technical quality leadership across Production, Engineering, Supply Chain and other functions. During the current organizational build-up stage, the role may also oversee or coordinate selected environment, health & safety, calibration and compliance activities until the structure develops further. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES • Build, implement, maintain and continuously improve the factory Quality Management System and ensure effective deployment across departments. • Participate with senior management in setting quality objectives, policies, priorities and improvement plans, and provide clear quality performance reporting. • Lead product and process quality across incoming inspection, in-process inspection, final inspection, testing and release of finished products. • Establish and maintain appropriate quality controls for wire-harness operations, including cutting, stripping, crimping, assembly, soldering where applicable, connectorization, continuity/electrical testing, marking and final workmanship acceptance. • Define inspection standards, acceptance criteria, sampling/inspection frequencies and control points according to customer, product, process and applicable standard requirements. • Lead root-cause analysis and corrective/preventive action for nonconformities, internal defects, customer complaints, repeated failures and significant process deviations; verify effectiveness of actions. • Develop and control PFMEA, Control Plans and relevant process-quality documentation; apply SPC, MSA and process capability techniques where relevant. • Support APQP/PPAP or equivalent customer/product approval requirements where applicable, and ensure quality readiness for new products, changes and launches. • Lead internal quality audits and process audits; prepare audit plans, follow findings to closure and report significant risks and recurring issues to management. • Coordinate external certification, surveillance and customer audits; address findings and protect continuity of required certifications. • Manage customer-quality requirements, complaints, technical quality communication and agreed urgent quality actions; ensure confidentiality of customer and company information. • Oversee supplier-quality performance and incoming material quality; participate in supplier evaluation, escalation and corrective-action follow-up when quality issues arise. • Ensure calibration and verification systems for measuring and testing equipment are established, maintained and traceable. • Ensure identification, traceability, segregation and control of nonconforming product and appropriate…