Director Advanced Quality

Director Quality Systems

Reporting to the Executive Director of Quality & Business Systems, the Director serves as a key leader in ensuring effective implementation of quality processes, standardized operating procedures, and continuous improvement initiatives that support customer satisfaction, operational excellence, and business growth. This role drives quality consistency across manufacturing sites and product programs while developing organizational capability in quality systems and compliance.

• Quality Management System Leadership
• Business Operating System Deployment
• Audit & Compliance Management
• Quality Performance Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Leadership & Talent Development

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Business, or a related technical field required.
• Master's degree preferred.

• 10+ years of progressive experience in automotive manufacturing, quality, operations, engineering, or program management.
• 5+ years in a leadership role managing quality systems, quality operations, audit, or operational excellence functions.
• Demonstrated experience implementing and managing IATF 16949 and ISO-based quality systems.
• Experience leading internal and external audits, including customer and certification audits.
• Experience working in a multi-site, matrixed, and international business environment.
• Strong understanding of automotive OEM customer requirements and disciplined corrective action methods.
• Ability to travel local and internationally to suppliers and internal plants up to 40% of the time.

• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE).
• ASQ Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE).
• Six Sigma Black Belt, Lean certification, or equivalent continuous improvement credential.
• IATF 16949 Internal Auditor or Lead Auditor certification.

• Sustained compliance to IATF 16949, ISO, customer-specific, and corporate requirements.
• Reduction in customer complaints, repeat issues, and major quality incidents.
• Improvement in regional quality performance indicators and corrective action effectiveness.
• Successful completion of internal, external, customer, and certification audits.
• Improved maturity and adoption of the Business Operating System across sites.
• Strengthened quality leadership pipeline, bench strength, and succession readiness.

• Quality Systems:
  Understand, apply and meet all function related YF IOS requirements.
• Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS):
  Understand, apply and meet all function related EHS requirements.
• Product Safety:
  Understand, apply and meet all function-related Product Safety requirements.
• Compliance:
  Understand, apply and meet all function-related Compliance requirements.
• Information Security:
  Understand, apply and meet all function-related IT / Information Security and confidentiality of YFAI information requirements.
• Must comply with all company policies and procedures.
• Employee must have the ability to work additional hours and / or overtime as needed or assigned to complete job duties on time.
• Ability to multitask, interact politely and professionally with customers, suppliers and vendors, and work cooperatively with employees at all levels.
• Ability to maintain predictable and regular attendance, arrive to designated location on time, or be at assigned location ready to work for assignment (plant, corporate office, or remote).