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Responsible for maintaining customer contacts regarding all quality related activities during product development, product release, production start and series production. Coordinate analysis of products in response to customer complaints, initiating rapid corrective measures and the establishment of permanent corrective actions to improve processes, service and products.General Responsibilities\nAnalyze, solve and control production quality problems on time to meet the customer requirements\nIn charge of Measurement System Analysis and Statistical Process Control for key processes\nEnsure a smooth and timely launch of new and changed products\nCoordinates customer returns and uses Sensata tools to provide frequent status updates to affected customers\nWork effectively with test, design, product and planning engineers, regional quality engineers, regional planners, regional technical sales representatives and marketing representatives to solve customer challenges and provide answers\nKey participant in project teams to ensure a successful launch of new products. It should be made clear what the customer expects and in detail elaborated how this can be achieved. After this process monitoring should take place on correct implementation\nInitiating improvement proposals serving cost of quality, turnaround time and quality of production\nMay partner with line quality engineers and management teams in Layered Process Audits and internal audits. These audits ensure that manufacturing practices are followed\nTrain and manage technicians and inspectors to make sure corrective actions implemented and operators follow-up\nEstablish and follow procedure for control on non-conforming parts in production\nHandles all aspects of quality and continuous improvement across various customer groups\nInitiate improvement proposals serving cost of quality, turnaround time and quality of production\nAssisting clients during audits with the aim to come to a production release\nDemonstrate full ownership of product quality by driving all relevant functions towards 100% robustness in meeting specifications/performance requirements\nFacilitate Risk Management process in compliance to appropriate external standards and corporate policies\nDevelop a customer satisfaction plan. Turn \"voice of the customer\" into user needs and quality goals\nDevelop a strategy to manage specific customer accounts\nLead customer quality issue resolution\nWork with customers to understand their specific requirements and then draft plans to fully satisfy their requirements\nPerform risk assessments\nSet quality goals and improvement plans\nReview Control Plans and improve as needed\nDevelop a customer satisfaction plan\nWork with Production sites to drive manufacturing improvements\nAnalyze data to identify concerns and respond to customers\nExperience / Qualifications\nA university degree required (i.e. Bachelors degree) or equivalent relevant work experience\nMust be a team player able to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to handle multiple competing tasks and demands\nStrong communication skills; oral, written and presentation\nStrong organization, planning and time management skills to achieve results\nStrong personal and professional ethical values and integrity\nHolds self-accountable to achieving goals and standards\nProficient in Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)\nStrong interpersonal & collaboration skills to work effectively with all levels of the organization including suppliers and/or external customers\nSmarterTogether\nCollaborating at Sensata means working with some of the world’s most talented people in an enriching environment that is constantly pushing towards the next best thing\n\nEmployees work across functions, countries and cultures gaining new perspectives through mutual respect and open communication\n\nAs OneSensata, we are working together to make things work together\n\nClick here to view Sensata Recruitment Privacy Statement\nClick here to view our Sensata Recruitment Privacy Statement for China\nNOTE: If you are a current Sensata employee (or one of our Affiliates), please back out of this application and log into Workday via the Company Intranet to apply directly. 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