New Model Launch Specialist

** - Position**

Responsible for the successful completion of new model launch activities.

**ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS**
- Ensure compliance to customer specific requirements and requests.
- Key liaison with customer for planning new model events and milestones.
- Lead and facilitate meetings for new model events, track and report progress to management.
- Lead and facilitate customer NM meetings, audits and support associated activities.
- Lead the new model team required activities to achieve the defined launch goals and objectives.
- Coordinate supplier QAV and verification of supplier quality systems.
- Coordinate new model parts inspection and verification (including defining the inspection and verification criteria and frequency).
- Liaise with customer/supplier and R&D on drawings concerns/questions/discrepancies and work to resolve all discrepancies.
- Manage the engineering change process.
- Other duties as assigned in order to meet business objectives
- Minimum of 3 years experience in a project management / new model / quality role
- Previous experience in new model launch
- Must have the ability to interpret drawings
- Core quality tools (ISO/IATF requirements, FMEA, Control Plan, APQP, PPAP)
- Experience within automotive or manufacturing sector
- Ability to travel (both locally and out of country)

**QUALIFICATIONS, EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION**
- University, College Degree or Diploma in engineering
- CQE an asset
- PEng, or other designation

**PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES**
- Ability to prioritize, multi-task, meet tight deadlines, and work well under pressure.
- Detail oriented and able to handle confidential information of the highest level.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
- Strong time management, planning, decision making and organizational skills.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
- Continuous improvement focused is an asset.

**WORKING CONDITIONS**
- Daily activities are centered in an office setting/manufacturing setting and comply with all personal protective equipment requirements.
- Structured shifts that may be fixed or rotational in nature, utilizing a punch clock system.
- Ability to work overtime hours as required and shifts outside your structured shift assignment. _Hitachi Astemo Canada, Inc. Group of Companies is an equal opportunity employer that considers all applicants regardless of cultural background, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, family status, disability or any other grounds as outlined in the Ontario Human Rights Code. In compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, Hitachi Astemo Canada, Inc. is committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive work environment for all individuals with disabilities in a respectful and dignified manner. Accommodations will be made available, upon request, to applicants who have specialized needs throughout the recruitment process._
- Disclaimer: Hitachi Astemo Canada, Inc. does not accept resumes from employment placement agencies, head-hunters or recruitment suppliers that are not in a formal contractual arrangement with us. Our recruitment supplier arrangements are restricted to specific hiring needs and do not include this or other job postings. Any resume or other information received from a supplier not approved in advance by Hitachi Astemo Canada, Inc. to provide resumes to this posting will be considered unsolicited and will not be considered. We will not pay any referral, placement or other fee for the supply of such unsolicited resumes or information._

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus pay
- Overtime pay

Work Location: In person