The Sr. Program Quality Leader is a member of the Program Core Team. He/she has overall responsibility for the achievement of quality deliverables until the start of production. The main missions of the Program Quality Leader are as follows:

- Coordinate the Program Quality function for a program between Product Lines :

- Ensure capitalization of experience from previous programs

- Ensure that best practises are shared within all regions/programs about Program Management System (PMS) deliverables, Engineering Change Requests (ECRs), product quality issues, lessons learned, shop-floor solutions, Bought Part issues with potential impacts on the customer, etc-

- Arbitrate issues between global and local content about Design Validation Plan and specifications for Measurement devices

- Support Advanced Supplier Quality Function activities with a supplier when there is a quality issue affecting the customer o Ensure the coordination/animation of local Program Quality Engineer (weekly review) 

- report Product Line quality status to the Program Manager

- If required, substitute for a local Program Quality Engineer (PQE) if mandatory deliverables in Region/Program are missing (i.e. Quality Target Study etc.)

- Represents the Customer Voice within the company and ensure leadership when needed with the customer and internally with the others functions on quality matters.

- Focus on specific critical items managed by other Program Core Team functions in order to ensure a successful launch and customer satisfaction throughout all regions :

- Design validation Plan : Analyse consistency, and possibility to use tests results from other regions/programs

- Failure Mode Analysis s and Control Plan: Ensure alignment and best practice sharing

- Appearance Approval: Ensure that the very first customer approval for appearance is available for all regions

- Perceived Quality : Coordinate understanding about internal quality issues and customer complaints

- Convergence Plans : Support convergence planning and ensure overall coordination and follow up

- Process Robustness: Ensure alignment about Key Control Characteristics, Poka Yoke, Standard Work, Process Capabilities.

- Risk Assessment: Manage the risk assessment process with a focus on Poka Yoke, Final Inspection and Temporary Quality Wall

- Global Alignment: Manage regular reviews with all local PQEs to ensure alignment and best practice sharing

- Depending on the program's complexity, ensure the PQE role for the lead region

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