Team Leader Incoming Quality Inspection

About the role

TRIGO, a global provider of quality solutions for the automotive, aerospace and transportation sectors, is hiring a Team Leader Incoming Quality Inspection in Jeddah under a contract. The role leads and supervises incoming quality inspection so that components, raw materials and supplier parts meet technical specifications and quality standards before entering production.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and organize the Incoming Quality Inspection team and plan and prioritize inspections by production needs and criticality.
• Ensure incoming parts are inspected against drawings, specifications, control plans and quality standards.
• Manage non-conforming materials, including identification, blocking, quarantine and disposition follow-up.
• Coordinate with Supplier Quality, Production, Warehouse, Purchasing and Engineering teams.
• Lead or support root cause analysis and quality investigations, and follow up supplier corrective actions and 8D reports.
• Monitor KPIs such as rejection rate, supplier PPM, non-conformities, inspection lead time and backlog, and prepare quality reports and dashboards.
• Take part in internal, supplier and customer audits, train and coach inspectors, and support continuous improvement.

Required profile

• Strong English communication skills (mandatory).
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Quality, Industrial, Mechanical, Electromechanical Engineering or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in industrial quality, ideally in Incoming or Supplier Quality.
• Experience leading or supervising a quality team is highly preferred.
• Experience in automotive, aerospace, electronics or manufacturing is an advantage.

Required skills

• Technical drawings and quality specifications.
• Quality tools: 8D, 5 Why, Ishikawa, Pareto, FMEA, Control Plan, SP, CP, SPC, APQP, PFMEA.
• Measuring equipment such as calipers, micrometers, gauges, comparators and ideally CMM.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 and/or IATF 16949 is highly valued.