Quality Manager

The Quality Manager oversees all Quality Assurance functions at the Plant level throughout the product launch and life-time cycles and serves as a cross functional team leader, working closely with internal and external customers to ensure products and processes meet predetermined specifications.

Responsibilities

• Establish procedures for maintaining high standards of quality, reliability, and safety.
• Determine and enforce quality and safety requirements in accordance with real company needs, based on current regulations and product development.

• Evaluate and develop improved techniques for the control of quality, reliability, and safety.
• Directly responsible for implementation and maintenance of the company quality system, reporting on the performance of the quality system for review and as a basis for improvement of the quality system.
• The Quality Manager also has responsibility to act as liaison with external parties on matters relating to the quality system.
• Oversees APQP activity at the plant level regarding the development and documentation of Process Flow, PFMEA and the Control Plans.
• Oversees the preparation, implementation, and maintenance of Quality Control work instructions.
• Oversees the corrective action process.
• Oversees and leads quality improvement by establishing methods of data collection, control charting, dimensional inspection, documentation, or other experimental design techniques.
• Manage the monitoring, measurement, and review of internal processes, especially those that affect the quality of the organization's products.
• Report to top management on the performance of the QMS (e.g., results of quality audits, corrective actions), including the need for improvement.
• Work with customers, employees, contractors, and outsourcing firms to develop product requirements as needed.
• Actively participate in production meetings with the sales, engineering, programming and manufacturing teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred (or equivalent years' experience)
• Previous experience in a Quality related leadership position within manufacturing
• Proficient in all quality application tools including SPC, APQP, PPAP (process flow, FMEA, Control plans, Gage R&R, Capability analysis).
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing, tools and application in an automotive setting is beneficial