Advanced Product Quality Planning Process Owner
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Job Location:
Simpsonville, SC - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Advanced Product Quality Planning Process Owner
KCC Companies is an employee-owned (ESOP) company dedicated to providing complete design manufacturing installation and service for commercial & residential Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC).
Our Mission:
KCC enhances the lives of our customers partners employee-owners and communities by providing innovative HVAC solutions.
KCC enhances the lives of our customers partners employee-owners and communities by providing innovative HVAC solutions.
Benefits:
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- 9 Paid Holidays
- Quarterly bonuses
- Quarterly rate increase
- Health Dental Vision insurance and other Ancillary coverages
- 401K
- Monthly Accrued Vacation
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
Function:
The Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) Process Owner works closely with leadership and members of all departments engaged in new product development (NPD) and new product introduction (NPI) to drive successful launches of new products on-time on-budget and with a high degree of quality and customer satisfaction. The APQP Process Owner ensures that APQP practices are designed to meet the needs of KCC are thoroughly understood by all appropriate team members and are actively employed in all aspects of NPD & NPI projects. The APQP Process Owner also uses project and product feedback to drive improvements into the process and into future products.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Develop the APQP process to ensure it fits KCCs business model and meets the needs of the company.
- Maintain detailed documentation of the APQP process including procedures guidelines and best practices.
- Assist in the development of training materials to provide appropriate team members with a fundamental education on the general topics of APQP as well as a deeper understanding of specific tasks and activities.
- Act as the primary instructor for live classroom training of KCCs internal APQP courses.
- Provide ongoing coaching to cross-functional teams and individuals as necessary to help them apply classroom teaching to their real-world projects.
- Oversee execution of the APQP process ensuring it is followed correctly and consistently.
- Verify the process is culturally adopted and uniformly considered to be the standard for NPD & NPI projects.
- Continually monitor the outcomes of the APQP process to ensure it is effective and achieves desired results.
- Identify opportunities for improvement and implement changes to enhance process effectiveness and efficiency.
- Communicate with all stakeholders involved in the APQP process to gather feedback and drive continuous improvement efforts.
Required Skills:
- Must possess a very strong understanding of APQP principles practices and tools as well as a robust working knowledge of the relationship between the phases activities and all keys for success.
- The ability to drive timely results through people is critical.
- Strong ability to communicate ideas and information clearly effectively and concisely (verbal and written) with all levels of the organization.
- Strong collaboration analytical and documentation skills as well as organization and time management.
- Strong ability to think holistically and take a systematic approach.
- Ability to effectively educate and coach others.
- Working knowledge of at least one commonly accepted method of Change Management (e.g. Kotter 8-Step).
- A solid understanding of quality management systems.
- Ability to apply methodologies such as Lean Kaizen or Six Sigma to improve the APQP process.
- Project management skills are a strong plus.
- Must be self-motivated and goal-oriented with a strong personal drive for success.
- Functional knowledge of Microsoft Office suite of programs.
Qualifications:
- 5 years of team leadership experience and/or project leadership; successful candidates will have a high-performance track record of leading teams to achieve targets.
- 5 years of experience working within or leading APQP activities in a certified manufacturing setting (e.g. ISO9001:2015 IATF16949 AS9100).
- Experience developing and/or implementing a QMS in a manufacturing organization is a strong plus.
- Auditor certification is strongly preferred.
- Working knowledge of necessary touch points and successful interconnections between departments of a mid-size manufacturing company.
- Experience in leading the implementation of LEAN principles in a manufacturing environment.
- Bachelors degree in engineering or related field is preferred.
- Successful candidates will embrace the challenges of advancing a quality culture that is still maturing.
KCC COMPANIES IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
For any questions you can contact:
Terra Beaver Talent Specialist
Laura Zoghbi Talent Specialist
For any questions you can contact:
Terra Beaver Talent Specialist
Laura Zoghbi Talent Specialist
Key Skills
- Communication
- Data Management
- Corporate Risk Management
- Airport
- Financial Planning
