Quality Manager
Downingtown, PA - USA
Job Summary
**Essential duties and responsibilities: **
- Develop deploy and maintain the plants quality and continuous improvement systems.
- Regularly collect analyze summarize and report process quality information to all levels in the organization.
- Develop implement quality policies procedures.
- Plan evaluate and implement product specifications test procedures.
- Identify recommend acquire coordinate repairs preventative maintenance and calibration of testing equipment.
- Work closely with R&D.
- Provide technical support expertise in statistical methods DOE & continuous process improvements to plant population.
- Manage data gathering software including procurement installation programming & end-user training.
- Provide analysis of data.
- Support cost reduction & process improvement projects.
- May participate in some HR initiatives.
- Coordinate and champion the plant in obtaining and sustaining the BRC certification as well as other external customer certifications and inspections.
- Provide analytical support & coordinate the efforts involved in resolving quality issues in regards to product failures and/or returns.
- Act as a plant point of contact in regards to product quality for customer service sales & marketing.
Requirements:
- BS/BA degree in Business or Technical Discipline
- 5-7 years of quality management experience or process engineering in a manufacturing environment.
- ASQ Certified Quality Engineer/Professional Quality/Statistical Application certification.
- Experience with BRC GFSI or AIB certification and audits required.
- Microsoft Office Statistical Software & some programming experience.
- Experience with Gainseeker software is desired.
- Statistical methods & process improvement techniques.
- Superior mathematical & statistical ability.
- Knowledge of manufacturing lab practices & test procedure.
- Continuing education: quality statistical applications business communication with a minimum of 1 seminar or course every other year.
- Ability to work a flexible schedule including off-shift coverage & some weekends
You should be proficient in:
- Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA)
- Food and Beverage Manufacturing
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
About Company
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