Director of Quality

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Job Summary

The Director of Quality is responsible for motors motor gearbox assemblies machining testing measurement systems electronics drives and component quality reliability cost reduction and warranty mitigation. This is a critical role to support new product development and qualification safe launch process product transfers product application engineering development sustaining quality problem solving customer and plant operation quality process controls. This position also provides quality direction and support to procurement to help select qualify and develop new suppliers to manufacture and measure product materials and parts. Finally this role is to responsibly listen and professionally respond to the voice of the external and internal customers to manage improvement projects and metrics.

Job Description

Role Overview

Manage teams and projects to implement new products without quality warranty or safety issues
Manage New Product APQP & Safe Launch processes to proactively prevent issues

Drive and implement action plans to improve quality metrics

Manage projects to reduce Failure Costs of Quality

Interact with customers and manage teams of functional groups to assure customer satisfaction

Lead 8D problem solving meetings and implement actions to resolve customer problems

Champion the business unit Six Sigma process to implement cultural change

Lead quality projects to implement measurement equipment and quality systems

Develop presentations and lead quality communications

Implement Quality Management System to assure compliance to ISO and Nidec Way

Travel to Nidec sites suppliers and customers to verify product and process controls for quality

Qualifications
Education & Experience

• Bachelors degree in Engineering or Applied Science is required
• MBA or Advanced degree preferred
• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer or Certified Quality Manager and Operational Excellence or commitment to complete
• 1015 years of quality management and manufacturing engineering experience with demonstrated capability utilizing problem solving tools to solve manufacturing and customer problems
• solid project management background having a proven track record of driving projects as a team player from concept through completion
• Capability to analyze and interpret data utilizing Six-Sigma tools and methodologies. Thorough understanding of SPC processes along with Minitab statistical analysis software or equivalent.
• Six Sigma Green Belt certification required or commitment to complete certification Black Belt preferred
• Strong 8D problem solving tool knowledge and ability to lead teams to problem resolution. Shainin RedX training and certification preferred and OpEx training a plus.
• Must be willing to travel up to 50%

Additional Job Details

Management M4

Organizational Impact
Recommends tactical and operational strategies that will directly impact the achievement of overall business unit department and/or job family group results
Directs the execution of strategies established by functional and/or executive leadership
Establishes operational plans for department and/or job family group with short- to mid-term impact on results (e.g. 1-3 years)
Work requires a high degree of responsibility for resources and frequently influences business decisions made by senior leadership
Typically responsible for moderate revenue and/or expenditures in multiple areas or over multiple teams with moderate oversight with signature authority
Communication & Influence
Communicates with parties within and outside of own business unit department and/or job family and typically has responsibilities for communicating with parties external to the job family group which may include clients or partners
Works to influence others to accept job family group/business units view/practices and agree/accept new concepts practices and approaches. Requires ability to communicate with executive leadership regarding matters of significant importance to the organization
May conduct briefings with senior leaders within the business unit/job family group. May at times be required to negotiate regarding operational issues
Innovation & Complexity
Responsible for making significant improvements of processes systems or products to enhance performance of business unit department and/or job family group
Problems and issues faced are numerous and undefined where information is typically difficult to obtain
Problems are frequently complex. Problems typically impact multiple business units and/or job family groups
Problems are typically solved through drawing from extensive prior experience and analysis of issues
Leadership & Talent Management
Manages a department or job family or a large team that includes multiple teams led by other people leaders
Responsible for creating workforce and staffing plans for department/job family group/team to ensure availability of talent necessary to accomplish departmental business results
Typically has hiring firing promotion and reward authority within own area in accordance with Corporate Guidelines
Knowledge & Experience
Requires advanced management and leadership knowledge to lead cross-department project teams or manage across multiple job family group
Typically has mastery within a specific technical or broad expertise across multiple related disciplines
Typically requires a bachelors degree or equivalent professional certification and 10 years of prior relevant experience

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Nidec
Nidec is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to their age gender gender identity sexual orientation race color genetic information religious creed national origin physical or mental disability protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant please visit the following website: Shift Schedule

No Soliciting

Nidec will not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to Nidec job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Nidec Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Nidec Talent Acquisition team.