Quality Manager

Job Description:

1.0 Position Objective:

The Quality Manager leads by direct involvement in daily operations ensuring product and process quality through handson execution strong customer engagement and disciplined problemsolving. This role is accountable for IATF 16949 compliance rapid response to quality issues and driving continuous improvement on the shop floor. The Quality Manager actively partners with Operations Engineering and Supply Chain to prevent defects stabilize processes and improve customer satisfaction.

2.0 Key Responsibilities:

• HandsOn Leadership:
• Maintain a strong daily presence on the shop floor directly observing processes reviewing quality data and addressing issues at the source.
• Develop quality technicians inspectors and engineers in proper methods expectations and problemsolving techniques through training goal setting education and employee development.
• Participate directly in containment sorting investigations disposition and verification of corrective actions when quality issues arise.
• Establish departmental structure goals and objectives consistent with the corporate plans. Drives accountability across the department to achieve business goals and objectives.
• Oversee and directly support inspection testing layout inspections and quality lab activities.
• Manage and oversee the activities of all quality department personnel operations techniques and activities.
• Lead the team that is culturally focused on continuous improvement problem solving expectation & results.
• Customer Focus & Issue Resolution:
• Manage customer quality issues including complaints deviations and corrective actions.
• Lead customer meetings related to quality concerns audits and launches.
• Support and lead structured problemsolving efforts (8D A3) verifying root cause effectiveness.
• Monitor customer metrics and scorecards; drive countermeasures as required.
• Quality Management System (IATF 16949):
• Own the practical execution of the IATF 16949 based Business System ensuring procedures are followed not just documented.
• Support the development improvement and implementation of the divisional business system.
• Conduct and participate in internal audits layered process audits and compliance checks.
• Lead corrective actions resulting from audits escapes and systemic weaknesses.
• Continuous Improvement & Prevention:
• Support Divisional Advanced Quality Planning activities including control plan development gage design selection of special characteristics and PPAP submissions and the transition to serial product.
• Actively lead PFMEA reviews Control Plan updates and errorproof implementation to prevent recurrence.
• Support/Lead SPC usage capability improvements and reaction plans at the process level.
• Support/Lead lean improvement activities such as 5S standard work waste reduction and firsttimequality initiatives.
• Adhere to corporate policies procedures and safety standards.
• Perform other duties as assigned or directed.

3.0 Qualifications:

• 3-5 years experience in leading and developing a team.
• 510 years of automotive manufacturing quality experience including direct shopfloor involvement.
• Effective communication skills with the ability to engage operators technicians engineers managers and customers.
• 3-5 years experience in a customer-facing role.
• Bachelors degree in engineering Quality or a related field preferred or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience in employee development quality improvements quality issue containment customer responses corrective actions and cost reduction.
• Strong working knowledge of IATF 16949 APQP PPAP FMEA SPC MSA DOE and root cause analysis.
• Experience with GD&T inspection techniques and measurement systems.
• Lean manufacturing experience preferred.

Compensation Information:

120000 - 145000

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