Join our growing Team at NIFCO, where our company’s most valuable asset is our employees! NIFCO America is a leading global supplier of functional plastic parts for the automotive industry. NIFCO offers competitive pay, top notch health benefits with low premiums/deductibles, eleven paid holidays, referral bonus, 401K program plus much more... We have a lot of opportunity for growth at NIFCO!
Job Summary: Lead the Quality team from pre-production to production activities while maintaining the QMS system and maintaining IATF16949 standards.
Essential Functions:

• Promote a Safe working environment.
• Ensure a high level of internal and external customer service.
• Investigate (and correct) customer issues and complaints relating to quality.
• Create, document, and implement inspection criteria and procedures.
• Managing and coordinating Internal Audit Program by planning and coordinating audits and ensuring resolution of audit findings
• Proactively identify improvement opportunities (potential gaps between process and system) across all business functions, developing tools that allow for visibility into process bottlenecks and inconsistencies.
• Develop and analyze statistical data and product specifications to determine standards and to establish quality and reliability expectancy of finished products.
• Utilize LEAN Six Sigma practices to implement and improve plant quality standards and processes.
• Trains and mentors QC personnel. Assigns work tasks to lab members to ensure an efficient QC function.
• Work closely with Project Engineering, Design, Production, and other departments as required.
• Identify and engage NAM resources.
• Manage the Quality Engineers training and development.
• Manage and audit to IATF16949 standards.
• Maintains Quality documentation, including but not limited to Control Plans, FMEAs, PPAP, etc.
• Prepare and submit Customer PPAPs.
• Maintain files for all test results, gage calibrations, dock audits, production records, and material certifications daily, weekly and monthly.
• Complete/update PPAP packages.
• Establish and maintain all quality documents, samples, customer contact, supplier development, production start – up, product launch, and correction of production variances and warrant analysis.
• Maintain quality control sampling system, procedures, and statistical techniques.
• Responsible for the awareness, understanding, specific responsibilities and management of the Environmental Management System (EMS) as stated in EMS policy.
• Responsible for the awareness, understanding, specific responsibilities and management of the IATF16948 standards.

Preferred Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in quality or engineering
• A minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in Quality/Production Management in a manufacturing environment

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Exhibits the ability to build effective business relationships internally and externally.
• Plastics Industry, OEM and New Model experience
• Strong Problem Solving skills and working knowledge of problem solving tools
• Ability to lead a department in all aspects.
• Ability to clearly communicate and report to all levels of management.
• Ability to demonstrate leadership and effectively participate and contribute to team projects.
• Must be analytical and make sound decisions based off of data and budget awareness.
• The expectation is that this position will travel as much as the business dictates.
• High level of ability to focus on details.
• Must be able to work under pressure, communicate properly, receive direction and follow-through, and meet deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude
• Strong Computer skills: PowerPoint, Excel, MS project, Minitab, Visio
• Able to interact with internally and externally customers and suppliers.
• Ability to influence and deliver CI and business projects.
• Ability to identify processes needing improvement, and to recommend improvements.
• Strategic thinker and planner
• Experience with Nissan quality requirements and salesforce system.

Nifco has a long-standing policy of non-discrimination in employment. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not unlawfully