Director of Quality

Job Description

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead SiC LLC Quality Function
• Build strong organization quality talent in SiC LLC plants.
• Actively engage in resolving customer quality issues and prepare for customer audits. Drive total customer satisfaction.
• Coach the plants towards a culture of prevention.
• Establish strategic quality direction within the plants.
• Teach advanced Quality classes at the plants.
• Establish a culture of intelligent risk-taking and guide the plants in choices to help exploit strategic opportunities.
• Lead in strategic decision-making, and in tactical decision making within important risk-saturated areas.
• Ensure Quality systems are aligned with identified best-practices.
• Lead and manage the quality functions at SiC LLC plants.
• Design and lead production of various dashboards accurately depicting quality product and process status in all plants.
• Create and Maintain QMS Alignment with the Coherent Global Quality System
• Ensure Quality Manual aligns with Coherent Corporate Global Quality manual.
• Establish and maintain a process for “Preventive Action Efficiency” to drive mistake-proofing in the factories.
• Implement and maintain Coherent Global COQ process.
• Implement and maintain coherent Global KPI process.
• Implement and maintain Coherent Global QBR.
• Implement and maintain Coherent Global Risk Assessment process.
• Implement and maintain the Coherent Global QAT-based assessment QMS effectiveness.
• Implement and maintain Coherent Global Purge process.
• Implement and maintain Coherent Global Quality Stop process.
• Implement and maintain Coherent Global NPI process.
• Implement and maintain Coherent Global PCN process.
• Lead the Development and Implementation of IAFT 16949 QMS
• Conceive, design, develop, implement, and continually improve an IATF 16949 certified QMS.
• Lead efforts to identify, develop, proceduralize, and implement best quality AIAG practices in all SiC LLC plants.
• Guide best practice design and deployment of processes for PPAP, SPC, MSA, APQP, and FMEA.
• Implement Coherent Corporate Global internal quality audit process to ensure continual compliance and improvement of the automotive QMS.
• Design and implement periodic Management Review processes to drive continual improvements.
• Implement the Coherent Corporate Global 8D corrective action database and ensure its optimum usage.
• Develop and maintain a Quality Manual.
• Implement and maintain key complimentary processes within SiC LLC
• Export compliance is maintained.
• Ensure implementation and maintenance of Coherent Lean process.
• Implement and maintain necessary ESD processes.
• Implement and maintain necessary ESG processes.
• A quality work environment consistent with 6S practices is maintained.
• Assure regulatory compliance in product-related areas such as RoHS, REACH, and Conflict Minerals.
  

Education & Experience

• M.S. in technical field, preferably Statistics, Mathematics, or Industrial Engineering.
• Extensive experience with Quality Sciences and Quality Management.
• 20 years Quality Engineering, Quality Management, or Quality Consulting.
• 15 years of experience electronics or semiconductor manufacturing.
• 20 years of experience in internal quality audit.
• 10 years of experience managing tier-1 or tier-2 customer audits.
• 10 years of experience in using structured techniques to solve complex problems.
• Awareness of PPAP, FMEA, MSA, Control Plan, and SPC techniques.
• Awareness of lean manufacturing techniques.
• Due to ITAR compliance, this position requires candidates to be a U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident Alien, or Protected Individual per 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).
  
  

Skills & Other Requirements

• Expert Knowledge of the ISO 9001 criteria.
• Awareness and understanding of the IATF 16949 criteria.
• Process characterization and control techniques.
• Able to balance financial and quality objectives.
• Statistical expertise including FMEA, SPC, DOE, MSA, Process Capability.
• Able to understand AIAG process control plans.
• Able to facilitate cross-functional Kaizen Events.
• Solve complex problems using intuition, induction, deduction, analysis of data, and advanced quality tools, and structured problem-solving methods.
• Effectively work in cultures throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.
• Able to think critically and to reengineer all elements of an Automotive Quality System to remove waste of time and dollars, while increasing Quality performance.
• Willing to take intelligent risks to gain opportunities for quality innovation.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills and ability to comprehend and communicate at a high level with executives, senior managers, and global customers, suppliers, and principals at different sites.
• Able to relate well and work collaboratively with all levels within a site, from senior leaders to production operators.
• Ability to deal effectively with differences of opinion, to influence, to draw ideas from others, and to negotiate and mediate.
• Ability to anticipate and handle multiple priorities and complex/abstract issues involving external and internal priorities.
• Ability to excel in a cross-organizational, cross-cultural, global team environment and to easily adjust in the face of challenge and change.
• Handle special assignments promptly and professionally.
• Maintain a high standard of ethics, professionalism, leadership, and competency.
• Proven ability to lead and motivate people.
• Demonstrates and promotes the Coherent ICARE Worldwide Values.
• Knowledgeable in worldwide ESG norms.
  
  

Working Conditions

• Office Environment
• Manufacturing Plant Environment, on occasion
  
  

Physical Requirements

• Ability to work at computer
  
  

Safety Requirements

All employees are required to attend scheduled training, follow the site EHS procedures and Coherent Corporate EHS standards. This includes the use of proper protective equipment (PPE) as required by the job responsibilities.

Managers will ensure that all safety and environmental procedures are followed consistently. They will ensure that risk assessments are performed, proper training, work instructions, required PPE is available, and will monitor compliance.

Quality & Environmental Responsibilities

Depending on location, this position may be responsible for the execution and maintenance of the ISO 9000, 9001, 14001 and/or other applicable standards that may apply to the relevant roles and responsibilities within the Quality Management System and Environmental Management System.

Culture Commitment

Ensure adherence to company’s values (ICARE) in all aspects of your position at Coherent:

Integrity – Create an Environment of Trust

Collaboration – Innovate Through the Sharing of Ideas

Accountability – Own the Process and the Outcome

Respect – Recognize the Value in Everyone

Enthusiasm – Find a Sense of Purpose in Work

About Us

Coherent is a global leader in lasers, engineered materials and networking components. We are a vertically integrated manufacturing company that develops innovative products for diversified applications in the industrial, optical communications, military, life sciences, semiconductor equipment, and consumer markets. Coherent provides a comprehensive career development platform within an environment that challenges employees to perform at their best, while rewarding excellence and hard-work through a competitive compensation program. It's an exciting opportunity to work for a company that offers stability, longevity and growth. Come Join Us!

Note to recruiters and employment agencies: We will not pay for unsolicited resumes from recruiters and employment agencies unless we have a signed agreement and have required assistance, in writing, for a specific opening.

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