Quality Manager

POSITION TITLE: Quality Manager 

REPORTING RELATIONSHIP: Plant Manager-Primary Line

                                                   Director of Corporate Quality-Dotted Line 

PAY STRUCTURE: Salary

PURPOSE OF THIS POSITION: Translate customer expectations to the manufacturing facility, represent the company in contact with the customer, oversee quality launch functions and maintain the Quality System.

BACKGROUND PREFERRED: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Technical Field
• Automotive experience, preferably with Toyota, Honda
• Control Plan, Process Flow, FMEA
• Quality System Experience 
• Quality System Auditing
• Sample Submission process and components: SQAM for Toyota

SPECIAL SKILLS

• Customer product launch requirements
• Customer Quality System requirements
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Team building, Problem solving and Root Cause Analysis (8D, 5-why, Fishbone, etc.)
• Customer Relations
• Computer Literate
• Effective Leadership Skills
• Continuous Improvement background

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide Leadership for quality improvement activities in the facility.
• Conduct customer visits and interface with customers in both formal and informal settings.
• Oversee Quality launch activities for new programs per customer requirements and coordinate the resolution of customer concerns.
• Oversee the Quality auditing and inspection process of the production floor and incoming inspection, including the training and supervision of Quality Auditors.
• Coordinates, schedules, and supervises the day-to-day activities of the quality function on the plant floor and resolves production quality concerns.
• Management Representative for the facility Quality Management and overseeing Plant measureables, trends, Quality System effectiveness, and continuous improvement.
• Oversee the ongoing development and training of policies and procedures related to Quality Management Systems.
• Track and manage supplier performance
• Oversee the internal audit system to ensure that Quality Management Systems compliance is evident.
• Participate in external Quality Management Systems audits and subsequent surveillance audits
• Coordinate the Corrective and Preventative Actions program.
• Responsible for communicating in all aspects of customer requirements and concerns and acting as the facility customer representative.
• Fully participate in and support Corvac’s Environmental Management Systems.
• Fully participate in and support Corvac’s Quality Management System.
• Fully participate in and support Corvac's Safety Policy

The following are some of the tools and/or products that may be required to perform the above-mentioned duties:

• Leader Standard Work
• Personal Computer
• Various measuring devices (calipers, height gages, check fixtures, scale, etc.)
• Microsoft Office Products
• Epicor/CMS (AS400 application)
• Various office equipment, incl print, copy and fax machines, phones, etc.
• Various software applications
• Office supplies
• Safety Equipment