Quality Manager

This position entails steering the development and implementation of quality control systems within a manufacturing setting. The role focuses on enhancing new model quality, process quality, and supplier quality functionalities. You'll be pivotal in elevating quality performance, nurturing team growth, bolstering supplier relationships, and ensuring exemplary customer satisfaction through robust quality systems and persistent improvement strategies. You will offer strategic guidance and leadership to align with business targets and uphold excellence in quality assurance.

• Supervise teams responsible for product quality across its lifecycle, from new model to supplier quality.
• Foster and enhance collaborative supplier partnerships dedicated to quality improvements.
• Manage corrective and preventive action processes for suppliers.
• Address and resolve quality-related challenges promptly.
• Conduct analyses to address and rectify supplier and internal quality issues.
• Oversee departmental budgeting and business strategy plans.
• Guide and develop team members to achieve professional growth.
• Track supplier quality metrics and lead initiatives for ongoing enhancement.
• Ensure satisfaction for both internal associates and external clients.
• Administer quality audits and corrective measures.
• Manage quality efforts during product launches and model introductions.
• Lead the charge in resolving supplier quality discrepancies.
• Promote 5S and workspace organization practices.
• Direct process quality standards for the introduction of new models.
• Define and drive departmental goals and KPIs.
• Engage collaboratively with cross-disciplinary teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 5 years of leadership experience in quality within manufacturing environments.
• Proven experience in managing quality initiatives for suppliers, processes, and new model deployments.
• Comprehensive knowledge of quality frameworks, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement tactics.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and team-building abilities.
• Proficiency in operating within a dynamic manufacturing setting.
• Familiarity with APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, and problem-solving methodologies.