Plant Quality Manager

Plant Quality Manager

Location(s):

Haleyville, AL, US, 35565

Function:


Manufacturing

Audience:


Experienced Professional

Work Arrangement:


On Site

Requisition ID:


69865

The Quality Manager is responsible for leading and driving a consistent message about Owens Corning Quality with an emphasis on defining and implementing a quality inspection, auditing, and driving the definition of a site quality metrics, reporting and operating mechanisms. The Quality Manager will be expected to coach and develop team members, improve skill-sets, identify best practices and optimize the use of quality tools to enable the team to provide superior quality. Maintains quality compliance by identifying quality requirements; disseminating standards, policies, and procedures; conducting audits; recommending process improvement plans. This position must understand data-collection analytics, problem solving, and metric reporting to build a sustainable quality process at the plant level.

Responsibilities:

• Ensures site audit readiness and host the Quality System audits and executes Quality Management System reviews.
• Owns site compliance assessment and remediation, leads communication and training requirements for Quality matters.
• Review standard operating procedures for company directives and compliance.
• Responsible for site education of non-Quality Assurance personnel, responsible for professional development of the site Quality Assurance team.
• Monitor, control, and analyzes product and process quality to meet internal and external customer requirements.
• Determine through statistical data continuous improvements projects.
• Partner with production in detecting root causes for defects during production phases.
• Work with management staff in analyzing data for purpose of developing and implementing preventative measures to limit or eliminate quality defects.
• Communicate quality goals and requirements by preparing and disseminating standards, metrics, standard operating procedures (SOP) management, and vendor document and production record guidelines.
• Improve quality compliance by recommending and following-up on improvement plans, writing training courses, contributing information to cross-functional quality improvement teams.
• Prepare quality assurance reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.
• Facilitate Lean process improvement opportunities throughout the plant and be the plant ambassador for quality and process excellence.
• Responsible for site RMA/RFC process to include evaluation, processing, and corrective actions and disposition.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree preferred (or Associate Degree plus 4 years practical experience)
• Minimum of 4 years of experience and understanding of a quality production environment.
• Supervisor or Managerial experience in a work environment with proven quality processes.
• Lean GB certification highly desired or ability to attain within 1 year.
• Certified Quality Manager (CQM) or Certified Quality Auditor certification from ASQ highly desired or ability to obtain within one year.
• Proven leadership skills (experience successfully managing people/projects/processes/issues).
• Strong presentation and facilitation skills.
• Subject matter expert (SME) on all Quality Inspection & Audit process with defined CARS and remediation to drive performance optimization.
• Excellent understanding of Quality Management Tools to include Six Sigma, Statistical Process Control, MS-Excel, Visio, DOE, DFR, etc.
• Ability to multi-task & handle task with competing priorities.
• Proven analytical and problem solving skills
• Microsoft office programs including MS-Excel, MS Word, and MS Power-Point, MS Access or comparable programs.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, acknowledge, develop people and implement a strategy under crisis situations to ensure compliance.

About Owens Corning

Owens Corning is a branded building products leader with three complementary market-leading businesses providing roofing, insulation, and doors primarily for residential markets in North America and Europe. The company operates with an integrated go-to-market strategy and a unique set of OC Advantages - including its iconic brand, unparalleled commercial strength, leading technology, and winning cost position - to help customers win and grow in the market. Owens Corning is committed to helping build better and achieve more through winning partnerships, leading performance, and engaging people. Founded in 1938 and headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, Owens Corning is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: OC). For more information, visit

Owens Corning is an equal opportunity employer. Except in limited circumstances such as formal apprenticeship programs, Owens Corning does not employ anyone under the age of 18.

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