Quality Assurance Manager

As a member of the Plant leadership team, the Quality Manager will be responsible for leading the execution and deployment of the organizations Strategic Quality Plan in conjunction with the cross functional plant leadership team, serving as the representative for the Quality Management System.

Your work will include, but not be limited to:

• Manages the Quality / customer interface to proactively assure requirements are understood and satisfied
• Responsible for the problem resolution process, whether internal or customer identified issue, which includes ensuring timing deadlines are met and using standard reporting tool (8D or customer specified report variant).
• Responsible for Customer Scorecard performance and engaging the applicable department or area in root cause/corrective action activity if not meeting requirements
• Manages the Plant Quality Department which includes: budget oversight; employee recruitment, assessment and development; resource allocation; and supplier management
• Leads and support in the development and launch of new products and processes including leading Plant APQP activity and Customer and Supplier PPAP.
• Leads the auditing of internal Quality Systems and industry quality system requirements (i.e. TS16949, VDA, ISO 9001, etc.)
• Performs managerial reviews of department metrics to evaluate results and recommend action plans to close gaps at an operational level.

Your Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Engineering, related technical field or 10+ years’ relevant managerial experience
• Experienced with IATF or similar Audit requirements
• Competent in quality tools and process/production control methods such as: APQP, Control Plans, FMEA, GD&T, MSA, PPAP, SPC
• Expert in 8D methodology
• Ownership of quality documentations as it relates to preproduction and production processes