Quality Manager

Quality Manager

Requirements

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or other Technical field.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification or willingness to obtain such certification is required.
• Minimum of five (5) years of manufacturing industry experience to include positions in both quality QA/QC and Operations/Production.
• 2-3 years of demonstrated achievement in a Leadership /Supervisory position.
• Must have a thorough understanding of common Quality and Problem Solving tools such as Statistical Analysis, DOE, Pareto charts and Histograms.
• Strong proficiency in PC-based tools including Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook required. Minitab and previous ERP experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a safety leader and puts safety first in all responsibilities. Works in conjunction with the EHS Manager to establish and maintain all policies and programs to assure a safe working environment.
• Provide hands-on management of the elements of the Quality Management System. These include quality action plans, customer complaints and internal holds, standard work, audit processes, document control, test methods, and quality test equipment. Ensure training is conducted for quality management system elements.
• Ensure plant systems are tied into corporate standards via reviews and audits.
• Generate scorecards and reports for all aspects of plant quality, not limited to and including VOC, CARs, SCARs, COAs, SPC reporting, losses, internal, and third party & customer audits.
• Ensure that food safety and quality systems satisfy and meet at all times all customer specifications, internal and regulatory requirements (ISO, GMP, FDA, Food Safety, Medical, Pharma etc.) applicable to industry.
• Conducts advanced statistical analysis and process capabilities for process and product quality.
• Independently manages customer interactions as it relates to product or service quality.
• Identify, define and promote awareness of customer requirements for the plant.
• Manages and trains the activities of the Quality Team including the lab/quality technicians.
• Actively participates and leads teams in support of continuous improvement initiatives and establish a CI culture.
• Establish a culture of continuous improvement in Quality.
• Active member of the plant leadership team.

Preferred Qualifications

• ASQ CMQ/QE or ASQ CQE certification preferred.