Director of Quality & Design Assurance
Apply NowCompany: Lasko Products, Inc
Location: West Chester, PA 19382
Description:
Director of Quality & Design Assurance
Lasko Products, a market leader in home comfort products for over 100 years, is looking to add a Director of Quality & Design Assurance to the team in our West Chester, PA headquarters, or our light manufacturing facilities in Fort Worth, TX or Franklin, TN.
In this role, you will have Strategic and tactical responsibility for implementing Quality strategy and strategic operational goals to exceed customer expectations for product quality, cost, and delivery, optimizing production quality levels and supporting operational excellence.
The Director of Quality and Design Assurance leads both domestic and international quality teams and will be responsible for quality assurance at a plant level as well as supplier quality. You will be expected to champion continuous improvement efforts and defect reduction initiatives to establish an effective Total Quality Management System. The Director of Quality will have a domestic team of 15 personal reporting directly to him or her with an additional team of 20 international quality personnel that have indirect reporting.
Primary Responsibilities
Personal and Leadership Qualities
KPI's You will Be Measured By:
Requirements
About the Company
Lasko Metal Products was founded in 1906 by Henry Lasko in Philadelphia. Lasko designs, manufactures, assembles, and distributes portable fans, heaters, and humidifiers for the consumer market (Lasko brand), air purifiers (Germ Guardian brand), ventilation products such as range hoods and bathroom exhaust fans to the construction industry (Air King brand) and water damage restoration products such as air scrubbers and dehumidifiers (B-Air brand). Lasko's products are sold in North America, South America, the Caribbean, and Asia. The company is recognized as the leader in the portable fan and portable heating categories and proudly operates American manufacturing, assembly, and distribution facilities across the US. Lasko's leading market share in fans and heaters is 2X - 4X larger than the #2 brand. Lasko's domestic production capabilities uniquely position Lasko to serve its customers.
Lasko's Mission is to improve everyday life with trusted products which create a healthier and more comfortable environment. The company's success is based on 5 Core Values:
The Lasko family owned and operated Lasko Products until November 2016, when private investment firms Comvest Partners and JW Levin Management Partners ("JWLMP") acquired the business. Comvest Partners and JWLMP are committed to growing the business with investments in growth and productivity.
Geographic Reach
Based in the greater Philadelphia, PA area, Lasko Products operates in locations throughout the US and Canada. The company's Tennessee, Texas, and Pennsylvania manufacturing facilities produce both indoor and outdoor fans and heaters. The company also sources select products internationally from China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, and India. Lasko operates distribution centers in all manufacturing locations plus Nevada and Ohio.
Diversity & Inclusion
Comvest and its portfolio companies recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote regardless of race/national origin, gender/gender identification, sexual orientation, age, disability status, veteran status, religious affiliation, and other protected status. We have a clear vision to be the place where diverse talent wants to come, stay, and do their best work. We know our companies run on the hard work and dedication of our passionate and smart employees. We believe that diversity within an organization creates long-term value for the organization itself and its constituents. Comvest and its portfolio companies are high performing organizations that seeks to hire hard-working and dedicated high performers. While Comvest and its portfolio companies always strive to look at a diverse pool of candidates, we will always choose the most qualified candidate for the job being recruited for, in order to strive for success for both the employee and the firm.
Lasko Products, a market leader in home comfort products for over 100 years, is looking to add a Director of Quality & Design Assurance to the team in our West Chester, PA headquarters, or our light manufacturing facilities in Fort Worth, TX or Franklin, TN.
In this role, you will have Strategic and tactical responsibility for implementing Quality strategy and strategic operational goals to exceed customer expectations for product quality, cost, and delivery, optimizing production quality levels and supporting operational excellence.
The Director of Quality and Design Assurance leads both domestic and international quality teams and will be responsible for quality assurance at a plant level as well as supplier quality. You will be expected to champion continuous improvement efforts and defect reduction initiatives to establish an effective Total Quality Management System. The Director of Quality will have a domestic team of 15 personal reporting directly to him or her with an additional team of 20 international quality personnel that have indirect reporting.
Primary Responsibilities
- Overall responsibility for Quality and Continuous Improvement activities across the business
- Lead and manage the quality function from new product conception through to warranty analysis to ensure a proactive culture so that customers receive the product to the highest standard of quality possible
- Drive any necessary culture change and improvement in business performance to deliver strategic goals
- Establish quality and reliability standards by studying industry benchmarks and the requirements of customers and research/design and development, and define the metrics required to assess performance against standards required
- Establishes and implements metrics (process capability, control charts, measurement quality) for monitoring system effectiveness and to enable managers to make sound product quality decisions
- Establishes collection and analysis systems of statistical data to predict trends that will affect improvement of product quality
- Lead and organize formal/informal problem solving in areas of scrap, process capability warranty, etc. Provide training in quality systems and related areas such as APQP, BOS, Problem Solving, Statistical Process Control, Gage R&R and DOE
- Develops, implements, manages, and integrates a QMS for manufacturing plants
- Lead and coach a diverse set of quality engineers and managers tasked with automated and manual testing as well as building the internal tools and infrastructure to efficiently execute this testing
- Lead the design assurance function for new product development (NPD) projects to ensure all quality objectives are met and products are developed in accordance with design control requirements.
- Define strategy for supplier quality improvement and design assurance activities. Establish and monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to identify and pursue systemic improvement opportunities.
- Designs, implements, and documents procedures for Quality Control and Assurance.
Personal and Leadership Qualities
- Proven leadership and management skills with the ability to optimize team performance and development
- Excellent relationship management skills with the ability to engage, negotiate and manage key stakeholders and suppliers
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Results orientated with ability to plan and deliver against project deadlines
- Commercially and financially astute with experience of managing budgets
- An appreciation of and an ability to positively resolve issues arising from different cultures
KPI's You will Be Measured By:
- Cost of Poor Quality
- Defective Rate/First Pass Yield
- Warranty Return Rate
- Major Quality Concerns resolution.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineer, or related field
- Minimum of 5 Years of Experience in leading large quality teams
- Experience with Quality Management System and ISO9001:2015 implementation
- Experience with Advanced Product Quality Planning.
- Six Sigma Black Belt Certification Required
About the Company
Lasko Metal Products was founded in 1906 by Henry Lasko in Philadelphia. Lasko designs, manufactures, assembles, and distributes portable fans, heaters, and humidifiers for the consumer market (Lasko brand), air purifiers (Germ Guardian brand), ventilation products such as range hoods and bathroom exhaust fans to the construction industry (Air King brand) and water damage restoration products such as air scrubbers and dehumidifiers (B-Air brand). Lasko's products are sold in North America, South America, the Caribbean, and Asia. The company is recognized as the leader in the portable fan and portable heating categories and proudly operates American manufacturing, assembly, and distribution facilities across the US. Lasko's leading market share in fans and heaters is 2X - 4X larger than the #2 brand. Lasko's domestic production capabilities uniquely position Lasko to serve its customers.
Lasko's Mission is to improve everyday life with trusted products which create a healthier and more comfortable environment. The company's success is based on 5 Core Values:
- Be Bold:
- Challenge the status quo
- Courageously pursue the impossible
- Reject mediocrity
- Be Together
- Work together for success
- Drive trust and candor with each other
- Prioritize "We" before "I"
- Be A Leader
- Lead with personal conviction
- Inspire each other to deliver high- quality results
- Leverage resilience and agility to drive excellence
- Be Accountable
- Consistently deliver to our customers
- Embrace commitments as a contract
- Take pride in our actions
- Be The Change
- Demonstrate a passion to win
- Make a difference at work in our communities
- Step forward and take initiative
The Lasko family owned and operated Lasko Products until November 2016, when private investment firms Comvest Partners and JW Levin Management Partners ("JWLMP") acquired the business. Comvest Partners and JWLMP are committed to growing the business with investments in growth and productivity.
Geographic Reach
Based in the greater Philadelphia, PA area, Lasko Products operates in locations throughout the US and Canada. The company's Tennessee, Texas, and Pennsylvania manufacturing facilities produce both indoor and outdoor fans and heaters. The company also sources select products internationally from China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, and India. Lasko operates distribution centers in all manufacturing locations plus Nevada and Ohio.
Diversity & Inclusion
Comvest and its portfolio companies recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote regardless of race/national origin, gender/gender identification, sexual orientation, age, disability status, veteran status, religious affiliation, and other protected status. We have a clear vision to be the place where diverse talent wants to come, stay, and do their best work. We know our companies run on the hard work and dedication of our passionate and smart employees. We believe that diversity within an organization creates long-term value for the organization itself and its constituents. Comvest and its portfolio companies are high performing organizations that seeks to hire hard-working and dedicated high performers. While Comvest and its portfolio companies always strive to look at a diverse pool of candidates, we will always choose the most qualified candidate for the job being recruited for, in order to strive for success for both the employee and the firm.