Quality Manager
Apply NowCompany: Airboss
Location: Auburn Hills, MI 48326
Description:
Quality Manager
JOB SUMMARY
The Quality Manager position is responsible for establishing a quality system and team that promotes customer satisfaction and that positively impacts the financial performance of AirBoss. Champion continuous improvement efforts and defect reduction initiatives to establish an effective Quality Management System.
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Initiates and implements quality improvement activities as appropriate (e.g., Kaizen, Six Sigma) to raise the performance of the company's product lines.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY
This position manages all employees of the department andis responsible for the performance management and hiring of the employees within that department.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
TRAINING/SKILLS
OTHER DUTIES
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
AirBoss Flexible Products is an equal opportunity employer. We provide employment opportunities without regard to race, gender, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. AirBoss Flexible Products participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
JOB SUMMARY
The Quality Manager position is responsible for establishing a quality system and team that promotes customer satisfaction and that positively impacts the financial performance of AirBoss. Champion continuous improvement efforts and defect reduction initiatives to establish an effective Quality Management System.
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Initiates and implements quality improvement activities as appropriate (e.g., Kaizen, Six Sigma) to raise the performance of the company's product lines.
- Educates and trains employees as to their impact in the quality management system.
- Develops, implements, manages and integrates a QMS for manufacturing plants.
- Serves as the primary quality control resource for problem identification, resolution, loss reporting and continuous improvement.
- Manages quality control personnel on a day-to-day basis.
- Supports concurrent engineering efforts by participating in design development projects representing quality assurance and the customer.
- Designs, implements and documents procedures for process control, process improvement, testing and inspection.
- Establishes and implements metrics (process capability, control charts, measurement quality) for monitoring system effectiveness and to enable managers to make sound product quality decisions.
- Performs root-cause analysis and other problem solving activities to identify effective corrective actions and process improvements.
- Establishes collection and analysis systems of statistical data to predict trends that will affect improvement of product quality.
- Analyzes customers' product specifications to establish efficient, cost-effective requirements for ease of manufacture and reproducibility.
- Develops quality planning methods for all product lines.
- Develops process certification standards and assist in process certification.
- Monitors vendor performance and establish criteria and rating system for critical vendors.
- Reviews customer purchase orders, contracts and change requests and ensure that the necessary criteria and provisions are included in quality and process plans.
- Interacts with customers to identify opportunities to improve quality and establish feedback with manufacturing and development personnel.
- Oversees calibration and testing programs.
- Reports to management on quality issues, trends and losses.
- Reviews suppliers purchase orders and establish supplier quality requirements.
- Participates in internal and external quality audits.
- Interfaces with supplier and customer quality representatives concerning problems with quality control and assure that effective corrective action is implemented.
- All other reasonable duties, as assigned.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY
This position manages all employees of the department andis responsible for the performance management and hiring of the employees within that department.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor degree in related field and/or equivalent work experience
- More than 5 years of experience working in manufacturing with rubber or plastic injection molding (rubber preferred).
- More than 5 years of experience in Quality systems implementation and management.
- Six Sigma certification (a plus)
- Proven track record of business and customer performance improvement.
TRAINING/SKILLS
- QAD, Microsoft Office Suite, GM Supply Power, Future 3, Covisent, E Supplier, Nexteer's
OTHER DUTIES
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
AirBoss Flexible Products is an equal opportunity employer. We provide employment opportunities without regard to race, gender, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. AirBoss Flexible Products participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.