Large manufacturing site in Portland TN is looking for a strong Quality Manager. Looking for someone who has experience helping drive change and make the department more efficient. Looking for someone who has experience with improving the QMS. Looking for someone who is strong with Audits.
Day shift role
Salary Range $80k-$120k
Benefits offered Responsibilities Develop, implement, manage and integrate a QMS for manufacturing plants. Support team members in their functions and duties to ensure the production floor is fully supported regarding its quality needs. Serve as the primary quality control resource for problem identification, resolution, loss reporting and continuous improvement. Establish and implement metrics (process capability, control charts, measurement quality) for monitoring system effectiveness and to enable managers to make sound product quality decisions. Perform root-cause analysis and other problem solving activities to identify effective corrective actions and process improvements. Establish collection and analysis systems of statistical data to predict trends that will affect improvement of product quality. Analyze customers' product specifications to establish efficient, cost-effective requirements for ease of manufacture and reproducibility. Develop process certification standards and assist in process certification. Maintain Layered Audit Processes. Responsible for leading third party customer audits. Interact with customers to identify opportunities to improve quality and establish feedback with manufacturing and development personnel. Report to Corporate Management on quality issues, trends and losses. Qualifications, Skills, and Education Bachelor's degree Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or Business Administration, or equivalent number of years of experience. ASQC certification. Experience in design/prototype manufacturing. 5-7 years of experience in QA systems implementation and management with five years as quality manager in manufacturing environment. Automotive Industry experience Broad knowledge of theory and principles of statistics and statistical process control. Experience in designing and implementing quality systems. Diverse knowledge of inspection and control methods, techniques and documentation. Excellent communication skills (written and verbal). Strong computer skills including quality control applications, word processing. spreadsheets and databases. Thorough understanding of general safety requirements.
