Manager, Quality

Leadership - Must have a minimum of 5-10 years experience in supervision of a quality department. - Must have a proven record leading and developing people - Leadership skills, assertiveness, initiative, planning/organizing and follow-up monitoring - Develops departmental bench strength through personnel development - Provide guidance and develop accountability system to ensure that all SOP’s and process controls are followed - Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) Communication - Experience relaying sensitive information to appropriate parties. Keeps customers, superiors, peers and direct reports updated based on their information needs - Is an articulate speaker in a variety of settings. Easily adjusts the message to match the audience. - Easily analyzes and prioritizes information, distilling it to critical issues and drawing accurate conclusions. - Makes effective decisions by analyzing information and considering priorities. - Lead and encourage continuous improvement efforts. - Works across departments to identify and implement specific quality initiatives - Involve managers, supervisors and employee teams in continuous improvement efforts - Coordinate development of written communication including standard operating procedures and work instructions - Comfortable speaking to audiences Experience/Skills - Six Sigma Green Belt - Must be capable of implementing process controls that validate and insure that procedures are followed - Skilled at completing audits of manufacturing floor for compliance to standards - Investigate quality errors, internal and external, and issue corrective action - Assure that SOP’s are created, trained, enforced and audited. - Experience of ISO Requirements is a must. - Analyze current processes to identify and prioritize opportunities that would result in improved service to customers and/or improve productivity/efficiency - Develop (and/or sustain), communicate and monitor quality tracking systems - Identify, specify, document and implement manufacturing best practices methods, procedures, tooling and equipment required to support operations. - Experience with PPAP process up to level 4. - Extensive knowledge of GD&T is a must.