Role Overview
This position owns the execution of key elements of Quality Assurance operational plans. You will lead a team of Quality Assurance professionals, set tactical and operational plans for the achievement of Quality Compliance goals and drive change to ensure continuous quality improvement.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Leads a team consisting of Quality Engineering, Compliance, Calibration, and Inspection.
- Develops and manages plans, guidelines, policies and processes, to ensure the achievement of quality targets.
- Leads implementation of organization projects and processes to ensure overall quality is continuously improving.
- Oversees quality improvement processes to ensure on-going reductions in Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) and escapes.
- Manages teams collecting and analyzing quality information from multiple sources to develop long-term quality strategy and programs.
- Manages teams providing production process analyses, ensuring quality standards are met and making recommendations for quality improvement.
- Develops and implements operations quality plans and procedures.
- Manages and maintains department budget requirements.
- Champion operations site APQP initiatives.
- Champions site compliance (FAA, AS9100D, Military, Nadcap) and customer audits.
- Leads and directs quality organization and provides cross-functional quality integration leadership
- Establishes, oversees, and administers processes, policies, and best practices, and determines resource requirements, acquisition, improvement plans and quality measures
- Communicates, educates, trains and coaches customers, suppliers, and internal personnel regarding Quality policies, processes and procedures
- Provides cross-functional Quality technical expertise
- Prepares and presents departmental metrics at site monthly reviews
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of prior relevant experience OR
- Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years’ experience OR
- In absence of a degree, 14 years of relevant experience is required.
- Engineering/Other Technical Positions: Bachelor’s degree (typically in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws / regulations.
- Must be a U.S. Person/Permanent Resident “Green Card” holder.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of APQP processes is preferred
- Knowledge of SAP ERP is preferred
- ASQ CQE certification is preferred
- AS9100D and ISO9001 experience