Job Description
Job Title: Quality Assurance Manager
Duration: Full Time/Permanent
Salary: $87,000/Annum - $125,000/Annum
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree (business, engineering preferred) along with 7+ years quality leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Working knowledge of APQP methodology required, including PPAP, FMEA, GR&R (Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility), Process Validation, and Control Plans.
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and OPS tools.
- Excellent computer and data management skills. SAP and ERP experience a plus.
- Six Sigma black belt or green belt certification a plus
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ensure an ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 compliant and effective quality management system and other required certifications are maintained for each site in accordance with standard processes
- Initiates and implements manufacturing procedures which improve quality by analyzing the existing methods and working with manufacturing to develop new procedures
- Provide hands on support to manufacturing departments
- Oversee internal/external quality audits, customer audits and responses
- Lead standardization of product inspection and testing methods to ensure compliance with customer, industry and government standards.
- Drive implementation of proactive quality improvement projects and problem-solving processes, including standard root cause analysis tools, that result in a reduction in customer complaints.
- Support deployment of SAP Quality Management module to ensure optimization of quality planning, quality inspection, and quality control, as well as thorough response and management of internal and external quality notifications.
- Effectively use quality and operations data to drive change; define improvement metrics and develop key performance indicators (KPI's).
- Initiate and attend meetings, as well as coordinate all other activities, to drive a culture of continuous improvement