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Required Experience
BS Degree in technical field required; 2-5 years of experience in quality. Preferred experience with Juvenile products.
Required Technical Competencies
Required Behavioral Competencies
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- Manage the achievement of Brand expectations by providing support, guidance, leadership and expertise to support functions (e.g. AQT, MFG, ENG, Purchasing, Project Management) and suppliers
- Comply with all Quality Management System standards/deliverables
- Develop a robust QR through utilization of global compliance standards, identification of QR requirements not related to compliance (ref. gold/silver/bronze brand strategy) and documentation of all applicable requirements in the standard template
- Optimize design by leading cross-functional completion of the DFMEA (failure mode identification, detection strategy, Design for Manufacturing, KPC identification)
- Optimize process by leading cross-functional completion of the flow, PFMEA, control plan (process control strategy, error proofing, jigs/fixtures, KCC identification)
- Validate that the product design and MFG process achieve QR requirements [by evaluating all issues identified during pilot runs, ensuring all critical issues are resolved prior to PP, ensuring all MFG process documentation is adequate, ensuring all test results are complete/passing, ensuring that a representative sample has been reviewed/approved by a cross-functional team and providing an authorization for production start]
- Determine testing, process control impact of all ECR/ECN's; execute/validate all ECR/ECN's in accordance with this determination, in compliance with the established EC process
- Conduct on-site Supplier Quality Audits (SQA); provide oversight, ensure GSM compliance for SQA's performed by the AQT
- Prioritize and control quality issues; provide updates as appropriate/requested (e.g. PDR, Management Review).
- Analyze customer (ref. subcommittee), supplier and internal data; identify issues and trends and refer to CAPA process
- Drive effective corrective action by leading 5-Why, CAPA and/or 8D processes
- Provide relevant metrics in all phases of the product life cycle (pre-launch, launch, MFG), in all phases of the business (corporate. Operations, suppliers)
Required Experience
BS Degree in technical field required; 2-5 years of experience in quality. Preferred experience with Juvenile products.
Required Technical Competencies
- Excellent Verbal and Written Communication Skills
- Project Management Skills - ability to follow project plans and meet key milestones on time
- Computer Skills (Microsoft Office Suite)
- Knowledge of manufacturing: injection molding and plastics
- Understanding of and experience with Quality Disciplines -
- ISO 9000 knowledge and experience (Procedures and Work Instructions)
- Quality Planning (FMEAS, Control Plans)
- Effective Corrective Action (5-Why); exposure to Six Sigma, Shainin preferred
- Effective Prints and Specifications preferred
- Understanding of, experience with or a demonstrated ability to learn all industry, commercial and government regulations/standards.
Required Behavioral Competencies
- Personal Leadership - Leads by envisioning the future, engaging others, energizing people and enabling self and others to develop and execute plans to deliver strategy.
- Aligning Performance for Success - Focuses and guides others in accomplishing work objectives.
- Building Partnerships- Identifies opportunities and takes action to build strategic relationships between one's area and other areas, teams, teams, departments, units or organizations to help achieve business goals.
- Customer Focus - Makes customers and their needs a primary focus of one's actions; develops and sustains productive customer relationships.
- Information Monitoring- Sets up ongoing procedures to collect and review information needed to manage an organization or ongoing activities within it.
- Initiates Action - Takes prompt action to accomplish objectives; takes action to achieve goals beyond what is required; is proactive.
- Strategic Decision Making- Obtains information and identifies key issues and relationships relevant to achieving a long-range goal or vision; commits to a course of action to accomplish a long0range goal or vision after developing alternatives based on logical assumptions, facts, available resources, constraints and organizational value.
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