Quality Manager

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Job Description:

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• Role Definition
  Lead Incoming quality function for engine and gensets.

Oversees the administration and continual improvement of quality management systems.

Responsibilities

Role is responsible to deliver defect free parts to engine and genes assembly line by implementing right incoming inspection processes. Develop a quality plan for each part. Work with Supplier quality engineers to make sure the part coming to facility are defect free.

Complete a risk assessment for all parts coming facility and develop an incoming inspection strategy. Develop right quality gates to make sure the parts are presented to line are defect free.  

• Supporting development of quality assurance strategies, processes, guidelines and control plans which assure quality and reliability of manufactured products.

• Leading the development and implementation of corrective action and preventive measures to achieve quality targets.

• Investigating and addressing trends with internal and external non-conformance.

• Leading, managing and developing multiple teams, team leaders, quality specialists and inspectors to assure that quality standards are met.

• Driving change based on data; reviewing reports to review with quality assurance, production, management, and engineering personnel to solve quality issues.

Degree Requirement
Degree or equivalent experience desired

Skill Descriptors
Incoming quality experience, skilled in CMM programming, knowledge of gauge room, expert in measurement techniques and execution.

Planning: Tactical, Strategic: Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan.
Level Working Knowledge:

• Contributes to short-term operational plans.

• Anticipates and adapts to plan changes.

• Monitors progress of work against plan as required to meet objectives.

• Reports variances and makes agreed-upon corrections.

• Under guidance, develops tactical plan for own direct responsibility.

Quality Management: Knowledge of quality management methods, tools, and techniques and ability to create and support an environment that meets the quality goals of the organization.
Level Extensive Experience:

• Interprets results of quantitative and statistical tools and explains results to others.

• Communicates key benefits of a quality management process.

• Conducts and directs quality reviews.

• Develops expertise in quality assurance tools, techniques, and standards.

• Develops quality assurance processes based on Six Sigma, ISO 9000 or Baldrige principles.

• Develops programs for motivating employees to meet or exceed quality goals.

Collaborating: Knowledge of collaborative techniques; ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.
Level Extensive Experience:

• Demonstrates experience engendering collaborative processes that lead to problem solving and the achievement of business goals.

• Establishes shared goals to foster collaboration.

• Ensures that everyone can access the same data and provide input into how business is conducted.

• Redesigns physical areas to allow for collaboration and private time.

• Deemphasizes divides; focuses on collaboration across generations, functions, regions, and levels.

• Implements methods for people to come together on the fly to make decisions, solve problems, and develop products/services.
Influencing: Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to impact decisions within and outside own organization.
Level Working Knowledge:

• Develops basic persuasive arguments.

• Discusses organizational culture around providing input on decisions.

• Uses active listening skills and probing techniques to surface opportunities to influence.

• Identifies who the decision makers are and how they receive information.

• Regularly presents ideas or suggestions to associates in persuasive terms.

Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
Level Working Knowledge:

• Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives.

• Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder.

• Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information.

• Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution.

• Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.

Quality Risk Management: Knowledge of processes, tools, and techniques for Quality Risk Management; ability to implement the quality assurance process of assessment, control, communication, and review of risks to the quality of products.
Level Working Knowledge:

• Documents the key steps of a unit-specific risk management process and associated procedures.

• Explains and analyzes quality indicators and metrics relevant to own unit or function.

• Highlights Quality Risk Management issues throughout the product life cycle.

• Participates in a crisis management team to address quality issues.

• Understands overall business objectives to effectively mitigate risks associated with quality.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Cites examples of benefits and risks associated with implementing lean principles.

• Describes basic tools for observing existing processes and identifying waste.

• Cites industry or company examples of successful and unsuccessful lean implementations.

• Identifies key lean principles and highlights of the lean manufacturing process.

Root Cause Analysis (RCA): Knowledge of the concepts, principles and techniques of root cause analysis (RCA); ability to use a structured approach to identify the causes of undesirable consequences in a manufacturing environment and the changes needed to prevent recurrences.
Level Working Knowledge:

• Utilizes RCA techniques, such as Flowchart, Fish-bone Diagram, etc., to investigate basic problems, determine the causes, and find resolutions.

• Locates factors that resulted in harmful outcomes of one or more past events.

• Pinpoints behaviors, actions, inaction, or conditions that need to be changed.

• Extrapolates lessons to be learned to promote the achievement of better consequences.

• Practices RCA as an iterative process.

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of "essential job functions" as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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