Quality Manager

Our client is looking for a Quality Manager to join their experienced team! This position will be responsible for managing, coordinating and administering all functions of the Quality Department to meet or exceed the Quality Management System Requirements (QMS), while serving as a resource to achieve the plant objectives of safety, quality, efficiency, productivity, customer service, and regulatory compliance while demonstrating continuous improvements.

Requirements: 

• Bachelors of Science degree in engineering or technical discipline
• Minimum of 6 years experience in Quality Engineering in an IATF 1649 or IS0 14001 environment
• 3+ years of EHS experience related to OSHA and Safey Incidents/tracking
• 3+ years of managerial experience leading a team
• Knowledge on Cut and Sew process in an Automotive environment
• Knowledge of Lamination and Foam Injection preferred
• Bilingual in both English and Spanish
• SAP ERP experience preferred
• Minitab experience also preferred

Training Required:

• IATF 16949 / Automotive Experience
• ISO 14001 System

Other Requirements: Willing to travel up to 30%

*Must be a US citizen/US Resident*

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and report on all aspects of the plant Quality Systems in support of support of company goals, policies, and procedures.
• Coordinate and assured the APQP processes for new products.
• Supervise Quality staff
• Lead both internal and external audits - work closely with both auditors and customers .
• Assure that only products that have been approved in all stages is sent to the customer.
• Reply with preventive and corrective actions customer complaints.
• Administer and coordinate the final inspection of new products.
• Coordinate a certification program for first shipments.
• Assure and maintain a Quality System complaint with IATF 16949, ISO 9001:2005.
• Support all ISO-14001, ergonomic and safety programs.
• Manage all EHS activities while tracking and documenting safety incidents.
• Utilize ERP System (SAP)
• Provide technical guidance to quality personnel related to product quality.
• Coordinate the prevention if non-conformances related to the product, process, quality system and environmental administration functions.
• Develop systems, objectives and plans to strengthen the quality of our products.
• Perform analysis to new products in the launching stage to minimize risks, involving statistic techniques and quality planning, develop and publish the quality functions of each customer to all the developments involve in new product launching.
• Assure the implementation and follow-up of the plan for the protection of new products and process launches.
• Supervise Dock-Audit activities.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives including CAPA Program to ensure corrective actions are followed through with & implemented.
• Stops shipment and production to correct quality problems.
• Environmental aspects and impact awareness.
• Customer scorecards follow-up and customer portals.
• Report any inconsistency or nonconformance on the product and participate in the corrective/preventive actions process
• Authority to stop shipment, stop production to correct quality problems.
• Delegate with responsibility ensure conformity to product requirements.

Skills:

• Communication Skills (Oral & Written)
• Able to plan and organize.
• Proven Leadership 
• Initiative
• Teamwork 
• Analytical
• Problem Solving 

Our client is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. They prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.