Job Description

Leadership

• Must have a minimum of 5-10 years experience in supervision of a quality department.
• Must have a proven record leading and developing people
• Leadership skills, assertiveness, initiative, planning/organizing and follow-up monitoring
• Develops departmental bench strength through personnel development
• Provide guidance and develop accountability system to ensure that all SOP’s and process controls are followed 
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)

Communication

• Experience relaying sensitive information to appropriate parties. Keeps customers, superiors, peers and direct reports updated based on their information needs
• Is an articulate speaker in a variety of settings. Easily adjusts the message to match the audience.
• Easily analyzes and prioritizes information, distilling it to critical issues and drawing accurate conclusions.
• Makes effective decisions by analyzing information and considering priorities.
• Lead and encourage continuous improvement efforts.
• Works across departments to identify and implement specific quality initiatives
• Involve managers, supervisors and employee teams in continuous improvement efforts
• Coordinate development of written communication including standard operating procedures and work instructions
• Comfortable speaking to audiences

Experience/Skills

• Six Sigma Green Belt
• Must be capable of implementing process controls that validate and insure that procedures are followed
• Skilled at completing audits of manufacturing floor for compliance to standards
• Investigate quality errors, internal and external,  and issue corrective action
• Assure that SOP’s are created, trained, enforced and audited.
• Experience of ISO Requirements is a must.
• Analyze current processes to identify and prioritize opportunities that would result in improved service to customers and/or improve productivity/efficiency 
• Develop (and/or sustain), communicate and monitor quality tracking systems
• Identify, specify, document and implement manufacturing best practices methods, procedures, tooling and equipment required to support operations.
• Experience with PPAP process up to level 4. 
•  Extensive knowledge of GD&T is a must.