J.W. Speaker Corporation
Director of Quality and Continuous Improvement (on-site)
J.W. Speaker Corporation, Germantown, Wisconsin, United States,
ABOUT THE POSITION:
Are you looking for an executive-level opportunity where you can make an impact? If so, this may be a perfect fit! This position will be responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining an organization-wide quality strategy and management system; driving continuous improvement and quality enhancements; and providing leadership to foster a culture of high standards and customer satisfaction. It will be a vital part of our leadership team.
OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE:
Our ideal candidate will start off with a bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline. This is a critical role and requires at least 15 years of quality and manufacturing experience, along with 5 years in a leadership role. To be successful, candidates should have significant experience and knowledge of ISO 9001-2015 and/or IATF/TS16949. Experience within a Tier 1 or 2 automotive, specialty automotive or aerospace equipment supplier preferred, but not mandatory.
HOW YOU WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE:
The Director of Quality will develop and maintain a company-wide quality strategy and management system, fostering a culture of and driving continuous improvement across the organization; providing leadership to cultivate a culture of high standards and customer satisfaction.
You will
EXPLORE:
By ensuring that critical suppliers used by the organization are selected, evaluated, and reevaluated and that records of this assessment are maintained
By promoting and utilizing diagnostic and predictive quality tools, such as SPS, statistical analysis, and Lean to drive practical continuous improvement in quality of service
By facilitating problem detection, ownership, root cause analysis, and effective corrective/preventative action
By implementing continuous improvement practices, including organizing and leading Kaizen events focused on quality and manufacturing processes
By developing process experts and training our workforce on quality methods and standards
You will
INNOVATE:
By collaborating with NPD/Design and Operations on product design and tooling to drive production quality
By working across the organization to ensure the quality management system aligns to both operational capabilities and customer requirements
By managing and facilitating the corrective action system; customer, internal, and supplier, including interaction with key customers
By leading interactions with key customers on quality related matters, including corrective actions
By proactively managing performance (right people, right role)
By partnering cross-functionally and providing guidance on the development of quality and CI training for all relevant team members
By increasing team capability, flexibility, and accountability to meet customer/business requirements
By continually assessing the quality organization and structure to align business needs and personnel capabilities
You will
PERFORM:
By ensuring the organization’s Quality Management System (QMS) conforms to customer, internal, ISO 9001, IATF 16949, and regulatory/legal requirements
By coaching, mentoring and providing support and leadership to the organization on the use of Lean, Six Sigma, and CI tools
By ensuring required processes for the Quality Management System are established, implemented, and sustained
By ensuring that document control procedures are adopted and utilized
By ensuring that an internal audit program is adopted to verify that the QMS conforms to requirements
By establishing robust corrective/preventative action systems to improve operational performance related to customer requirements, including metrics like scrap, rework, and cost of poor quality
By teaching, coaching, and performing problem solving using PDCA
By facilitating the practical deployment of CI methods and tools
Skills Needed:
Strong interpersonal, leadership and communication skills
Ability to work with others in a positive, collaborative manner
Practical knowledge and experience in Lean manufacturing methods; Kaizen, A3 problem solving, FMEA and process flow development
Demonstrated leadership in implementing Lean methodologies
Experience
5 year(s): Leadership experience
15 year(s): Quality experience
Education
Bachelors or better in Engineering or related field
Licenses & Certifications
Cert. Quality Auditor
Six Sigma Black Belt
Cert. Manager of Quality
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
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Are you looking for an executive-level opportunity where you can make an impact? If so, this may be a perfect fit! This position will be responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining an organization-wide quality strategy and management system; driving continuous improvement and quality enhancements; and providing leadership to foster a culture of high standards and customer satisfaction. It will be a vital part of our leadership team.
OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE:
Our ideal candidate will start off with a bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline. This is a critical role and requires at least 15 years of quality and manufacturing experience, along with 5 years in a leadership role. To be successful, candidates should have significant experience and knowledge of ISO 9001-2015 and/or IATF/TS16949. Experience within a Tier 1 or 2 automotive, specialty automotive or aerospace equipment supplier preferred, but not mandatory.
HOW YOU WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE:
The Director of Quality will develop and maintain a company-wide quality strategy and management system, fostering a culture of and driving continuous improvement across the organization; providing leadership to cultivate a culture of high standards and customer satisfaction.
You will
EXPLORE:
By ensuring that critical suppliers used by the organization are selected, evaluated, and reevaluated and that records of this assessment are maintained
By promoting and utilizing diagnostic and predictive quality tools, such as SPS, statistical analysis, and Lean to drive practical continuous improvement in quality of service
By facilitating problem detection, ownership, root cause analysis, and effective corrective/preventative action
By implementing continuous improvement practices, including organizing and leading Kaizen events focused on quality and manufacturing processes
By developing process experts and training our workforce on quality methods and standards
You will
INNOVATE:
By collaborating with NPD/Design and Operations on product design and tooling to drive production quality
By working across the organization to ensure the quality management system aligns to both operational capabilities and customer requirements
By managing and facilitating the corrective action system; customer, internal, and supplier, including interaction with key customers
By leading interactions with key customers on quality related matters, including corrective actions
By proactively managing performance (right people, right role)
By partnering cross-functionally and providing guidance on the development of quality and CI training for all relevant team members
By increasing team capability, flexibility, and accountability to meet customer/business requirements
By continually assessing the quality organization and structure to align business needs and personnel capabilities
You will
PERFORM:
By ensuring the organization’s Quality Management System (QMS) conforms to customer, internal, ISO 9001, IATF 16949, and regulatory/legal requirements
By coaching, mentoring and providing support and leadership to the organization on the use of Lean, Six Sigma, and CI tools
By ensuring required processes for the Quality Management System are established, implemented, and sustained
By ensuring that document control procedures are adopted and utilized
By ensuring that an internal audit program is adopted to verify that the QMS conforms to requirements
By establishing robust corrective/preventative action systems to improve operational performance related to customer requirements, including metrics like scrap, rework, and cost of poor quality
By teaching, coaching, and performing problem solving using PDCA
By facilitating the practical deployment of CI methods and tools
Skills Needed:
Strong interpersonal, leadership and communication skills
Ability to work with others in a positive, collaborative manner
Practical knowledge and experience in Lean manufacturing methods; Kaizen, A3 problem solving, FMEA and process flow development
Demonstrated leadership in implementing Lean methodologies
Experience
5 year(s): Leadership experience
15 year(s): Quality experience
Education
Bachelors or better in Engineering or related field
Licenses & Certifications
Cert. Quality Auditor
Six Sigma Black Belt
Cert. Manager of Quality
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
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