CI Q-Excellence Group Leader

Job Title:CI – Q-Excellence Group Leader
 
About Kyyba:
Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Farmington Hills, MI, Kyyba has a global presence delivering high-quality resources and top-notch recruiting services, enabling businesses to effectively respond to organizational changes and technological advances.
At Kyyba, the overall well-being of our employees and their families is important to us. We are proud of our work culture which embodies our core values; incorporating value, passion, excellence, empowerment, and happiness, creates a vibrant and productive atmosphere. We empower our employees with the resources, incentives, and flexibility that they need to support a healthy, balanced, and fulfilling career by providing many valuable benefits and a balanced compensation structure combined with career development. 
 
Job Description 

• Lead a team of experts in Q-Excellence, QMS, QOS, and PMT for quality systems development, integration and rollout for Slate, aligning with the business objectives and priorities.
• Lead the team for quality systems from startup, integration, validation, training, support, to continuous improvement.
• Coordinate the requirements, user feedback, and best practices for our QMS and QOS systems, ensuring that they meet the needs and expectations of the internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate with IT functional heads, other functional heads and external vendors to ensure the quality system is and remains reliable, secure, scalable, and compliant with the policies and standards.
• Support the supplier quality, manufacturing quality, and integration processes for the QMS/ QOS, ensuring that they are consistent, efficient, and effective.
• Lead auditing and certification activities for ISO and IATF for Slate
• Assist in auditing activities at supplier as required to support the success of the organization
• Monitor and report on the quality systems performance, quality, and compliance, identifying and resolving any issues or risks.
• Provide guidance, coaching and training to quality systems users, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence.
• Support data mining and analysis activities to streamline Slate’s data accuracy and management, particularly related to quality.
• Supports the implementation of relevant corrective actions, preventive actions and activities in striving for excellence.
• Supports and contributes to service requests regarding management system, processes, methods and tools as well as for training.
• Support/ lead special projects driving CI and Excellence relative to data collection and analysis.
• Support definition of quality systems relative to processes, methods and tools in collaboration with quality and cross-functional teams.
• Define and lead a team for our QOS and Q-Excellence programs.

• The role will be expected to have the highest integrity, curiosity, resourcefulness and strive to exhibit a positive, growth and quality mindset.  You will feel comfortable operating in a flexible and fast paced environment with a collaborative approach to achieving goals!  You’ll also bring:
• Bachelor's degree in quality, engineering or related field.
• At least 8 years of experience in QMS and QOS systems management, preferably in the automotive industry.
• Good knowledge of quality systems, processes, methods, tools and standards, such as ISO 9001, IATF 16949, APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA, etc.
• Proven experience in QMS and QOS systems integration, support and validation
• Experience with integration with PLM, MES and ERP systems (Preferred)
• Excellent project management, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and external partners.
• Passion for quality, innovation, and sustainability
• Good communication and project management skills
• Excellent technical/procedural writing skills
• Highest level of integrity and the ability to make data-driven decisions.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced start-up environment.
• VDA, ISO or IATF auditor experience required (certification preferred)

• An INC 5000 company for 10 years
• Corp! Michigan Economic Bright Spots 
• Crain’s Detroit Business Top Staffing Service Companies in Detroit
• TechServe Alliance Excellence Award- IT and Engineering Staffing & Solutions
• Best of MichBusiness winner in HR Wizards & Partnerships
• Metro Detroit Elite Category: Recruitment, Selection & Orientation for 101 Best & Brightest
• 101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work for in Michigan