Job Title: Quality Control Manager
Salary Status: DOE
FLSA: Exempt
Employment Type: Full-Time
Location: Fontana, CA
Reports to: TBD
Job Overview:
The Quality Manager is responsible for maintaining and improving the company-wide quality
system that focuses on customer satisfaction, defect prevention, improved defect detection, and
continuous improvement utilizing Six Sigma and LEAN techniques. This is a "hands-on"
position requiring 50%+ of the work requirements being executed in the manufacturing
departments.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Acts as the Management Representative and champions SQF certification audits, training,
and maintenance within the Plant.
- Manages the Material Review Board, internal/external audits, CAPA, document control, and
record review.
- Oversees and manages a staff of Quality Supervisor and Technicians, Specialists and Document Control Specialist.
- Leads Continuous Improvement of processes integral to product quality and scrap.
- Improves quality assurance systems company-wide to achieve zero defects through hands on training, strong work ethic, and leadership by example.
- Identifies and resolves systemic quality problems through a reduction in variation in
processes and components (i.e., SPC, SQC, Pareto charts, GEMBA walks, etc.)
- Maintains and enhances quality performance metrics.
- Participates and leads Quality Forum meetings with other facility plant managers and
quality managers.
- Improves profitability through reduced internal scrap and customer returns
- Significant interaction with key customers and prospects to improve quality and win new
business.
- Effectively works with Engineering Managers and Engineers to ensure PQ runs are
successful and uses early production containment to provide feedback to the Engineering
team(s).
- Preform Food Safety/Food Defense duties.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Minimum Requirements:
- A minimum of 10 years' experience supervising/managing a Quality Assurance Department
preferred. Must also be able to deal effectively and professionally with team members
- Experience with team-based troubleshooting of plant processes such as blow molding and
injection molding, preferred. For example; Kaizen, process mapping, 5-Why, Fishbone &
8D.
- Strong statistical background (including the use of Excel, Minitab, etc.), SPC/SQC and
various quality based statistical tools
- Able to effectively lead a cross-function/departmental internal team
- Ability to train and coach others in the field of expertise and quality systems
- Excellent external/internal customer and presentation skills to all levels of customer's
organizations
- Strong multiple project management skills
- Able to thrive in a fast-paced environment characterized by high growth.
- Open to 20% travel to support other facilities.
Education and/or Experience:
- Bachelor's Degree (preferably in a technical discipline) or equivalent related work
experience required
- Minimum of 10 years' quality assurance or quality engineering supervisory experience
preferred.
- Plastic injection molding experience desirable, preferably in a multi-plant environment
- ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, Quality Auditor, Quality Manager and/or Six Sigma
green/black belt certification is desirable
- Excellent negotiation, presentation, meeting facilitation, and organizational skills
- Strong customer relationship building skills
- Strong "hands-on" analytical problem-solving abilities
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
Competitive Benefits:
- Employer paid (HMO medical), dental and vision insurance premium.
- 401k plan
- Vacation and sick pay.
- Holiday Pay: Eight (8) paid holidays per year.
- Basic Life Insurance Paid (25K policy).
We are an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer and do not discriminate against applicants due to veteran status, disability, race, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation or other protected characteristics.