Quality Manager

Teijin Automotive Technologies is an innovative and full-service Tier One supplier with a global presence and emphasis in development for lightweight technologies. Teijin Automotive offers employees the opportunity to join a leading edge company within the composite material industry and enjoy the benefits offered by a growing company in North America and internationally.

Essential Job Functions:

· Establish and track Quality department goals and objectives.

· Determine Quality department standards, practices, and procedures.

· Establish and maintain product Quality Standards.

· Track external customer Quality issues, i.e., concerns, rejections, PPM, and 8D problem solving.

· Track internal customer Quality issues, i.e., Rejection Tags and Process Alerts.

· Track supplier Quality issues and performance.

· Work in conjunction with corporate personnel to support customers.

· Support plant safety procedures and safety policies.

· Direct lab personnel regarding performance and material testing.

· Allocate Quality resources to project teams, programs, and manufacturing process improvement teams.

· Assist in daily review of production quality performance.

· Assist Production and Maintenance to achieve effective and efficient production of quality parts.

· Schedule and chair regular Quality Review meetings to Appraise Management of Quality Department issues to ensure suitability and effectiveness of Quality System.

· Work with Engineering to develop project launch strategy, capital needs, program timing in support of all APQP, PPAP, MSA and IATF16949 requirements.

· Work with Quality Engineers and Technicians to document trends in quality, compare against customer standards and plant goals.

· Support advance Quality activities, elements and schedules.

· Represents Carey plant at the customer in the area of Quality.

· Develop short- and long-term strategy to support customer requirements, as required.

· Manage safety as an equal to other key functions.

· Monitor departmental action items to ensure timely and effective correction of issues.

· Hold supervision and employees accountable for safety activities.

· Support safety training and ensure personnel are in attendance.

· Know details of all injuries and of corrective actions taken.

Deliverables:

· Department and assigned plant KPI reports.

· Plant-level Monthly Quality Report to Director of Quality.

· Overall Quality department goals and plan.

· Annual employee performance reviews.

· Customer issues and corrective actions logs.

· Process Alert and nonconformance Rejection logs.

Education:

Bachelor's Degree Required