Quality Manager - WKW North America, LLC : Job Details

The Quality Manager reviews manufacturing instructions or procedures for completeness, correctness, and comprehension by production/assembly workers. Audits processes performed by workers relative to methods, tools, ability to follow manufacturing instructions. May determine frequency and allowable variations from specifications at various stages of the manufacturing process. Investigates and recommends alternatives to products designs or manufacturing methods to ensure quality. May generate inspection plans, reporting formats, or performance indicators for specific process areas.

Duties to include but not limited to:

• Able to create and manage a U.S. PPAP process/package for anodized, stretch bent, polished, assembled and painted components from beginning to end
• Develop and implement quality control plan/systems from scratch
• Responsible for the inspections according to the quality management system / control plans /agreements with customers
• Take corrective action if the customer's agreed quality aims can't be met
• Responsible for the execution of the product audit, short audits, and the process audit
• Execution of process and system audits
• Responsible for the inspections according to the quality management system / control plans /agreements with customers
• Decisions regarding the inspection status according to the quality management system
• Responsible for data administration and archiving of quality documents, samples and measurement instruments
• Determination of preventive measurements to assure quality with production, managements and project teams
• Responsible for IATF certification and process
• Responsible for tasks in connection with the environmental management according to DIN ISO 14001 (EHS Managers responsibility)
• Work on cross-functional team through a PFMEA review and create/finalize the PFMEA
• Perform/initiate capability studies and be able to interpret the results
• Able to fill-out PSW/AAR forms
• Interface with CMM operators on how to measure the components and assemblies and fill out the proper dimensional PPAP forms
• Understand the customer requirements for testing and ability to interpret and fill out the proper PPAP forms
• Initiate GR&R/MSA studies and able to interpret the results
• Understand plastic processes and able to create work instructions and possibly process flow diagrams
• Able to interface with customers' Quality Engineers with questions/issues and get resolution
• Able to read customer drawings and interpret them
• Understand GD&T and be able to interpret CMM reports
• Understand part functions and the ability to create GD&T schemes based on those understandings and interface those ideas with the customer
• Understanding of gages and use the created GD&T schemes to build them
• Interface with the customer to get gage concepts and designs approved
• Interface with gage builders to create gages and follow up on them through build and completion
• Ability to review parts and make determinations if they are acceptable by meeting the quality standards created
• Visit customers for color and harmony meetings
• Able to read colorimeter results
• Analyzing quality control to detect production problems
• Maintain current knowledge of the quality control field, relying on current literature pertaining to materials use, technological advances, and statistical studies

Technical Skills:

• Broad knowledge of quality systems including IATF, ISO and QS; continuous improvement, Kaizen, 5-S, lean manufacturing, KANBAN, TPS

Computer Skills:

• Complete understanding of the MS Office Suite including MS Project

Reasoning Ability:

• Able to stop production when quality related issue(s) are present
• Able to discipline team members, hire and terminate team members with HR approval
• Good problem-solving skills

Education:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree or equivalent coursework or experience and/or (Master's Degree) in Manufacturing, Engineering, Industrial Health and Safety or Metals Industry preferred.
• Any relevant education and/or training will be considered a plus.

Work Experience:

• Must have at least 5 years' experience working in a manufacturing environment at a level of Quality Manager or Asst Quality Manager.
• Past working experience with anodizing, stretch bending, aluminum, polishing and assemblies.