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Quality and Sustainability Manager (20981)
Brookfield, WI · Architecture/EngineeringUnder the direction of the President, the Quality & Sustainability Manager is responsible for internal, supplier, and customer quality and sustainability activities.
We provide custom electromechanical solutions to customers in a variety of industries - automotive, off-highway & fire protection.
Duties and Responsibilities
We provide custom electromechanical solutions to customers in a variety of industries - automotive, off-highway & fire protection.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop, establish, and implement long-range and short-term strategies and operating policies to achieve established quality and sustainability goals.
- Oversee ISO 9001:2015 & ISO/IEC 80079-34; building into processes/procedures and enforcing.
- Manage the organization's sustainability programs
- Lead analysis and collaborate with leadership to develop corporate sustainability strategies to ensure that business practices and products are environmentally friendly and compliant with government rules and regulations.
- Directly supervise and lead Quality personnel and Shipping & Receiving personnel.
- Work with internal stakeholders and suppliers in the investigation, technical approach and solution of non-conformances, corrective action, and other quality challenges
- Support new product launches (APQP/PPAPs).
- Lead, registrar, internal, supplier and customer audits and meetings.
- Direct integration of technical activities and products.
- Support new product launches, scale up and continuous improvements throughout production lines installation and qualifications.
- Lead Root Cause analysis activities, FMEA’s, Flows, Control Plans, other Quality activities, as well as sustaining Engineering solutions.
- Analyze quality reporting; make suggestions for areas of improvement.
- Lead continuous improvement projects.
- Participate in strategic capital/process decisions and correlation with business plan.
- Translate quality requirements into practical applications.
- Bachelor’s Degree in technical field such as Engineering, Manufacturing Technology or Quality Assurance
- 5 years of leadership experience in Quality
- Understanding of ISO 9000; IATF 16949 preferred
- Six Sigma knowledge; Green or Black Belt certification preferred
- ISO/TS Auditor certification or related experience
- Solid knowledge in Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Design for Manufacturing (DFMA) methodology, Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), quality measurement and inspection
- A strong background in manufacturing and supplier quality capabilities
- Mechanical aptitude and working knowledge of different materials (metals, plastics, etc), as well as coatings/finishes and hardware.
- Knowledge of different manufacturing process capabilities; CNC, injection molding, welding, milling, etc.
- Knowledge of risk management methods preferred
- Experience with ensuring sustainability related legal compliance preferred
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint); Advanced working knowledge of Excel