Manager, MFG – Quality Assurance Methods
Southwire Company
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Heflin • Alabama • United States
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About the role
- Provide leadership and support at all levels of the manufacturing operations, helping to achieve operational excellence, superior product quality and customer experience objectives.
- Drive consistent processes and metrics in support of One Southwire that align supplier and material quality, sales, product engineering, manufacturing, change management, regulatory compliance and customer experience.
- Ensures cable shipped from the factory meets customer specification, standards and/or Southwire internal test plans while at the same time planning, establishing schedules and assigning work priorities.
- Coordinates with team members to create a Culture of Continuous Improvement based on evaluating knowledge of the workforce.
- Initiates and implements manufacturing procedures which improve quality by analyzing the existing methods and working with manufacturing to develop new procedures.
- Drive implementation of proactive quality improvement projects and problem-solving processes, including standard root cause analysis tools, that result in a reduction in customer complaints.
- Provides hands-on support to manufacturing departments.
- Oversee internal/external quality audits, customer audits and responses.
- Lead standardization of product inspection and testing methods to ensure compliance with customer, industry and government standards.
- Support deployment of SAP Quality Management module to ensure optimization of quality planning, quality inspection, and quality control, as well as thorough response and management of internal and external quality notifications.
- Oversees ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 compliant and effective quality management system and other required certifications are maintained for each site in accordance with Southwire standard processes.
- Effectively use quality and operations data to drive change; define improvement metrics and develop key performance indicators (KPI’s).
- Initiate and attend meetings, as well as coordinate all other activities, to drive a culture of continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree (business, engineering preferred) along with 7+ years quality leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Proven leadership skills with the capability to lead change in a matrixed organization.
- Working knowledge of APQP methodology required, including PPAP, FMEA, GR&R (Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility), Process Validation, and Control Plans.
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and OPS tools.
- Excellent computer and data management skills. SAP and ERP experience a plus.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication abilities with strong interpersonal skills.
- Detailed oriented, self-starter with the ability to deal with multiple challenges and projects simultaneously with minimal supervision.
- Must have exhibited excellent organization, problem solving, and decision-making skills.
Benefits
- 401k with Matching
- Family and Individual Insurance Packages (Health, Life, Dental, and Vision)
- Paid Time Off & Paid Holidays
- Long & Short-Term Disability
- Supplemental Insurance Plans
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee Referral Program
- Tuition Reimbursement Programs
- Advancement & Professional Growth opportunities
- Parental Leave & More
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
quality leadershipAPQP methodologyPPAPFMEAGR&RProcess ValidationControl PlansLean ManufacturingKPI developmentquality improvement
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationinterpersonal skillsorganizationproblem solvingdecision makingself-starterattention to detailchange managementcontinuous improvement