QUALITY MANAGER

Job Duties and Responsibilities

•    Drive improvement in plant quality performance: warranty, customer PPM’s, internal PPM’s, scrap, etc.
•    Ensure the quality team is fully qualified and consistently exceeding expectations.
•    Plan aggressive plant quality objectives and drive the action plans to achieve those objectives in accordance with IATF and customer specific requirements.
•    Manage Customer Quality Rejects and Returned Material and 8D Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Actions.
•    Assign Corrective Actions to the appropriate person for follow-up.  Ensure corrective action processes are comprehensive, fast and effective.
•    Support plant safety objectives and those of the CFT (Cross Functional Team) by participating in monthly Safety-First audits and JHSC meetings
•    Report quality systems results and metrics
•    Ensure all new and changed products are fully validated for compliance and capability prior to implementation, and proper approvals.
•    Ensure all new and changed processes are fully validated for compliance and capability prior to implementation, and proper approvals.
•    Maintain required or desirable plant certifications and compliance to all customer specific requirements (IAOB listed and non-listed), Dana Division and Corporate requirements.

•    Communicate performance and critical issues appropriately through the organization, customers and suppliers.

5+ years experience as Quality Leader/Manager

Detailed Knowledge of ISO 9001:2000 & TS16949

Management experience in a Union facility, strong tactical/strategic thinking balance.