Job description: Quality Control Manager
Job Title: Quality Control Manager/SQF Practitioner
Salary Status: DOE
FLSA: Exempt
Employment Type: Full-Time
Location: Fontana, CA
Reports to: Operations Manager
Job Overview:
The Quality/Continuous Improvement Manager is responsible for maintaining and improving the plant-wide quality system that focuses on customer satisfaction, defect prevention, improved defect detection, and continuous improvement utilizing Six Sigma techniques. This role will be intertwined with the Food Safety/ Food Defense Coordinator position. This is a “hands-on” position requiring 50%+ of the work requirements being executed in the manufacturing departments.
Essential Responsibilities:
· Acts as the Management Representative and champions ISO9000 and ISO13485 certification audits, training, and maintenance within the Plant.
· Manages the Material Review Board, internal/external audits, CAPA, document control, and record review.
· Oversees and manages a staff of Quality Technicians, Specialists, Document Control, and Manufacturing Quality Engineers.
· Improves quality assurance systems plant-wide to achieve zero defects through hands-on training, strong work ethic, and leadership by example.
· Identifies and resolves systemic quality problems at both plant level through a reduction in variation in processes and components (i.e., SPC, SQC, Pareto charts, GEMBA walks, etc.)
· Maintains and enhances plant level quality performance metrics.
· Participates in Quality Forum meetings with other GW plant managers and quality managers.
· Improves profitability through reduced internal scrap and customer returns
· Successfully interfaces with key customers and prospects to improve quality and win new business.
· Effectively works with Engineering Managers and Advanced Quality Engineers to ensure PQ runs are successful and uses early production containment to provide feedback to the Engineering team(s).
· Preform Food Safety/Food Defense duties.
· Perform other related duties as assigned.
Minimum Requirements:
· A minimum of 10 years’ experience supervising a Quality Assurance Department preferred. Must also be able to deal effectively and professionally with team members
· Experience with team-based troubleshooting of injection molds and injection molding processes
· Strong statistical background (including the use of Excel, Minitab, etc.), SPC/SQC and various quality based statistical tools
· Able to effectively lead a cross-function/departmental internal team
· Ability to train and coach others in field of expertise and quality systems
· Excellent external/internal customer and presentation skills to all levels of customer’s organizations
· Strong multiple project management skills
· Able to thrive in a fast-paced environment characterized by high growth.
Education and/or Experience:
· Bachelor’s Degree (preferably in a technical discipline) or equivalent related work experience required
· Minimum of 10 years’ quality assurance or quality engineering supervisory experience in medical device and/or automotive markets
· Plastic injection molding experience desirable, preferably in a multi-plant environment
· ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, Quality Auditor, Quality Manager and/or Six Sigma green/black belt certification is desirable
· Excellent negotiation, presentation, meeting facilitation, and organizational skills
· Strong customer relationship building skills
· Strong “hands-on” analytical problem solving abilities
· Excellent written and oral communication skills
Competitive Benefits:
· Employer paid 100% medical (HMO), dental and vision insurance premium.
· 401k plan, Employer contributes 3%, up to 4%.
· Company offers vacation and sick pay.
· Holiday Pay: Eight (8) paid holidays per year.
· Basic Life Insurance Paid (25K policy).
We are an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer and do not discriminate against applicants due to veteran status, disability, race, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation or other protected characteristics.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed
Experience:
- QA/QC: 10 years (Required)
Work Location: In person