Executive Director of Quality

Overview

The Executive Quality Director will oversee and help develop all aspects of the Quality System to ensure compliance with regulations and company needs as well as providing a strategic vision of the quality function for the company.

The Executive Quality Director is responsible for the management and development of the Quality Team. All quality matters are the responsibility of the Executive Director of Quality internally and externally.

Piston Automotive wasn’t just founded to make things. It was founded to make things better. And that begins with building better teams solely dedicated to achieving excellence at every level of execution through a combination of experience, expertise, and a deep seeded passion for what we do.

Our assemblies consistently set the standard because our people consistently raise the bar.

Why Piston Automotive?

Competitive Wages, Paid Holidays & Vacation, Medical & Rx Plans, Dental & Vision Plans, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, Employee Assistance Program, Life & Disability Coverage, 401K with Company Match, Tuition Reimbursement , Vehicle and Product Discounts

Responsibilities

• Position will oversee Quality Department currently composed of three (3) main pillars Advanced / Supplier Quality & QMS, Quality Engineering & Control, and Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS)
• Development and oversight of standard training assessments, training program, problem solving tools (8D, 5 Why, etc.) within the Quality organization and across the enterprise
• Ensure that internal processes and metrics are aligned to create the highest product quality and competitive advantage.
• Formulates and maintains quality control objectives complementary to corporate policies and goals.
• Provide leadership strategic direction to the Quality and EHS function and ensuring that proper interface of the Quality function to manufacturing.
• Create a strategic vision of the company’s Quality and EHS programs for each area and ensure adequate deployment.
• Builds up a strong performing Quality and EHS organization with a clear vision and mission to support growth and expansion.
• Interprets quality control philosophy to key personnel in organization.
• Review the analysis of all customer returns and excess quality costs reports and ensures that quality problems and trends are identified and that proper corrective actions are implemented.
• Coordinates objectives with production procedures in cooperation with other plant managers to maximize product reliability and minimize costs.
• Responsible for adherence to specifications and procedures that have been established to ensure product quality.
• Managing, coaching, leading and collaborating with staff and Quality and EHS leaders both at plant and corporate level
• Assisting Quality Managers and other staff to establish measurable objectives to track process performance.
• Establish initiatives with executive staff to improve organizational performance
• Develops and deploys the Quality management and EHS System across the company and ensuring that process and procedures are adhered to and consistent across all functions and facilities.
• Periodically reviews the suitability and effectiveness of the Quality management and EHS System with executive management.
• Building strong relationship with customers and ensures that customer requirements are well understood and deployed.
• Work with cross-functional teams and leaders to drive continuous improvement initiatives to continually improve product quality with an emphasis on problem solving.
• Assure that executive staff is informed of any issues that may adversely impact the Quality or EHS Systems.
• Establish and maintain Department budget.
• Provide overall technical quality engineering guidance in the development and qualification of measuring systems.
• Participate in management review meeting in accordance with the provisions of the Quality and EHS System.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 10 years related experience, Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required, MBA strongly preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Certified Quality Manager (CQM, Certified Quality Engineer (CQE)
• Strong communication skills (both oral and written)
• Extensive negotiation skills and experience
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strategic thinker and planner
• Experience with Microsoft Office Products at an Intermediate skill level
• Must be able to regularly lift and / or move up to 15 pounds.

PREFERRED SKILLS / QUALIFICATIONS :

• Six Sigma certification is preferred but not a requirement and can be obtained from the American Society for Quality
• Able to interact with internally and externally customers and suppliers.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks, with awareness of deadlines.
• Ability to identify processes needing improvement, and to recommend improvements.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
• Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format.
• Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and / or boards of directors.
• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations.
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

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