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Plant Quality Assurance Manager Jobs in Shelbyville, TN at Highly Marelli USA, Inc.

Title: Plant Quality Assurance Manager

Company: Highly Marelli USA, Inc.

Location: Shelbyville, TN

This role is with a Tier 1 automotive HVAC systems supplier, serving OEM customers in the automotive industry.

GENERAL SUMMARY

The PQA (Plant Quality Assurance) Manager will manage the overall supplier, internal, and external Quality efforts for multiple assigned manufacturing plants by directing the daily plant and product quality assurance activities or overseeing other PQA Managers who are responsible for the daily activities.Manage Quality Engineering, Quality Assurance Laboratory, and Advance Product Quality Planning for in-house make and supplied products. Assist Manufacturing, Manufacturing and Production Engineering, New Product Launch, Production Control, and Purchasing Departments to provide products that meet and exceed all customer expectations in price, quality, and delivery. Assist the executive staff in the strategic quality planning and execution for Global Quality direction.

ESSENTIAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

  1. Manage departmental team members, including Engineers, Liaisons, Managers, Supervisors, and Technicians. This includes supervising, coordinating, providing leadership to and reviewing the work of professional, supervisory, and management level subordinates in order to accomplish operational plans and results.
  2. Facilitate and provide guidance for the most critical customer/supplier issues as necessary to determine root cause and establish countermeasures.
  3. Review/decipher data and put into required reports for the organizational needs.
  4. Organize and evaluate monthly Quality Reports and attend management and executive staff meetings.
  5. Organize and evaluate weekly Quality Reports and present to manufacturing staff.
  6. Support daily manufacturing meetings.
  7. Lead the PQA groups at the assigned plants to meet key business objectives.
  8. Maintain acceptable customer relationships by supporting all customer requests. This includes initiating customer and supplier contact for resolving potential product issues.
  9. Organize, plan, participate, and recommend resolution to product concerns.
  10. Organize, plan, and contribute to product planning meetings with recommendations for improvements.
  11. Travel to the customer and suppliers when necessary.
  12. Manage Supplier APQP to support HMUS products.
  13. Manage supplier product and process development via Supplier Joint check meetings to support HMUS new model launch activities.
  14. Support HMUS supplier selection process by providing staff members to participate in QCDDM audits.
  15. Manage critical supplier product and process development by confirming Critical Characteristic Process Capability Achievement.
  16. Manage supplier launch preparation by providing staff members to participate in R@R and launch preparation audits at supplier locations.
  17. Manage staff for timely Supplier PPAP approval.
  18. Manage product and process development by supporting Production Engineering in Joint Check meetings to ensure products meet customer specifications.
  19. Manage staff for timely Customer PPAP approval.
  20. Manage and track multiple Plants QSES Audit status.
  21. Review and direct multiple PQA departmental budgets and manpower activities.
  22. Provide leadership and oversight to the IATF 16949 audit program and audit team, ensuring effective audit planning, execution, corrective action follow-up, management review support, and ongoing compliance with IATF 16949 requirements and customer-specific standards.
  23. Must follow all company requirements in regards to Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) policies and procedures.
  24. Perform other duties as assigned.

The above typical duties are characteristic of this job and demonstrate a level of difficulty and are not intended to list or limit the duties that may be required or assigned to an employee in this classification.

WORKING CONDITIONS

This work is performed in a general manufacturing and office environment.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

The incumbent must:

  • Have a high school diploma or GED
  • Requires a bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and seven plus years of experience in a related field

-or-

  • An advanced degree and generally six plus years of experience in a related field
  • Certification required in some areas
  • Certified IATF 16949 Internal Auditor and/or Lead Auditor preferred.
  • Have experience working with integrated computer programs and/or applications
  • Have strong communication, administrative, and organizational skills, and possess the ability to coordinate multiple projects and programs
  • Be able to pass all background checks and pre-employment tests, including any required drug test
  • Be able to maintain the confidentiality of any information s/he encounters

Reasonable accommodations may be made to those who are able to perform the essential duties of the job.

SPECIALIZED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED

Intermediate to advanced experience (beyond basic data entry) working with computer applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other presentation applications and/or software.

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