Director- Design & Supplier Quality

TK Elevator • $120K — $145K *

Atlanta, GA 30349In-Person

Manufacturing & Automotive

8 - 10 years of experience

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Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Electromechanical Engineering or a related field.
10 years of management or team leadership experience in manufacturing or design engineering.
Experience in new product development program coordination in a matrix organization.
Proven ability to address and resolve complex technical issues.
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification required.

Responsibilities

Implement and maintain a quality focus for supplier quality and product design.
Establish and improve supplier and design quality programs.
Build relationships between suppliers, design, field, and manufacturing functions.
Develop procedures and policies for new and legacy products with stakeholders.
Ensure timely delivery of product requirement reviews and milestones.
Oversee the quality review of engineering change orders (ECOs).
Lead teams to improve cost of poor quality and design for manufacturing.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
Flexible spending accounts (FSA) and health savings account (HSA).
Company-paid short- and long-term disability insurance.
Tuition reimbursement and Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
401(k) retirement plan with company match.
15 days of vacation and 11 paid holidays annually.

Full Job Description

TK Elevator is currently seeking an experienced Director- Design & Supplier Quality in Atlanta, GA.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Implement and maintain a systemic quality focus for supplier quality and product design.
Be responsible for the establishment and the continuous improvement of a comprehensive supplier and design quality program, including supplier qualification, supplied product, supplier strategy, supplier audits, root cause analysis, development, maintenance of supplier quality scorecards, and identifying and driving supplier and design continuous improvement projects.
Impact supplied product quality, product design, product life cycle management, and procurement strategy by building a seamless relationship between suppliers, design, field, and manufacturing functions.
Partner with Engineering, Product Management, suppliers, and Sourcing to develop robust procedures, work instructions, and policies across all new and legacy products. Improve and refine actionable new product development quality deliverables in the Business Review process.
Review all Product Requirement Documents and Product Requirement Reviews, establishing checkpoints to ensure on-time delivery of milestone reviews. Serve as quality team representative for all active legacy products and new product programs.
Partner with Sourcing, Supplier Quality, and Design Quality Engineering to ensure all drawing, specification, and CTQs are systematically defined, agreed to by internal personnel, and communicated to Sourcing for action. Develop quality related deliverables for Engineering Change Order processes.
Be responsible for the quality function review of all ECOs and for supplier implementation of ECOs. Partner with Program Management to ensure new product development schedules are structured to meet the needs of the Product Managers and are within the constraints of the engineering organization.
Escalate all issues impacting the timely release and quality of all new product development programs to upper management.
Work as a partner with Engineering and Global Supply Chain to ensure all new product development programs are designed for manufacturability and serviceability.
Lead internal and external teams to improve Cost of Poor Quality, Design for Manufacturing, and Good Manufacturing Practices. Execute to business unites Initial Quality Approval audit strategies which include the development and execution of Standard Product Development Process audits with cross functional teams.
Conduct root cause analysis to develop corrective and preventive action plans. Manage the investigation of field failures regarding design quality and make recommendations for corrective plans.
Review product and process changes initiated by R&D, Operations, and suppliers. Assure product and process quality by designing testing methods. Support New Product Development activities from concept to production.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor's degree in Electromechanical Engineering or a related technical field.
Ten years of management or team leadership experience required, including any experience with: working in a manufacturing or design engineering environment; new product development program coordination; execution in a matrix organization
Delivering results against organization goals; addressing and resolving complex technical issues; and with integrating cross-functionally.
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification required. Up to 30% national and international travel required. Must have legal authority to work in the U.S. EEOE.
Send resume to: Karin Gibson, HR Ops Specialist, Global Mobility, 788 Circle 75 Parkway SE, Suite 500, Atlanta, GA 30339 or [redacted]. Please reference AC11 + job title in cover letter or subject line.

What we offer

Provided they meet all eligibility requirement under the applicable plan documents, employees will be offered

Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Flexible spending accounts (FSA)
Health savings account (HSA)
Supplemental medical plans
Company-paid short- and long-term disability insurance
Company-paid basic life insurance and AD&D
Optional life and AD&D coverage
Optional spouse and dependent life insurance
Identity theft monitoring
Pet insurance
Company-paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Tuition reimbursement
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with company match: Employees can contribute a portion of their pay on a pre-tax or Roth basis. The company provides a dollar-for-dollar match on the first 5% contributed.

Additional benefits include:

15 days of vacation per year
11 paid holidays each calendar year (10 fixed, 1 floating)
Paid sick leave, per company policy
Up to six weeks of paid parental leave (available after successful completion of 90 days of full-time employment)

Eligibility requirements for these benefits will be controlled by applicable plan documents. This is intended to provide a general description of benefits and other compensation and is not a substitute for applicable plan documents or company policies.

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