Quality Manager

Job Type

Full-time

Description

The Quality Manager will deliver measurable and sustainable results by leading the quality department(s), responsible and accountable for site quality performance in Guilford, CT. The Quality Manager will drive initiatives that support key objectives and strategies for our operations and will drive and own any future certification processes as well as continued compliance processes.

Manufacturing Experience is strongly preferred for this role.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Drive quality expectations process throughout the business through "hands-on" support
• Ensure potential needed compliance/certification processes such as Good Manufacturing Practices, ISO, and QMS as we align across multiple facilities
• Own the future ISO Program at the Guilford site
• Ensure customer quality standards are clear, documented, sent to customers as required and records are maintained
• Manages QA staff to effectively increase the quality of our products
• Collaborates on the transfer of work from facilities to proactively mitigate quality risks
• Issue RMA's, coordinate investigations and respond with corrective and preventive actions CAPA for any customer complaints emphasizing error proofing related processes
• Facilitates root cause analysis of both internal and external issues
• Coordinates actions for quality-related credits including approvals and associated actions with stakeholders across the business
• Coach and champion functions to identify and implement opportunities to improve program and process effectiveness
• Monitor progress of key initiatives to check if changes yield desirable results
• Establish measurable standards at the start of a project and then compare actual project results against these, regularly generating detailed update reports to key stake holders
• Act as a technical expert, coach and train other team members in problem solving and risk mitigation
• Deploy the appropriate Quality/Delivery/Cost metrics and management routines at all levels of the organization
• Collaboration with Quality Managers from other locations on companywide projects
• Create value stream and/or process maps to help standardize process and workflow where necessary

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Strong leadership and management skills
• Familiar in company and industry quality standards and processes
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, written communication skills
• In-depth knowledge of market trends and conditions
• Able to positively influence others
• Knowledge and expertise in business analysis, process improvement, and project management

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree with an emphasis in manufacturing, engineering, quality management
• 5+ years quality and / or process improvement experience preferred
• Previous ISO 9001 or equivalent experience preferred; other standards a plus
• Experience professionally working with customers preferred
• Experience with internal auditing and representation of company for external customer audits preferred
• Six Sigma training preferred
• Printing experience preferred

Physical Demands:

This position works mainly in a production area. May sit at a desk using a computer for long periods of time. Frequently uses a keyboard to communicate via written means and uses headset and camera for online communications. The employee is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands and fingers. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Benefits

Company's benefits program effective the first day of the month following date of hire. These include paid holidays, vacation/PTO time (prorated first year), sick/personal time, medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, life and disability insurance, and other voluntary benefits.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Salary Description

$100,000.00 - $125,000.00 / per year

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As part of our commitment in creating a fair, efficient, and consistent hiring process we may use artificial intelligence (AI) to help our recruiting teams organize, summarize, and analyze information provided by candidates, including resumes, application responses, and other materials submitted during the application process.AI may be used to identify patterns, highlight relevant skills, and experience, and assist in comparing a candidate's qualifications with the requirement of a specific role. These tools are to improve efficiency and consistency while supporting more informed hiring decisions, which will ultimately be made by the hiring team.