Job Grade: Professional/Technical (M1/T3)
Business Unit: Moulded Foam
Hiring Manager: Joby Ferguson
Duties and Responsibilities- Responsible for the overall direction, coordination and evaluation of quality engineering, statistical process control, advanced quality planning, PPAP and IATF16949 activities, quality lab activities
- Educate/mentor team and drive lean concepts and WPS using the toolbox
- Drive out waste through VSM, 5Q or LTR activities.
- Management Representative (MR) and Customer Representative (CR) for IATF16949
- Plan, promote and organize training activities related to product quality and reliability, IATF16949 and material testing
- Supervisory responsibilities in accordance with Woodbridge's policies & procedures and applicable government laws, bylaws and legislation.
- Customer & Supplier liaison
- Supervise the Implementation and maintenance of the IMDS program
- Investigate and resolve Supplier and Customer concerns or problems
- Continuous improvement of quality systems and methods
- Maintenance of quality records
- Maintains the quality budget
- Supervisor the implementation and maintenance of the SPC program (QI Analyst)
- Ability to prepare and present reports and presentations for management or publication
- Aggressively investigate, propose and manage cost savings opportunities
- Manage the Kamishibai audit system
- Implement, maintain and control the master document list and database
- Coordinate internal quality auditing system
- A member of the management team with responsibility for planning, health/safety, budgeting and implementing TQM and best methods.
Requirements- College diploma or university degree in the technical fields of science or engineering
- 5 to 8 years quality related experience and/or training, in progressively more responsible positions, preferably in an automotive manufacturing environment
- 2 to 3 years supervisory/managerial experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Background in automotive quality systems and IATF16949 preferred
- Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills
- Employee development/mentoring and team building; relationship building / Customer focused
- Computer literate and proficient in common software packages. e.g. MS Office
- Demonstrated blue print reading and interpretation skills
- Demonstrated ability to interpret and communicate an extensive variety of technical instructions and specifications
- Understanding of problem solving techniques; decision making and ability to mentor others
