Celestica

Specialist, Operations Quality

Celestica • $75K — $90K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4-6 years of experience in a quality management role or similar industry
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
  • Strong knowledge of quality tools and ISO/IPC standards
  • Familiarity with FMEA, PMP, SPC, and 8D methodologies
  • Understanding of Six Sigma and Lean Kaizen principles
  • Ability to communicate effectively with diverse internal and external stakeholders

Responsibilities

  • Lead the team in managing quality excursions and implement timely corrective actions
  • Oversee product and material quality from new product introduction to mass production
  • Develop quality control plans for materials, processes, and products
  • Monitor and report on quality KPIs for both internal and external stakeholders
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance customer satisfaction and supplier performance
  • Maintain internal quality systems, procedures, and workmanship standards
  • Conduct audits and follow up on improvement actions related to processes, products, and suppliers

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Short and long-term disability coverage
  • Life insurance and voluntary benefits
  • Paid time off (PTO)
  • 401k plan with company match
Full Job Description
Specialist, Operations Quality
Req ID: 141354
Hiring Manager: Daniel Juelich
Band: 08
Region: Americas
Country: USA
State/Province: Minnesota
City: Maple Grove

Summary

Quality Specialist is responsible for dealing with the three major phases of Quality Management - Quality Planning/Prevention, Corrective Action, and Continual Improvement. Quality specialist will lead process/procedure definition, and maintain a continuous flow of high quality products to our customers.

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:
  • Lead the team to handle all quality excursions independently, and take effective actions on time
  • Oversee the product & material quality from NPI to mass production
  • Develop the quality control plan for respective area (material/process/product)
  • Monitor and report quality KPI for internal (factory) and external (customer)
  • Drive continuous improvement to benefit customer, CLS and supplier.
  • Develop and maintain internal quality system, procedures, work instructions and workmanship standards
  • Lead process/product/system/supplier audit and improvement actions follow up.
    • Industry standards (e.g. ISO)
    • Compliance audit
    • Safety audit etc.
  • Follow up the EC(Engineering Change), SPCN(Supplier Process Change Notification) to ensure the implementation of changes is timely and accurate (initiated both externally and internally)
  • Coach junior quality staff to improve their quality knowledge.
  • Accomplish the jobs assignment from the superior and participate in the quality strategy deployment.


Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

  • Strong knowledge of quality tools, ISO and IPC standards and processes
  • Knowledge of software and its uses in generating reports capturing data presenting data in an understandable format
  • Strong knowledge of product and manufacturing processes
  • Knowledge and understanding of the business unit and how decisions impact customer satisfaction product quality ,on-time delivery and profitability of the unit
  • Knowledge of quality tools such as FMEA, PMP, SPC, 8D methodology, etc.
  • Knowledge of Six sigma and Lean Kaizen.
  • Ability to effectively communicate with a wide variety of internal and external customers


Physical Demands

  • Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
  • Duties may require repetitive manual movements (e.g., keyboarding), carrying, pushing or pulling light objects, (under 5 kg.), carrying, pushing or pulling heavy objects (over 5 kg.), crouching, climbing
  • Sustained visual concentration on small areas, such as monitors, screens, precise eye/hand coordination, sustained visual concentration on numbers, legal documents


Salary

The range described in this posting is an estimate by the Company, and may change based on several factors, including but not limited to a change in the duties covered by the job posting, or the credentials, experience or geographic jurisdiction of the successful candidate.Salary Range: $75,000--$90,000 Annually.

Celestica provides eligible employees (those who are scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week) with a range of benefits including medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, short and long term disability, life insurance, voluntary benefits, PTO and a 401k plan with company match.

Typical Experience

  • 4 to 6 years in a similar role or industry.


Typical Education

  • Bachelor's degree in related field, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experiency.
  • Educational requirements may vary by geography.


Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.

About Celestica

Celestica is a Canadian multinational electronics manufacturing services company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The company provides a range of services to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the aerospace and defense, communications, enterprise computing, healthcare, industrial, semiconductor, and smart energy industries. Celestica's services include design and engineering, supply chain management, assembly and testing, and after-market services. The company operates in North America, Europe, and Asia and has manufacturing facilities in over 10 countries. Celestica was founded in 1994 as a subsidiary of IBM Canada and became an independent company in 1997.
Learn more about Celestica
Size
23,915 employees
Market Cap
$1.3 billion
Industry
Founded
1994
5 Year Trend
-1.3%
NASDAQ

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