Seeking a Quality Manager

The Mission: to ensure highest quality processes and products. This manager will: set up and implement quality standards to maintain ISO requirements; Meet or exceed customer requirements and expectations; Establish a culture of continuous improvement; Set vision for quality by creating and executing the quality roadmap. Manages a group of 10. Reports to CEO.

*Establishes quality and reliability standards
*Establishes a customer compliant resolution and returned materials process.
*Provides support for customer supplier qualification activities.
*Writes and updates quality procedures.
*Establishes root cause and corrective action system
*Develop and post key metrics
*Drives accountability
*Creates continuous improvement culture
*NPI participation
*Responsible for audit program execution.
*Builds department by recruiting, coaching, training and developing staff

Develop and implement Part Quality Planning for NPI
Drive suppliers continuous improvement using Value Analysis/Kaizen activities, PFMEA, Control Plans, and 8Ds

*Investigate supplier process/quality issues
*Create inspection criteria and defect analysis for Receiving Inspection
*Support the manufacturing floor, resolve process issues, implement corrective actions

Requirements:

*BS Degree
*Recently the Quality Manager for a manufacturing operations
*Prior experience as a Quality Manager overseeing Turnkey, Electro-mechanical, Machining, Cable / Harness & Box Build processes
*Managed quality for complex, engineering intensive products with low-to-moderate production volumes
*Extensive experience with quality tools (6 Sigma, TQM, SPC, CPK, etc.)
*Experience defining and implementing quality programs across an organization
*ISO expertise
*Prior implementation of LEAN

Not required but helpful:

*Quality management experience in a subcontract environment is ideal
*Any military or medical manufacturing experience is an asset

Compensation: to 6 figures base
Location: Chelmsford, Dracut area
Relocation will not be considered

Contact: Leslie Gabriele
Gabriele & Company
Recruiters for Manufacturing and Materials
781-276-7999