Director of Quality

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Description

Race Winning Brands (RWB) is the leading manufacturer of racing and high-performance parts sold to automotive and powersports markets. RWB is the preferred source for high-end pistons, engine blocks, cylinder heads, intake manifolds, connecting rods, crankshafts, clutches, transmissions, springs and other engine and driveline-related performance components. RWB markets its products through multiple prominent brands including JE Pistons, Wiseco Performance Products, Diamond Pistons, Trend Performance, Rekluse Motor Sports, MGP Connecting Rods, ProX Racing Parts, Dart Machinery, PAC Racing, Rev Max, Haltech, TSI, and TMG performance.

RWB sells to a diverse and unmatched customer base of professional and sportsman racers, engine builders, enthusiasts, OEMs, automotive and powersports dealers and wholesale distributors. RWB is headquartered in Mentor, Ohio with sales offices and manufacturing operations in strategic locations throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia.

Job Summary

This position is responsible for supervising all employees (Quality Technicians, Quality Analysts, CMM Programmers, Calibration Technician, Inspectors) in the Quality Department and is responsible for covering multi-sites. Key essentials of this position include maintaining a safe, hazard-free work environment, planning and assigning work, enforcing policies and procedures, maintaining product quality standards, and recommending improvements for inspection methods, equipment, operating procedures and working conditions.

This position shall ensure that Race Winning Brands products comply with established quality standards that meet or exceed customer expectations through the utilization of standardized work practices, quality processes, equipment improvements, and effective measurements. This position shall facilitate the reduction of the cost of quality by reducing waste created from defects, over-processing, or incorrect processing. This position is also a team representative in our pursuit and attainment of the ISO 9001:2015 goals of ‘Customer Satisfaction’ and ‘Continual Improvement.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Leadership

• Maintains a positive, team environment relationship with employees by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing company systems, policies, and procedures
• Displays quality leadership by providing succession planning and development of the quality team
• Maintains workflow of quality inspections by monitoring steps of the inspection process; monitoring personnel and resources; studying inspection methods; developing and implementing reporting procedures and systems; facilitating corrective actions; initiating and fostering a spirit of cooperation within and between departments
• Establishes daily and project related priorities and monitors progress; revises schedules and priorities as needed; resolves production, staffing, and resource constraints
• Ensures operation of equipment by coordinating required repairs, service, calibrations; evaluates new equipment and measurement techniques
• Provides quality KPI’s by compiling, initiating, sorting, and analyzing inspection and measurement data; reports results to management
• Creates, implements, and revises systems and procedures by analyzing operating practices, record-keeping systems, forms of control, and budgetary and personnel requirements
• Maintains safe and clean work environment; enforces compliance with established safety policies, procedures, and standards to quality employees
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviews professional publications; establishes personal networks; benchmarks state-of-the-art practices
• Leading and implementing continuous improvement projects that drive cost reductions

Quality

• Maintain ISO 9001:2015 certification of Race Winning Brands Quality Management System
• Lead daily material review board (MRB) discussions
• Lead weekly customer claim discussion. Identify and assign…