Quality Manager

Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.

Quality Engineering Manager Ruger Gun Division An active hands-on manager who will develop, establish and continually improve manufacturing systems and processes through coaching and mentoring all manufacturing leaders, engineers, purchasing and team members. Keeping an associate-focused leadership mentality centered around a kaizen improvement culture, utilizing lean thinking to drive process stability and robustness delivering 100% customer satisfaction.

Ruger Guiding Principles:

Engage all people through Servant Leadership Respect and trust each other, value relationships

Communicate openly and honestly; be direct and approachable

Ask for Help!

Learn and improve continuously

Be process and results oriented

Drive decision-making, empowerment and accountability to the lowest appropriate level

Be proactive and respond quickly

Decide and go Leadership Responsibilities –Establish and maintain short and long term quality goals for Manufacturing that include all 4 pillars of quality:
Supplier, Process, Product and Customer Establish a balanced scorecard tracking COPQ through the ongoing daily, monthly, quarterly and annual measures of the quality system as it relates to:

Customer Returns Scrap – Total System and by Process Change Control Lead (process and product)
Deviations Supplier Issues ScorecardNPD Launch / PPAPMaintain and improve the Quality System collaborating with all Gun Division Quality Managers which delivers a measured and stable manufacturing environment. Provide guidance to manufacturing engineers to create processes highly specific to content, sequence, timing and outcome. The system further establishes robust plans to maintain process control, ongoing quality, while minimizing waste.

Collaborate with Lead Engineers (Mfg. and Product) to develop, deploy and maintain product and internal quality standards.

Coach, mentor and ensure all engineers are thoroughly conducting proper new part and process introduction, as well as ongoing process change integrity.

Ensure all new product development efforts are completed in accordance to the New Product Development Process.

Manage New Product Development Quality through strong support of the APQP process. Establish QE roles and responsibilities for all programs through these tools and practices. Drive a culture of quality early in programs to support on time programs with a ZERO defect expectation.

Develop and maintain Quality Engineering Standards in all areas of the plant.

Standards include early introduction requirements to daily production expectations:
Process Capability, pFMEA, Process Sheets, Gage Control Plans, Gage Qualification and MSA practices in support of Process Gemba principles.

Maintain robust measurement practices for the ongoing development, execution and evaluation of Ruger products driving a low cost high impact outcome.

Evaluate inspection and other equipment to meet current and future production needsNDT testing equipment evaluation and needs for the business

Develop and maintain all Metallurgical inspection equipment

Gaging systems and types; CMM, Keyence, variable data and functional style gaging methods

Maintain a robust Quality Lab in accordance with Ruger Quality Standards – Excellence of the organization for all things quality

Maintain calibration of all key measurement equipment at the necessary frequency to ensure robust and accurate measurements

Guide and assist Ruger engineers and team members in technical problem solving while mentoring through rigorous root cause analysis.

Mentoring will include the development of a strong problem solving culture through multiple strategic and practical methods: DMAIC / 5

Why / Find and Fix / Symptomatic Analysis / Good Bad Comparison Maintain a consistent form…