Quality Manager I​/II, Global Manufacturing & Quality Management System

US-PA-Cranberry Township

Requisition :

Type: Full-Time

# of Openings: 1

Category: Engineering

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• Standardize Key Performance Indicators for Manufacturing Quality, including site-to-site interactions and including distribution centers, when applicable. Conduct appropriate cadence of review to drive actions and accountabilities towards goals
• Establish and Coordinate Operational strategies & deployment for effective quality processes and tools (PFMEA, Control Plans, Process Capability, 8D Root Cause investigations, etc.)
• Promote and continuously improve the MSA Quality Management System and its tools
• Establish a network, best practice sharing and consistent deployment of quality initiatives among all manufacturing sites
• Act as aliaison on quality topics between manufacturing sitesand business units to support effectiveness and swift problem resolution
• Assist sites in determining when process stability and capability studies should be performed on existing processes, coach on the review and analysis of results, including coaching on recommended changes resulting from the findings. Hold teams accountable to verifying effectiveness of changes.
• Coach manufacturing sites on New Product Industrialization deliverables (PFMEA, Safe Launch, Quality Planning). Responsible to ensure deliverables are completed robustly and on-time for successful new product industrialization.
• Maintain process for manufacturing site changes of product within MSA sites, coordinate and/or align necessary resources to ensure quality is maintained from sending to receiving site
• Develop a proactive culture for continuous quality improvement in processes and mitigation of quality risk. Drive organizational with operations to identify poke yoke solutions that continually reduce RPN – Risk Priority Numbers within Process FMEAs.

Foster a Continuous Improvement, Plan, Do, Check, Act mindset across team members

• Partner with key relevant functions to drive and/or support strategy towards enhanced digitization and Quality 4.0 advancement

• Manage MSA's Quality Management System program with a strategic mindset, identifying areas to standardize globally vs locally to ensure an effective QMS that aligns with business need and customer expectation
• Ensure MSA maintains third-party certifications to ISO 9001 where applicable. Optimize certification costs and deployment globally and maintain relationships with third-party agencies
• Utilize appropriate benchmarking and comparative data to identify and implement quality system best practices across MSA manufacturing sites
• Implement an effective and easily accessed document management system for our QMS, hold functions accountable to timely review and update of documentation
• Ensure a robust internal audit plan is executed and that improvements are demonstrable
• Define processes and playbooks towards best-in-class manufacturing quality (serialization, batch control, site transfer quality assurance, quality alert notifications, site transfers, inter-site quality topics)