Quality Manager

Quality Manager – Syensqo

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A Quality Manager to lead the Quality function at the Winona, MN facility by continuously improving our quality performance and fulfilling the demanding expectations of our customers. This position will drive a site wide quality mindset and implement proper process control techniques to control quality at the process line. In addition this position will be responsible for implementation and maintenance of the sites quality system, which meets customer and internal requirements.

The system shall meet the requirements of AS 9100, NADCAP AC 7124, NADCAP AC 7122, RC 14001, and CMMC. The Quality Manager position has responsibility for all aspects of the development and maintenance of an effective quality assurance program to ensure that the composite products meet Syensqo, customer, and governmental regulatory standards and specifications.

• Lead the quality engineering group to analyze production processes using tools like Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), lean and six-sigma to implement process controls at the line that improve quality, reduce waste and increase consistency. The quality manager will report continuous improvement results to GBU quality organization through the CAB meetings.
• Interacts with Sales, Production, Order Fulfillment and Technology to ensure testing programs are established that meet both internal and customer requirements.
• Maintaining and improving upon the Quality system as developed around AS 9100. This system must meet and exceed both customer requirements and internal requirements. To ensure compliance, procedures and systems must be internally audited. The system performance through final product certification is the responsibility of the incumbent.
• Customer interface regarding specification, testing, contract review specification and product performance problems become the main responsibility of the incumbent. As most products produced are manufactured to customer specifications, this may require travel to the customer and to the vendor facilities to evaluate testing and product problems. Also expected to manage Customer Supplier Quality Interface System (CARs, QNs, ect) and respond to and complete supplier surveys.
• Coordinating, and hosting audits. Audits are typically performed to the customers’ specification requirements.
• Ensure that products are produced and tested to the highest standards, it is imperative that procedures are constantly reviewed and new procedures implemented when applicable. The incumbent is responsible through direct and indirect reports in each area to ensure these procedures are reviewed and updated on a regular basis as required. Sound statistical techniques shall be used to analyze and resolve product issues in a timely manner.
  
  The incumbent shall have final authority when quality standards of a product are in question.
• Insuring that the final product certification customer has been prepared per requirements prior to shipment. Any major deviations or non-conformance’s are to be documented and brought to the incumbent’s attention.
• Ensuring suitable FOD, housekeeping and safety programs and policies are maintained and followed in all the quality areas. This responsibility includes preparation and presentation of safety items in conjunction with the plant SHE Manager and various direct reports.
• Safe refinement and execution of the Quality System to ensure both customer and internal requirements are consistently met. The system must meet the requirements of AS-9100, NADCAP and any additional customer requirements.
• Administer and develop assigned personnel:
  Directs and participates in the hiring and training of Quality Engineers, Lab Supervisor, Configuration and…