Quality Assurance Manager

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Shift: 1st shift Days of Work: Monday - Friday Work Hours: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Work Location: On-site (Mankato, MN) Starting Salary: $100,300 to $150,500 annually Pay Frequency: Bi-Weekly

Meet overall customer and company objectives for quality metrics to ensure customer satisfaction, compliance to industry requirements and customer service excellence.

Provide direct supervision of Inspector and Calibration Inspector personnel.

Manage employee work group across all shifts and skill matrix to provide effective inspection and auditing based on work volumes.

Validate timecards and ensure productivity standards.

Train and evaluate new and transferred employees in job related responsibilities and competencies thru internal, external and on the job training.

Successfully operate the document control system to manage creation, revision, storage and distribution of Quality related documents.

Control Measurement gauges thru documented calibrated system internal and external per contractual and customer requirements.

Meet and improve metrics for employee safety and follow 1+5S principals for workplace organization.

Create and report on operational metrics for the work group and obtain and use internal customer feedback to drive improvements

Plan and operate a non-conforming material process that meets ISO 9001 requirements and drives for root cause elimination of defects thru a corrective action process while obtaining timely disposition of product.

Use statistical analysis tools for identification of opportunities.

Interact with Manufacturing Engineering to provide work methods and procedures for successful manufacturing operations.

Communicate and engage Materials Department and Supplier Quality on issues impacting manufacturing operations.

Control department expenditures for overtime and supplies, via approval of requisitions, as directed to budget.

Follow and improve Quality Control Plans and PPAP’s for new products and implement lean manufacturing and error proofing strategies on the production floor.

This includes support of Process FMEA completion.

Supervise Quality Engineering group for corrective action responses to customers and to advance the quality system.

Support product warranty administration and failure analysis of product with the Product Support Manager.

Engage in New Product Development and provide deliverable objectives to NPD gate reviews to improve product reliability and lower warranty costs.

Travel up to 25% is required to support divisional efforts and business needs.

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.

5-7 years’ experience in manufacturing with a minimum of 3 years in a Quality role.

Previous leadership in either managerial or supervisory role.

in a union environment is a plus.

ASQ certification preferred.

Data analysis and problem-solving skills.

Lean manufacturing and/or Synchronous Flow manufacturing knowledge and experience

Excellent written and verbal English communication skills required.

Microsoft Suite including Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint.

Spanish as a second language preferred.

Must be a US citizen for positions at the North Mankato facility.

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.

Must be a US citizen for positions at the North Mankato facility.

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