Director of Quality

Requirements

• Education & Experience
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Applied Science is required
• MBA or Advanced degree preferred
• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer or Certified Quality Manager and Operational Excellence or commitment to complete
• 10-15 years of quality management and manufacturing engineering experience with demonstrated capability utilizing problem solving tools to solve manufacturing and customer problems
• solid project management background having a proven track record of driving projects as a team player from concept through completion
• Capability to analyze and interpret data utilizing Six-Sigma tools and methodologies. Thorough understanding of SPC processes along with Minitab statistical analysis software or equivalent.
• Six Sigma Green Belt certification required or commitment to complete certification, Black Belt preferred
• Strong 8D problem solving tool knowledge and ability to lead teams to problem resolution. Shainin RedX training and certification preferred and OpEx training a plus.
• Must be willing to travel up to 50%
• Additional Job Details
• Management - M4
• Organizational Impact
• Recommends tactical and operational strategies that will directly impact the achievement of overall business unit, department and/or job family group results
• Directs the execution of strategies established by functional and/or executive leadership
• Establishes operational plans for department and/or job family group with short- to mid-term impact on results (e.g., 1-3 years)
• Work requires a high degree of responsibility for resources, and frequently influences business decisions made by senior leadership
• Typically responsible for moderate revenue and/or expenditures in multiple areas or over multiple teams with moderate oversight, with signature authority
• Communication & Influence
• Communicates with parties within and outside of own business unit, department, and/or job family, and typically has responsibilities for communicating with parties external to the job family group, which may include clients or partners
• Works to influence others to accept job family group/business unit's view/practices and agree/accept new concepts, practices and approaches. Requires ability to communicate with executive leadership regarding matters of significant importance to the organization
• May conduct briefings with senior leaders within the business unit/job family group. May at times be required to negotiate regarding operational issues
• Innovation & Complexity
• Responsible for making significant improvements of processes, systems or products to enhance performance of business unit, department and/or job family group
• Problems and issues faced are numerous and undefined, where information is typically difficult to obtain
• Problems are f

Additional Information

We begin with dreams. Dreams drive our motivation. Dreams are our future. The world's dreams, people's dreams, our dreams. Our passion creates ideas that make dreams come alive. Technology and products that were only dreams become reality. All for dreams. Dreams challenge and the Nidec-Group will continue to meet the challenge. For the world's and people's tomorrows; the world's first, the world's best technologies and products; we will continue our part in creating a better society. Job Summary The Director of Quality is responsible for motors, motor gearbox assemblies, machining, testing, measurement systems, electronics drives and component quality, reliability, cost reduction and warranty mitigation. This is a critical role to support new product development and qualification, safe launch process, product transfers, product application engineering development, sustaining quality problem solving, customer and plant operation quality process controls. This position also provides quality direction and support to procurement to help select, qualify, and develop new suppliers to manufacture and measure product materials and parts. Finally, this role is to responsibly listen and professionally respond to the voice of the external and internal customers to manage improvement projects and metrics. Job Description Role Overview - Manage teams and projects to implement new products without quality, warranty or safety issues - Manage New Product APQP & Safe Launch processes to proactively prevent issues - Drive and implement action plans to improve quality metrics - Manage projects to reduce Failure Costs of Quality - Interact with customers and manage teams of functional groups to assure customer satisfaction - Lead 8D problem solving meetings and implement actions to resolve customer problems - Champion the business unit Six Sigma process to implement cultural change - Lead quality projects to implement measurement equipment and quality systems - Develop presentations and lead quality communications - Implement Quality Management System to assure compliance to ISO and Nidec Way - Travel to Nidec sites, suppliers and customers to verify product and process controls for quality

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