Quality Manager

Private Advertiser; Santo Tomas; On-site; PHP 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Private Advertiser is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Leader to drive strategic quality vision across production, engineering, supply chain, and regulatory teams in a manufacturing environment. You will oversee QA, OQC, and IQC operations, approve SOPs, lead internal and external audits, and champion continuous improvement to reduce defects and improve safety and efficiency.

Injection molding experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Expertise in quality systems, audits, and regulatory compliance.
• Analytical and problem-solving ability with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Preferable with working experience in Injection Molding company.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the company’s quality vision, policies, and long-term strategies in alignment with corporate objectives.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration with Production, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Regulatory teams to ensure quality standards are embedded across all processes.
• Establish measurable quality KPIs and drive performance against daily, weekly, and monthly production targets.
• Direct and oversee QA, OQC, and IQC teams, ensuring effective resource allocation, productivity, and performance management.
• Approve and monitor quality documentation systems, computerized data systems, specifications, and SOPs.
• Ensure timely resolution of product-related technical issues, lot-specific investigations, and manufacturing variances.
• Oversee calibration, maintenance, and qualification of measuring tools, equipment, and components.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, industry standards, and customer specifications.
• Lead internal audits, self-assessments, and external audit preparations, developing corrective and preventive action plans.
• Implement risk-based approaches to quality management
• Drive process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, reduce defects, and optimize production workflows.
• Analyze recurring quality issues and implement systemic solutions to prevent reoccurrence.
• Suggest and implement changes in working conditions, equipment use, and team practices to improve safety and efficiency.
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and training programs to build technical expertise and leadership capabilities within the QA team.
• Conduct performance evaluations, provide constructive feedback, and design career development pathways for staff.
• Represent the Quality function in management meetings, customer audits, and supplier evaluations.
• Assume additional duties and responsibilities as assigned by senior leadership.

Skills

Strong leadership

Quality systems

Audits

Analytical thinking

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Job Roles and Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Develop and implement the company’s quality vision, policies, and long-term strategies in alignment with corporate objectives.

• Lead cross-functional collaboration with Production, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Regulatory teams to ensure quality standards are embedded across all processes.

• Establish measurable quality KPIs and drive performance against daily, weekly, and monthly production targets.

Operational Oversight

• Direct and oversee QA, OQC, and IQC teams, ensuring effective resource allocation, productivity, and performance management.

• Approve and monitor quality documentation systems, computerized data systems, specifications, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

• Ensure timely resolution of product-related technical issues, lot-specific investigations, and manufacturing variances.

• Oversee calibration, maintenance, and qualification of measuring tools, equipment, and components.

Compliance & Risk Management

• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, industry standards, and customer specifications.
• Lead internal audits, self-assessments, and external audit preparations, developing corrective and preventive action plans.
• Implement risk-based approaches to quality management

Continuous Improvement

• Drive process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, reduce defects, and optimize production workflows.
• Analyze recurring quality issues and implement systemic solutions to prevent reoccurrence.
• Suggest and implement changes in working conditions, equipment use, and team practices to improve safety and efficiency.

People Development

• Provide coaching, mentoring, and training programs to build technical expertise and leadership capabilities within the QA team.
• Conduct performance evaluations, provide constructive feedback, and design career development pathways for staff.

Other Responsibilities

• Represent the Quality function in management meetings, customer audits, and supplier evaluations.
• Assume additional duties and responsibilities as assigned by senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and team management skills
• Expertise in quality systems, audits, and regulatory compliance
• Analytical and problem-solving ability with a focus on continuous improvement
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Preferable with working experience in Injection Molding company