Director- Design & Supplier Quality

TK Elevator; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Flexible spending accounts

Health savings account

Company-paid short- and long-term/disb

Company-paid basic life insurance and

Optional life and AD&D coverage

Identity theft monitoring

Pet insurance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Tuition reimbursement

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with 5%

Job summary

TK Elevator is seeking an experienced Director- Design & Supplier Quality to lead supplier quality, design quality programs, and cross-functional collaboration in Atlanta, GA.

The role requires a Bachelor's in Electromechanical Engineering, 10 years of leadership in manufacturing/design, and a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt plus up to 30% travel; you will drive quality across NPI and legacy programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electromechanical Engineering or related field.
• Ten years of management or team leadership experience in manufacturing/design engineering.
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification; willing to travel up to 30% nationally and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain a systemic quality focus for supplier quality and product design.
• Establish and continuously improve supplier and design quality programs including audits, scorecards, and corrective actions.
• Impact product quality and procurement strategy by aligning suppliers, design, field, and manufacturing.
• Develop robust procedures, work instructions, and policies across new and legacy products with engineering.
• Review Product Requirements Documents and product reviews to ensure on-time milestones.
• Define and communicate drawing/spec CTQs; support ECO processes and engineering changes.
• Lead audits and investigations to drive corrective/preventive actions; support NPD from concept to production.
• Partner with Global Supply Chain to ensure manufacturability and serviceability.
• Lead teams to improve Cost of Poor Quality and GMP practices.
• Escalate issues impacting new product development timelines to upper management.

Skills

Quality leadership

Supplier quality management

Design quality engineering

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

ECOs & change management

Process auditing

GMP compliance

Lean Six Sigma

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electromechanical Engineering or related field

Job description

What We Expect

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Atlanta, GA.

TK Elevator is currently seeking an experienced Director- Design & Supplier Quality in Atlanta, GA.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Implement and maintain a systemic quality focus for supplier quality and product design.


• Be responsible for the establishment and the continuous improvement of a comprehensive supplier and design quality program, including supplier qualification, supplied product, supplier strategy, supplier audits, root cause analysis, development, maintenance of supplier quality scorecards, and identifying and driving supplier and design continuous improvement projects.


• Impact supplied product quality, product design, product life cycle management, and procurement strategy by building a seamless relationship between suppliers, design, field, and manufacturing functions.


• Partner with Engineering, Product Management, suppliers, and Sourcing to develop robust procedures, work instructions, and policies across all new and legacy products. Improve and refine actionable new product development quality deliverables in the Business Review process.


• Review all Product Requirement Documents and Product Requirement Reviews, establishing checkpoints to ensure on-time delivery of milestone reviews. Serve as quality team representative for all active legacy products and new product programs.


• Partner with Sourcing, Supplier Quality, and Design Quality Engineering to ensure all drawing, specification, and CTQs are systematically defined, agreed to by internal personnel, and communicated to Sourcing for action. Develop quality related deliverables for Engineering Change Order processes.


• Be responsible for the quality function review of all ECOs and for supplier implementation of ECOs. Partner with Program Management to ensure new product development schedules are structured to meet the needs of the Product Managers and are within the constraints of the engineering organization.


• Escalate all issues impacting the timely release and quality of all new product development programs to upper management.


• Work as a partner with Engineering and Global Supply Chain to ensure all new product development programs are designed for manufacturability and serviceability.


• Lead internal and external teams to improve Cost of Poor Quality, Design for Manufacturing, and Good Manufacturing Practices. Execute to business unites Initial Quality Approval audit strategies which include the development and execution of Standard Product Development Process audits with cross functional teams.


• Conduct root cause analysis to develop corrective and preventive action plans. Manage the investigation of field failures regarding design quality and make recommendations for corrective plans.


• Review product and process changes initiated by R&D, Operations, and suppliers. Assure product and process quality by designing testing methods. Support New Product Development activities from concept to production.

Who we are looking for

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in Electromechanical Engineering or a related technical field.


• Ten years of management or team leadership experience required, including any experience with: working in a manufacturing or design engineering environment; new product development program coordination; execution in a matrix organization


• Delivering results against organization goals; addressing and resolving complex technical issues; and with integrating cross-functionally.


• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification required. Up to 30% national and international travel required. Must have legal authority to work in the U.S. EEOE.

What we offer

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage


• Flexible spending accounts (FSA)


• Health savings account (HSA)


• Supplemental medical plans


• Company-paid short- and long-term disability insurance


• Company-paid basic life insurance and AD&D


• Optional life and AD&D coverage


• Optional spouse and dependent life insurance


• Identity theft monitoring


• Pet insurance


• Company-paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP)


• Tuition reimbursement


• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with company match: Employees can contribute a portion of their pay on a pre-tax or Roth basis. The company provides a dollar-for-dollar match on the first 5% contributed.

Additional benefits include

• 15 days of vacation per year


• 11 paid holidays each calendar year (10 fixed, 1 floating)


• Paid sick leave, per company policy


• Up to six weeks of paid parental leave (available after successful completion of 90 days of full-time employment)

Who We Are

With customers in over 100 countries served by more than 50,000 employees, TK Elevator achieved sales of around €9 billion in fiscal year 2022/2023. We ensure high levels of customer service globally from our extensive network of about 1,000 locations. Over the past several decades, TK Elevator has established itself as one of the world’s leading elevator companies and became independent after separation from the thyssenkrupp group in August 2020. The company’s most important business line is the service business proudly provided by around 25,000 service technicians. The product portfolio ranges from standardized elevators for low-rise residential buildings to highly customized solutions for skyscrapers. In addition, it covers escalators, moving walks, passenger boarding bridges and stair and platform lifts. Integrated cloud-based solutions, such as the MAX platform, are delivering enhanced services. With these digital offerings, there are no longer any limits to urban mobility. TKE – move beyond.