Director, Site Quality 1

Celestica; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company located in Fort Worth, Texas is seeking a Director of Site Quality. In this role, you will lead the quality organization to develop and execute quality strategies, ensuring compliance with customer and regulatory standards. Successful candidates will have extensive experience in quality management systems, strong leadership skills, and the ability to mentor teams. A bachelor's degree in a related field is required, along with 11 to 14 years of relevant experience. This position aims to achieve long-term customer satisfaction and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 11 to 14 years of experience in quality management or related field.
• Proven leadership abilities and experience managing diverse teams.
• Strong knowledge of compliance standards such as ISO9001 and AS9100.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a Quality strategy for customer satisfaction.
• Lead planning and budgeting for the quality function.
• Mentor and develop subordinate managers and employees.
• Collaborate with site leadership for operational process metrics.

Skills

Quality management systems

Analytical skills

Negotiation

Problem resolution

Leadership

Communication

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Job description

Summary

Leads the Site Quality organization in developing and executing a quality strategy, ensuring achievement of goals in alignment with the site, corporate and customer requirements.

General Overview

• Req ID: 134751
• Region: Americas
• Country: USA
• State/Province: Texas
• City: Fort Worth
• Functional Area: Quality (QUA)
• Career Stream: Operations Quality (OPQ)
• Role: Director 1 (DR1)
• Job Title: Director, Site Quality 1
• Job Code: DR1-QUA-OPQ
• Job Level: Level 12
• Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect

Detailed Description

• Assesses and ensures mitigation of organizational risk in regards to Quality events or potential events
• Has overall responsibility for planning, budgeting, implementing and maintaining costs, methods and resources including employees in the quality function
• Leads the organization in developing and executing a Quality strategy that ensures long term customer satisfaction, site and corporate goals are achieved or exceeded, including regular reviews on progress
• Provides direct and indirect leadership and mentorship to subordinate managers and employees for effective development and execution of skills such as Leadership Development, Problem Solving 8D Methodology, Compliance Procedures, Change Control Board, FMEA, Manufacturing Quality Standards (MQS) and Flawless Launch Phase Gate Reviews.
• Develops and conduct reviews with key customer and suppliers to ensure that quality requirements are aligned and achieving defined level of customer satisfaction and managing any associated contractual LD risks
• Provides leadership and support for compliance readiness to various customer, regulatory standards and certifications (i.e ISO9001, TL9001, AS9100, ISO13485, ISO14001, ANSI/ESD, etc.)
• Collaborates with site leadership to support the activities necessary to achieve Celestica Operating System processes and metrics and ensure ongoing development of a Quality culture.

Knowledge, Skills, Competencies

• Excellent knowledge of quality management systems and processes (i.e ISO9001, TL9001, AS9100, ISO13485, ISO14001, ANSI/ESD, etc.)
• Broad knowledge of an electronic manufacturing environment, materials, manufacturing and business processes.
• Excellent analytical, negotiation and problem resolution skills.
• Ability to establish department goals and coordinate a wide variety of resources to meet quality and quantity metrics.
• Ability to evaluate, prioritize and problem solve a variety of tasks to ensure their timely and accurate completion.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers.
• Ability to effectively lead, manage, train and motivate a diverse group of employees to achieve high production within tight time deadlines.
• Ability to be a champion for Quality culture and critical process development and ongoing adherence.
• Ability to define and manage large multi-departmental change processes to project objectives.

Physical Demands

• The job works in generally good conditions with occasional exposure (10% - 33%) to noise, odours, dust, drafts, chemicals, operating machinery, temperature extremes, hazardous substances, etc.
• Duties may require sustained visual concentration on small areas, such as monitors/screens, and sustained visual concentration on numbers/legal documents.

Typical Experience

11 to 14 years

Typical Education

Bachelor's degree in related field or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Celestica is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

This policy applies to hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral and other aspects of employment and also states that retaliation against a person who files a charge of discrimination, participates in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment practice will not be tolerated. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Celestica is an E-Verify employer.