Plant Quality Manager

Ventek Solutions, LLC; Shelbyville (KY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Ventek Solutions, LLC in Shelbyville, KY is seeking a Plant Quality Manager to lead the plant quality department, maintain QMS, and drive continuous improvement in collaboration with operations. The role is onsite with occasional travel and requires experience with audits, PPAP, and compliance to customer specifications.

The successful candidate will have a BS in a technical field, 2+ years in quality systems development, and a Six Sigma Green Belt is preferred.

Qualifications

• BS in a technical field or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years' experience in development and maintenance of a quality testing/reporting system.
• Six Sigma Green Belt certified preferred.
• Bilingual Spanish a plus.
• Strong interpersonal skills for cross-functional collaboration.
• Travel up to 10% as needed.
• IATF experience or lead auditor certification preferred.
• Ability to support operations during non-business hours.
• Authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Leads and manages plant quality department and ensures QMS compliance.
• Drive continuous improvement via KPI system, waste reduction, and change control.
• Ensure customer requirements are met and serve as point of contact for visits and inquiries.
• Lead cross-functional teams to identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain on-time responses and manage internal containment to protect customers.
• Monitor, score, and improve preventive and corrective action systems and scorecards.
• Maintain IATF 16949 certification and support ISO 14001 as applicable.
• Lead PPAP submissions and manage nonconforming material program.
• Conduct product and process audits including layered process and incoming inspection audits.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Continuous improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

Interpersonal skills

Education

BS in technical field

Tools

PPAP submissions

QMS knowledge

IATF 16949 awareness

ISO 14001 knowledge

Job description

Ventek Solutions (Ventek) is a leading manufacturer specializing in engineered shape molded foam components, protective packaging, and multi-material assembly solutions. The organization helps customers address complex challenges in product protection, component light-weighting, insulation, and design simplification. Ventek’s services span a variety of industries, including construction, automotive, electronics, medical, and more. Ventek Solutions leverages creative design, thoughtful engineering, and meticulous program management to deliver customized solutions. Ventek operates 8 plants in the US and Mexico with corporate headquarters in Charleston, SC.

Reporting directly to the Plant Manager, the Plant Quality Manager will be responsible for the maintenance and control of the plant's quality management system (QMS) within the plant and driving the overall continuous improvement system as a partner to the operations team.

This role will be based onsite in our Shelbyville, KY plant and will have occasional business travel as needed.

Key Responsibilities of the Role:

• Leads and manages plant quality department, providing coaching, development, training and support as needed to establish and maintain plant quality management system and standard work compliance
• Lead, maintain, and drive continuous improvement through plant continuous improvement / KPI system, variation / waste reduction and change control system
  • Drives identification of true root cause of internal and external issues and translates to proactive improvements in all functions of the business
• Ensure all customer requirements are met and serve as point of contact for customer visits, issues, and inquires
• Lead cross-functional teams to identify root cause analysis and develop corrective actions for internal and external product failures.
  • Maintain on time delivery of internal and external responses
  • Manage internal containment to protect customers
• Monitors, scores, and develop improvement plans for preventive and corrective action systems.
  • Internal KPIs
  • External / Internal Customer Scorecards
  • RoHS, REACH, IMDS, additional compliance requests
• Maintains IATF 16949 certification for plant
• Supports maintenance of ISO 14001 certification for the plant, if applicable
• Lead and manage all program management functions for the plant, including PPAP submissions
• Maintain plant nonconforming material program, including proactive action to prevent future nonconforming material
• Product Audits
• Process Audits
• Layered Process Audits
• Parameter Audits
• Incoming Inspection Audits
• Supporting Internal QMS Audits

Requirements:

• BS in a technical field or equivalent experience required
• 2+ years' experience in the development and maintenance of a quality testing/reporting system.
• Six Sigma Green Belt certified is preferred.
• Bilingual (Spanish) speaking/writing skills a plus.
• Interpersonal skills with a strong emphasis of building positive working relationships within the company.
• Ability to travel as needed (approximately 10%)
• IATF Experience or lead auditor certification preferred.
• Ability to support the operations during non-business hours.
• Must be authorized to work in the US without need for sponsorship.