Quality Manager

Conmet; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ConMet, a leading global supplier in the commercial vehicle sector, seeks a hands-on Quality Manager for our Northwest plants in Clackamas, OR and Vancouver WA. You will direct the quality organization, drive corrective actions, and manage PPAP and supplier quality to ensure top quality and customer satisfaction.

Safety and continuous improvement are core priorities. Bachelor’s degree and 5–10 years QA experience in manufacturing are required; SAP experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5–10 years of QA experience in a similar manufacturing environment.
• Experience in an IATF 16949 certified setting is required.
• SAP experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Directs and coordinates all quality assurance issues to ensure product quality.
• Review on-the-floor quality issues with management and determine corrective actions.
• Manage supplier quality, including supplier corrective actions.
• Oversee PPAP process and ensure complete submissions to customers.
• Verify dimensional inspection of incoming supplier product.
• Maintain IATF16949 system as Management Representative.
• Incorporate customer requirements into plant documentation.
• Ensure required testing per customer specifications.
• Communicate quality status to customers and management.
• Promote safety and maintain a safe work environment.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Quality Management

IATF 16949

Manufacturing Experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAP

Job description

At ConMet, product quality is a key pillar of our success, and our commitment to our customers. We are seeking a hands-on, forward thinking Quality Manager for our Northwest plants in Clackamas, OR and Vancouver WA.

The Quality Manager directs and coordinates all quality assurance issues to ensure enhanced quality and consumer acceptability with ConMet’s product and achieves this objective with a focus on maintaining cost effectiveness. Serves as the primary contact for all customer quality related concerns and manages the plant quality group to ensure key activities are completed efficiently and effectively. This role specifically covers our die cast and machining plants.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reviews daily on-the-floor quality related issues with other applicable department management to determine need for corrective actions.
• Reviews incoming returned product from customers as either nonconforming product or returns for restock.
• Works directly with customers on review of nonconforming product to include issuance and management of corrective actions (8D’s), as required, and visits to the customer facilities to report on actions taken to address quality concerns.
• Works with suppliers on incoming product quality issues to include issuance of supplier corrective actions, as necessary.
• Manages the company’s Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) to ensure completion and submission of full PPAP packages to customers.
• Ensures the dimensional review of incoming supplier product is completed as part of the supplier PPAP process and provides feedback to the ConMet Corporate Supplier Quality Group on results.
• Manages the company’s IATF16949 system as the designated “Management Representative” to ensure compliance to TS requirements and maintenance of system documentation.
• Reviews customer documentation to include Supplier Quality Manuals and Packaging Guidelines; incorporates customer requirements into plant system documentation to ensure compliance.
• Ensures required testing (i.e. dimensional, X-Ray, material, chemical) is completed per customer requirements.
• Maintains awareness of the relevance and importance of activities and how each contributes to achieving quality objectives.
• Works safely and without injury.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree from a four year college or university; plus five to ten years of experience in quality assurance with similar production environment; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience working in an IATF 16949 certified manufacturing environment is required.
• Experience with SAP preferred.

Qualifications and Competencies:

• Knowledge of aluminum manufacturing principles and processes.
• Excellent communication, problem solving skills, and Microsoft Office skills.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

ConMet is…

A division of Amsted Industries. We’re a leading global supplier of wheel hubs, aluminum castings, and structural plastics for original equipment manufacturers and aftermarket channels in the commercial vehicle industry.

A Solutions Provider

We’ve been driving the commercial vehicle industry forward with transformative solutions since 1964. In fact, ConMet solutions and products are installed as OEM first-fit equipment on virtually all heavy-duty trucks in North America.

People-First

Collaboration and innovation are at the heart of everything we do. We focus on creating an environment where our people can thrive by improving our workplaces and our communities across all our global locations.

Customer Focused

For decades, ConMet has been a trusted partner to OEMs, fleets, Tier 1 suppliers, and the aftermarket. We supply forward-thinking, high-performance solutions that bring value to our customers.

Committed To Sustainability

Today’s biggest global challenges require transformative change, and we’re committed to doing our part to reduce our carbon footprint and drive environmental sustainability in the commercial vehicle industry.

ConMet provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristics protected by federal, state, or local laws (“Protected Characteristics”). Ensuring fair wages is an important Company value. Accordingly, the Company will not pay wages to any employee at a rate less than the Company pays to other employees for work that is substantially equivalent and requires comparable skills unless a bona fide factor justifies a pay differential. The Company prohibits pay disparity based on Protected Characteristics or prior salary history. The Company prohibits retaliation against employees for discussing compensation.

Employer will not sponsor visas for position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis.

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