Quality Manager

The Quality Manager will foster and maintain a quality culture throughout the entire organization, under the direction of the General Manager. This role provides strategic decision-making, leadership, planning, and prioritization to meet business and quality/compliance objectives.

The Quality Manager will focus on four primary areas influencing how the functional vision and implementation plans align with the core strategic vision and business objectives.

• Drive functional excellence in customer quality communication
• Ensure compliance with all relevant regulatory requirements and standards worldwide
• Improve efficiency \& effectiveness of the company’s quality systems
• Accelerate development \& communication of corporate KPIs \& quality metrics

Responsibilities

• Manage reliability-related issues so that all products, systems, communications, and requirements for the customer are understood throughout the company and that the appropriate corporate functions are aligned to provide the desired outcomes all customers
• Assess, develop, and implement all QMS systems and requirements to achieve world-class quality and ensure the company executes the requirements for deviations and product/process change notifications
• Perform audits to verify compliance and conformance to all regulatory and quality systems requirements, including any customer requirements
• Serve as the site contact for all regulatory audits and engage in external audit processes
• Establish regular quality meetings across the company, including the executive leadership team, to ensure all company personnel understand overall quality health and that appropriate plans/actions are in place to meet the corporate quality objectives

Skills, Abilities, And Experience

• Demonstrated success in creating and maintaining a culture of quality in an organization
• Strong customer communication and management skills
• Broad system, production, and supply chain experience that shows a proven track record of leading and managing quality \& reliability requirements
• Knowledgeable and experienced in performing internal and external quality audits.
• Knowledgeable and experienced in planning, coordinating, and leading QMS management reviews
• Root cause / corrective action, statistical analysis, and 8D expertise
• Create and communicate an overall vision for quality within the company, setting goals and recommending organizational changes to achieve these goals
• Focus quality initiatives on a pro-active rather than a reactive structure

Preferred Qualifications

• 10 years of management experience in quality, reliability, supplier quality
• Bachelor's degree in an engineering field or equivalent experience
• Detail-oriented, analytical, and able to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Positive, team-focused approach and proven leadership track record, including people development and project management
• Experience in Semiconductor Capital Equipment a plus