Director Of Quality Operations And Engineering

Job Description

Job Summary:

The Director of Quality Operations and Engineering is responsible for developing and leading various teams that proactively manage manufacturing operations, systems and programs that ensure our customers' quality expectations are met and continually improve production quality performance.

The Director will drive effective quality management and quality engineering practices that deliver design to quality value, reduce total cost of quality and grow and develop quality engineering professionals.

The Director will be a change agent that works closely with Leaders in all areas of the company to initiate and drive a PECNA Quality Culture.

The individual will direct teams and work closely with Quality Systems and Compliance, Quality Supplier Management and Customer Quality, Continuous Improvement, Design Engineering and execute corrective and preventive actions with accountable teams in Manufacturing, Maintenance and Engineering to resolve customer and internal issues.

This is a high-visibility role, serving as a conduit between Quality and Engineering to VPs, and supporting the KS team.

The position may involve travel to the De Soto plant and is viewed as a succession role with potential advancement to VP of Quality.

Quality is also being considered for a shared service function

Essential Duties:


* Lead and manage the Quality Operations and Quality Engineering organizational activities and established priorities to meet company and department goals and objectives.


* Develop high performing team and future leaders by coaching and improving individual capability through performance management systems, processes, and talent acquisition.


* People leader responsible for maintaining and improving employee morale to minimize attrition.


* Establish and monitor the team's performance ensuring aligned KPIs to the organization's strategic objectives and with all other functional groups while ensuring compliance to company policies.


* Plans and administers department budget, capital expenditures and direct/indirect labor costs by maintaining inventory and head count controls.


* Reviews and leads reporting of company performance data (sales, profitability, productivity, quality, finances, staffing, etc.) utilizing this data to make department structure and strategy recommendations in support of the business.


* Leads the establishment of company Business Plan KPI targets for Quality across all business units, drives accountability of business units to achieving Business Plan and escalates risk to Sr.

Management quickly.


* Leads Quality Engineering continuous improvement cost avoidance projects to reduce total cost of quality, optimize processes efficiency and decrease non-conformance.


* Champion design to quality principals and quality first behaviors, transparency, and collaboration to internal and external stakeholders


* Assure compliance and continuous improvements to all qual...