Your Job
Guardian Częstochowa Sp. z o.o. is looking for a Quality Manager.
The individual will report into our Plant Manager and guide a small team of quality. This role leads quality efforts across this fully integrated production operation.
What You Will Do
- Demonstrate leadership through active participation in facility safety initiatives
- Foster a quality culture and build quality capability in the organization
- Provide leadership and coaching to employees through a shared Quality vision for the operation
- Apply Operational Excellence Strategy and Principled Based Management® (PBM®) Principles for managing continuous improvement of Quality Systems and Processes
- Work with Operations and the corporate Quality to ensure product specifications meet consumer/customer needs while matching operation capabilities
- Being a Champion for Product Safety
- Manage trials related to quality improvement, new product commercialization, cost saving initiatives and reduction of variation in process and product quality
- Conduct quality reviews with product systems and track performance against key action plans
- Use Voice of Customer feedback to drive a deep understanding of customers’ current and future needs and improve the Customer Experience
- Building collaborative relationships with strategic customers
- Lead claims process by managing initial data investigation, participating in facility root cause and corrective action process, and providing timely resolutions to customers
- Facilitate resolution to raw material quality issues
- Participating in audit process of other facilities and warehouses
- Use statistical methods to track, monitor, and report quality performance to leadership
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Three years or more of experience managing quality and process improvements in a manufacturing environment
- Experience leading a team
- Knowledge and use of statistical tools for data analysis
- Experience with root cause analysis techniques
- Experience with managing product safety systems
What Will Put You Ahead
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or higher
- Glass manufacturing experience
- Lean manufacturing experience
- Demonstrated capability to lead sustainable change
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Who We Are
Guardian Industries, a global company headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, employs more than 17,000 people and operates facilities throughout North America, Europe, South America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Guardian’s diverse group of companies are involved in the manufacture of high-performance float, coated and fabricated glass products and the manufacture of high-quality chrome-plated and painted plastic components for the automotive and commercial truck industries. Guardian’s vision is to create value for customers and society through constant innovation using fewer resources. Guardian is a wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Industries, Inc.
We offer:
- Interesting and demanding work in an international environment
- Remuneration adequate to your qualifications
- Benefits package
- Opportunity for professional development
- Stable employment conditions