Quality Director

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TK Elevator is currently seeking an experienced Quality Director located in Atlanta, GA .

Responsibilities include the establishment and the continuous improvement of a comprehensive supplier and design quality program; includes supplier qualification, supplied product, supplier strategy, supplier audits, root cause analysis, development, and maintenance of supplier quality scorecards, identifying and driving supplier and design continuous improvement projects.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Partner with engineering, product management, suppliers, and sourcing to develop robust procedures, work instructions and policies across all new and legacy products for TK Elevator
• Improve and refine actionable new product development quality and supplier quality deliverables in the Business Review process
• Review all Product Requirement Documents and Product Requirement Reviews; establish checkpoints to ensure on-time delivery of milestone reviews
• Serves as TK Elevator quality team representative for all active legacy products and new product programs
• Partner with Sourcing, and lead Supplier Quality and Design Quality Engineering to ensure all drawing, specification, CTQ’s are systematically defined, agreed to by internal TK Elevator personnel, and communicated to Sourcing for action
• Develop quality related deliverables for Engineering Change Order processes across TK Elevator
• Responsible for the Quality function review of all ECOs and supplier implementation of ECOs
• Responsible for partnering with Program Management to ensure that new product development schedules are structured to meet the needs of the Product Managers and within the constraints of the Engineering organization
• Escalates all issues impacting the timely release and quality of all new product development programs and quality of supplied components to upper management
• Works as a partner with Engineering and Global Supply Chain to ensure all new product development programs are designed for manufacturability and serviceability
• Develop and negotiate quality requirements in contractual agreements with suppliers, procurement managers and legal. Lead supplier monitoring and drive supplier corrections and cost avoidance
• Qualify products purchased using a Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) to establish stable manufacturing within the supply base
• Lead internal and external teams to improve Cost of Poor Quality, Design for Manufacturing and Good Manufacturing Practices within the supply base
• Assure product compliance to purchasing specifications through supplier and engineering change order systems
• Execute to BU audit strategy which includes the development and execution of supplier audits with procurement and the global TK Elevator commodity managers
• Conduct root cause analysis to develop corrective and preventive action plans. Manage the investigation of field failures regarding supplier products and make recommendations for corrective plans
• Lead supplier development, supplier risk assessments and supplier gap analysis in support of new product road maps and future business strategies. Deliver supplier quality deliverables in the Standard Product Development. Present findings and recommendations as part of Business Review process

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• BS degree in a technical or scientific field
• 10 years of management/team lead responsibility
• Ability to travel internationally
• Experience working in an Electrical and Mechanical Engineering environment
• Experienced in new product development program coordination
• Evidence of effective execution in a matrix organization
• Energizing and effective leader – able to motivate others to excel
• Proven strong verbal and written communication skill at all levels of the organization
• Demonstrated ability to deliver results against organization goals
• Demonstrated ability to address and resolve complex technical issues
• Shown ability to adjust tactics and methods to address changes within a dynamic business environment
• Solid analytical ability for both situations and data
• Agent for a quality cultural rejuvenation and change
• Proven ability to integrate cross functionally
• Self-motivated and independent
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines