Manager Plant Quality

Yanfeng•Louisville, KY

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Yanfeng is a global automotive supplier focused on enhancing the mobility experience through the design, development, and manufacturing of automotive interiors, seating, electronics, and passive safety systems. The Manager Plant Quality role involves developing and leading training initiatives, managing resource demands, ensuring plant quality standards, optimizing operational quality performance KPIs, and establishing customer relationships. The position also requires expertise in problem-solving, audit preparation, and disposition of non-conforming materials. Yanfeng is committed to employee development through programs, learning, mentorship, and volunteerism, offering a comprehensive onboarding process and opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Requirements

Quality System: Understand, apply and meet all function-related Quality requirements.
Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS): Comprehend/meet all functional-related EHS requirements.
Product Safety: Comprehend/meet all functional-related Product Safety requirements.
Compliance: Comprehend/meet all functional-related all function-related Compliance requirements.
Information Security: Understand, Comprehend/meet all functional-related IT / Information Security and confidentiality of YFAI information requirements.
Must comply with all company policies and procedures.
Ability to multitask, communicate professionally with customers, and suppliers, while working cooperatively with employees at all levels.
Ability to maintain regular attendance, (plant, corporate office, or remote).

Responsibilities

Develop, lead and maintain training initiatives through mentoring and coaching of best practices.
Successfully manage all resource demands ensuring proper allocation with capable, skilled individuals.
Ensure plant quality standards are adequate in controlling incoming material, standardized manufacturing processes, and quality.
Lead efforts in optimizing Operational quality performance KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) and associated scorecard metrics.
Establish and maintain exceptional customer facing relationships, resulting in excellent customer satisfaction and loyalty.
Evaluate, approve and/or provide expertise for problem solving (e.g., root cause and robust permanent corrective actions), internal/external audit preparation, etc.
Responsible for disposition of non-conforming materials.
Drives quality system management process (YF iOS).
Administers Quality metric reviews for plant management.
Drives Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) initiatives.
Leads quality-driven project management initiatives.
Review/approve new process changes.
Perform other duties as required/assigned.