Manager Quality

AAM•North Vernon, IN

25d

About The Position

Dauch is seeking a Manager Quality for its North Vernon, Indiana location. The Quality Manager oversees daily quality and lean operations, including quality-system audits, continuous-improvement programs, operational safety, and coordination of regulatory requirements. The role manages staffing and associate resources for quality-assurance coverage and supports a high-performing team through goals and metrics, timely performance feedback, and talent-management processes. The manager develops and implements programs, procedures, processes, goals, and methods that support compliance with regulatory requirements, corporate quality policies, and applicable industry standards. The position oversees product and process audits, the corrective and preventive action system, and supplier-quality activities. It also consolidates, analyzes, and reports quality metrics; leads facility management reviews of those metrics; and uses disciplined problem-solving to identify and implement corrective and preventive actions. The role establishes a quality culture through associate orientation, training, and coaching; enforces quality, productivity, customer-service, safety, security, and health standards; resolves operational and product-quality issues; and identifies business-process improvements. It provides planning information through analysis of product-quality data and trends, leads the facility Quality Team across the associate lifecycle, and performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Professional experience focused on Quality Management, ideally in a high-volume automotive or engineering environment.
Good understanding of automotive manufacturing processes, such as welding, assembly, and part stamping, and functional and technical understanding of automotive components.
Six Sigma or Lean Manufacturing experience.
Good knowledge of quality core tools, such as FMEA, SPC, and MSA.
IATF experience.
Proven track record of leading and developing a team of engineers.
Problem-solving mindset and familiarity with tools such as Five Why, 8D, Shainin, and/or DMAIC.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in an engineering or manufacturing discipline, or equivalent experience.
Initial experience using Power BI.

Responsibilities

Manage daily quality and lean activities, including quality-system audits, continuous-improvement programs, operational safety, and coordination of regulatory requirements.
Manage staff and associate resources to provide quality-assurance coverage.
Build and support a high-performing team by managing goals and metrics, providing timely performance feedback, and facilitating talent management.
Develop and implement programs, procedures, processes, goals, and methods to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, corporate quality policies, and applicable industry standards.
Manage product and process audits and the corrective and preventive action system.
Manage quality activities associated with the supplier base.
Consolidate, analyze, and report quality metrics to identify areas for improvement.
Lead management reviews of facility quality metrics and use problem-solving techniques to identify and implement corrective and preventive actions.
Establish a quality culture by providing associate orientation, training, and coaching.
Enforce production, productivity, quality, customer-service, safety, security, and health standards.
Resolve operational problems and identify business-process improvements.
Control product-quality inspections using manuals, internal resources, and external benchmarks.
Examine and interpret specifications to resolve product-quality standard applications, adding precision to vague references as needed.
Collect, analyze, and summarize product-quality data and trends to provide management planning information.
Support continuous improvement by welcoming suggestions and helping others achieve the goals of their positions.
Ensure quality standards correlate with corporate and industry standards.
Lead the facility Quality Team across associate selection, recruitment, onboarding, annual reviews, performance assessments, and development goals.
Perform other duties as assigned.