Quality Assurance Supervisor

Topy America•Frankfort, KY

1d•$68,000 - $72,000•Onsite

About The Position

Under the direction of the Quality Assurance (QA) Manager, this Position contributes to the TOPY manufacturing process through performing quality assignments personally or through the actions of subordinates from within the quality department to meet the objectives and targets established by upper management of the company.

Requirements

Experience enforcing and possess understanding of policies supporting safety, quality, customer specification, and HR policy.
Excellent problem-solving, diagnostic, and organizational skills.
Solid communication skills to assist with problem resolutions, and to maintain strong interpersonal relations.
Ability to complete various reports and documentation of departmental activities using Windows Office.
Ability to work under high stress and deadline pressures.
Ability to contribute as a team member to accomplish the goals and objectives set forth.
A minimum of 2 years of experience within a supervisory role.
At least 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience with IATF16949 preferred.

Responsibilities

Achieves the quality department targets by ensuring quality produced disc, rim, and wheel products.
Maintains, corrects, and supports a safe working environment in his department and in the plant.
Strives to achieve the highest quality wheels by continuously checking the process daily for potential quality issues and immediately addressing them when discovered.
Trains Associates in the fundamentals of wheel inspection, ensuring that they understand the quality requirements at each process.
Safeguards the Company’s investment in machinery and equipment by ensuring that his Associates understand the fundamentals of TPM (Total Production Maintenance), and are practicing them on a daily basis.
Manages the manpower assigned to his shift to guarantee quality checks are routinely completed. This can be accomplished by cross-training associates on more than one manufacturing line, planning for manpower shortages, and selecting the best people to fill open positions.
Ensures that housekeeping in the work environment is practiced on a daily basis using the 5S principles by monitoring the plant conditions and offering suggestions for improvement.
Immediately addresses quality related issues, including communication of equipment and machine breakdowns, scrap, quality holds, quality lab concerns, gage control, calibration, trial requests, work requests, and shipping requests to guarantee departmental performance.
Continuously reviews the process and product for continuous improvement opportunities and works with his Associates, Staff, and Management to implement positive change through Kaizen and Quality Circle activities.
Reviews his department for environmental impacts and compliance, addressing issues immediately when noted.
Understands the IATF16949, ISO/IEC 17025, and ISO14000 requirements and supports the process to maintain these designations.
Maintains an excellent relationship with all support departments and staff.
Understands and supports the positions and Human Resource policies of the Company.
Exercises strict cost control and containment regarding the department’s budget.
Completes the administrative functions of the job, including timesheets, payroll, check sheets, work reports, and other documents as required.
Assists the Manager in various tasks as required.
Attends scheduled required meetings.
Performs a fair and unbiased annual Performance Review for each Associate, using the requirements for each job as a guideline. The annual review should include an Action Plan for the Associate’s improvement and a timetable for the improvement items to be met.