Quality Manager - Danville Manufacturing, VA

JT International S.A.•Chapel Hill, NC

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The incumbent is responsible for leading quality activities in order to produce in accordance with the Company requirements and the Quality standards through the organization of systematic activities in monitoring, maintenances, and improvement of quality, prioritization, and allocation of resources (staff and finance) in all areas of Quality Department. Establishing and optimization of quality processes, projects and ways of working during the start-up of the new factory. The incumbent will take ownership for introducing JTI Quality systems to track improvements of KPIs and establish local process for reporting of those KPIs at a local and global level. The incumbent will ensure good and efficient cooperation between production and maintenance teams, motivating and guiding them along improvement process while maximizing knowledge transfer.

Requirements

University or technology degree in business administration, engineering or similar.
3+ Years in Management Positions, 5+ years in Quality.
Knowledge in methods of solving problems in teams, root cause analysis, statistical process control and ISO standards.
Fluency in English (Oral and written).
Advanced PC skills (MS Office applications), SAP and preferable knowledge in Production Planning and Budget Preparation Process.

Responsibilities

Establishes, manages, plans, organizes and supervises the activities of the Quality Department in accordance with the quality policies and procedures to ensure product compliance with the specified requirements and continuous quality improvement.
Responsible for targets setting for quality part (Quality KPI) within the annual and strategic planning process (ASP). Controls their fulfillment and ensures the analysis of the causes of the deviation. Bears the responsibility for proper development of programs on improvement, as well as assessment of their effectiveness.
Responsible for the organization of the product quality control activities to ensure product compliance with the established requirements and regulations.
Responsible for the organization of the quality acceptance of new products, materials, new and modified units, and equipment.
Manages the process of procedure development for quality control, assurance, and improvement controls, and assesses their effectiveness.
Responsible for provision and observance of the necessary technical standards for manufactured products, raw materials used, and laboratory equipment (specifications, bills of materials and usage rates, Standards, and technical regulations).
Provides control over the condition and mode of operation of the quality measurement equipment. Plans and provides the necessary laboratory measurement equipment (in accordance with the Company standards and legal requirements) Bears the responsibility for the planning of CAPEX projects on laboratory equipment.
Leads the process of internal audits of the QMS with consideration of the status and importance of the processes as well as the results of the previous audits in accordance with the requirements of ISO 9001/19011 and the requirements of the Company. Provides control over the correctness of the documentation of internal audits. Responsible for the organization and conduction of external audits of QMS. Controls the preparation and conduction of the Management Review meetings. Bears the responsibility for the QMS documentation management, proper approval, documentation, and distribution of new or revised quality procedures to involved personnel.
Bears the responsibility for the organization of improvement activities on product quality and production processes efficiency, identifies the needs for quality improvement, controls the development and implementation of improvement programs in order to increase the effectiveness of quality management.
Controls the timely submission of specified quality reports.
Supports subordinates in carrying out of their responsibilities and ensure that they have proper instructions, training, necessary information and developing opportunities, as well as evaluates their performance.
Understands health and safety hazards and risks relevant to their department, function, or process. Ensures that appropriate control measures are known and implemented in order to maintain a healthy and safe workplace for employees within their area of responsibility.
Ensures that safety methods are developed, and all employees receive appropriate health & safety training and required qualifications, and are competent to do the work safely.
Knows Legal and JTI health and safety requirements applicable to their department, function, or process and ensures compliance.
Promotes a positive safety culture, actively demonstrates commitment to health and safety, leads by example, and takes actions to continuously improve health and safety performance.