RESS Quality Manager

General Motors•Spring Hill, MN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The RESS Quality Manager will be responsible for developing operational quality plans to support the organization’s business strategies. The operational quality plans will have a direct impact on business unit results. The selected candidate will lead a team, provide employee development, monitor training, drive the performance management process, and manage organizational structure. The Spring Hill RESS Quality Manager communicates to all levels of the organization, to the segment as well as other functions and suppliers. Key qualifications for the Spring Hill RESS Quality Manager would include: Ability to understand complex quality issues, and lead teams in a cross functional environment to successfully resolve issues. Assess supplier quality and impact on RESS assembly production. Collaborate across department leaders and other plant leaders to develop creative solutions. Inspires others within the organization to accept new concepts, practices, and approaches. Ability to summarize critical issues with resolutions and communicate to leadership. Handle complex quality issues and concerns. Reduce the risk of plant disruptions due to quality issues. Analyze metrics supporting quality issues. Work flexible, extended, and non-core hours to ensure issues are worked to resolution. Ability to solve problems and implement new and innovative strategies. Deep understanding of Quality functions Provides leadership of one of the key areas within GM Quality Systems to ensure business objectives are met. Lead GMS execution and improvement. Lead Establishing, Implementing and Maintaining Quality Management Systems (Global Quality Manual, GMS, BIQ). Lead productivity improvements and technology deployment. Partner with HQ resources and other external stakeholders for success Influence other External and Internal functions without direct authority.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in quality engineering, Quality Management or a related area preferred.
Minimum of 10 years’ Quality Systems experience
High level of interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills; ability to interact with all levels of organization.
High level of analytical ability

Nice To Haves

Experience in RESS Assembly Systems

Responsibilities

Develop operational quality plans to support the organization’s business strategies.
Lead a team, provide employee development, monitor training, drive the performance management process, and manage organizational structure.
Identify & lead staffing initiatives for the RESS Quality team.
Facilitate group meetings, communicate GM policies & procedures, and deliver safety messages.
Communicate vision & strategy, including preparing and delivering presentations.
Ensure employees are following all corporate required GM training and any specific training related to functional responsibility.
Understand & support employee career development goals.
Develop and execute initiatives to improve their team’s capability and capacity.
Be an active participant in the RESS HRM committee.
Assign and balance workload for direct reports.
Prioritize individual and group tasks.
Make decisions about resource allocation, including employee assignments and overtime compensation.
Communicate to all levels of the organization, to the segment as well as other functions and suppliers.
Understand complex quality issues, and lead teams in a cross functional environment to successfully resolve issues.
Assess supplier quality and impact on RESS assembly production.
Collaborate across department leaders and other plant leaders to develop creative solutions.
Inspire others within the organization to accept new concepts, practices, and approaches.
Summarize critical issues with resolutions and communicate to leadership.
Handle complex quality issues and concerns.
Reduce the risk of plant disruptions due to quality issues.
Analyze metrics supporting quality issues.
Work flexible, extended, and non-core hours to ensure issues are worked to resolution.
Solve problems and implement new and innovative strategies.
Provide leadership of one of the key areas within GM Quality Systems to ensure business objectives are met.
Lead GMS execution and improvement.
Lead Establishing, Implementing and Maintaining Quality Management Systems (Global Quality Manual, GMS, BIQ).
Lead productivity improvements and technology deployment.
Partner with HQ resources and other external stakeholders for success.
Influence other External and Internal functions without direct authority.