What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, Quality position at LG Energy Solution Michigan, Inc.?
Title: Manager, Quality
Reports to: Sr. Manager, Quality
Location: Holland, MI
LG Energy Solution Michigan Inc. (LGESMI) develops and manufactures large lithium-ion polymer batteries and packs for electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage applications. Come join the leader in advanced EV batteries! www.lgenergymi.com
Summary:
As a Quality Manager, you will lead a quality team to meet the requirements for engineering, production, and customers in a safe and timely manner.
Responsibilities:
- Drive and support quality improvement efforts internally and externally
- Respond to, and fully support, company plant production by ensuring all parts meet engineering requirement
- Responsible for advanced product quality planning, and successful launch of components
- Ensure that internal needs for Control Systems are established, communicated and met in a timely and functional manner
- Utilize analytical skill sets to implement root cause analysis and provide recommendations for corrective action
- Optimize Process Capability on critical characteristics with in the quality team through effective application of statistical analysis techniques and Problem-Solving
- Proactively work with other managers to minimize and/or eliminate launch and ongoing quality/performance issues
- Conduct thorough and timely Layered Process Audits in appropriate work areas
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Maintain cleanliness at work-site in accordance with 5S3R Standards:
- Sort, Set in order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain
- Right Location, Right Quantity, Right Container
- Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required, MBA or MS preferred, or equivalent, relevant experience
Experience:
- 7 to 10 years of Manufacturing/Quality Assurance/Engineering experience in the Manufacturing industry or equivalent experience
- 3 to 6 years of experience leading/managing multiple departments or functions globally
- Experience working in a large global manufacturing company, preferably automotive
Skills:
- Comfort around higher management
- Ability to deal with ambiguity and make sound decisions
- Effective workflow and process management
- Planning skills and effective communication of priorities
- Delegation and directing teams to meet goals
- APQP, inspection equipment and techniques, root cause failure analysis, capability studies, statistical distributions, machine and assembly processes, problem solving, PFD/PFMEA/Control Plan, PPAP, 8D/5Why, team facilitation and geometric dimensioning and tolerance.
- Six sigma Green Belt
- Ability to work flexible hours as needed to support and work with HQ and global site
