Quality Manager (Planning)

Title: Quality Manager (Planning)

Reports to: Quality Director

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 Planning Manager, you will lead Quality Planning part to meet the compliance with the organization’s management plans of quality department and customer requirements in timely manner. Other responsibilities include managing internal/external audit plans and results, maintaining and updating quality management system/process, and monitoring operation and investment plans in quality department to completion.

Responsibilities:

• Understand the purpose and process of project and manage it to meet the goal on time
• Based on the strategy and plans of the organization, monitor and manage QA department’s overall roadmaps
• Monitor the Quality Manuals and Quality Procedures to maintain internal documents updated
• Manage the organization’s IATF 16949 certification status and overall internal/external audit plans and results
• Communicate with HQ and other global branches to implement changes in quality process and system to ensure compliance with the organization’s quality management strategy
• Manage distribution of information, materials, and guidelines to assist teams in QA department to meet their goal
• Manage QA department’s operation plans, investment plans, cost of expense with punctuality
• Prepare and lead various Quality meetings with other departments, leaderships, HQ and global branches, and customers as needed.
• Monitor the organization’s overall calibration status and ensure the reliability of product quality
• 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
• Maintain cleanliness at work-site in accordance with 5S3R Standards:
  • Sort, Set in order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain
  • Right Location, Right Quantity, Right Container
• Conduct thorough and timely Layered Process Audits in appropriate work areas
• 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:

• Proficiency in Korean
• 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