What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Director position at LG?
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With 50,000 patents, 20,000 employees and 58 locations worldwide, LG Chem is one of the largest science and chemical companies in the world. With its rapid growth, LG Chem endeavors to become a 'Global Top 5 Chemical Company' with a balanced business portfolio that has a competitive advantage across the globe, including business divisions in petrochemicals, advanced materials, life sciences, and a subsidiary specializing in batteries.
LG Chem is a leading chemical company in Korea that has continuously achieved growth through relentless challenges and innovation since its establishment in 1947. From the infrangible facial cream lid to the world's most advanced batteries, LG Chem has turned dreams into reality and enriched our lives for 70 years. Building upon a balanced and globally competitive business portfolio, LG Chem manufactures a wide range of products from high-value added petrochemicals to renewable plastics, specializing in cutting-edge electronic and battery materials such as cathodes, as well as drugs and vaccines to deliver differentiated solutions for its customers.
Beyond a chemical company, LG Chem will become a leading science-oriented corporation that creates value for our customers and is committed to reaching carbon-neutral growth by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2050 by managing the impacts of climate change and making positive contributions to society through renewable energy and responsible supply chains.
The Quality Director is responsible for the performance and continuous improvement of the quality portion of the Integrated Management System. The incoming will oversee a team of dedicated professionals within the Quality Department and will be responsible for implementing and maintaining the most effective procedures to optimize the Quality System Management. This is a key role aligning quality goals with business objectives and managing quality certifications and audits. In addition, other tasks may be assigned by the Global Director of Manufacturing Operations. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to :
Essential functions :
- Oversee the Technical Labs and ensure customer requirements are met, and concerns are resolved in a timely manner.
- Coach and mentor Quality Assurance staff and ensure assigned training is completed on time.
- Ensure customer concerns and other quality issues are presented at monthly management meetings and provide root cause findings and corrective action plans.
- Ensure customer needs are represented when setting quality objectives for new or changed
- products.
- Promote continuous improvement of all quality & process metrics and prepare documentation in the Integrated Management System.
- Conduct Annual Quality Planning and submit to LG Chem headquarters as required.
- Calculate and submit Quality Department KPI's such as Process Improvement Studies and report findings as well as corrective action plans.
- Initiate continuous improvement actions whenever a key metric is not meeting or exceeding an annual performance record
Audit Coordinator :
Scheduling and participating in audits
Qualifications, Skills and Experience : What We're Looking For
Education
Experience :
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
