at Cox Machine Inc. in Wichita, Kansas, United States
Job Description
Purpose
Communicates and resolves Quality related issues in a fast paced manufacturing environment. Supports the Quality and Manufacturing functions by educating employees on quality systems, quality metrics, and customer engineering. Interfaces and acts as a liaison between Manufacturing and Quality Managers using multidisciplinary manufacturing knowledge. Develops and empowers Quality personnel while improving Manufacturing and Quality relationships. Is a leader within the department holding employees accountable for business ethics and daily performance.
Position Responsibilities
- Oversee the Quality department to ensure delivery of high quality products that meet the customers’ needs
- Provide training, learning and development where appropriate for all employees
- Provide training as required in the quality system concepts, audit techniques, approaches corrective/preventative actions and continuous improvement activities.
- Partner with other departments to ensure the adherence to the Quality Management System and other compliance requirements.
- Collaborates with operations, leaders, purchasing, customer service and others to efficiently meet customer demand.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to interact and deal with internal and external customers
- Supports all regulatory and customer quality audits
- Regularly inspects and evaluates products for quality and defects.
- Provide visibility to management of potential quality issues, as well as input on internal perceptions associated with Quality and Delivery performance.
- Works with Manufacturing and Quality Assurance personnel to perform in process review and assure best practices are followed.
- Review applicable organizational policies and procedures, ensuring accuracy and relevance, communicating policy and procedure updates and changes
- Performs other related duties, as required
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Conducts interviews and trains front-line employees.
- Organizes, directs, and oversees the work of front-line employees.
- Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations.
- Handles discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy.
- Works with department leaders to monitor each department and make recommendations to improve performance that impacts the organization
