Position Summary

Provide leadership and management for the quality function and sustain the quality philosophy and lean culture for the division at the plant level.  Establish, maintain and optimize an effective quality management system.  Implement the division’s quality plan at the plant level to achieve the divisions overall quality objectives.  Enhance and improve the Division’s products and services through the implementation of ISO 9001, problem-solving tools, prevention methods, quality-at-the-source and continual improvement techniques.

Responsibilities

- Communicates customer, regulatory and organizational requirements to assure product quality, contract compliance and customer satisfaction. - Oversees the effective documentation and implementation of the quality management system to assure compliance with customer and regulatory requirements and the standards set by corporate/division policies.- Works with the leadership team to ensure that individuals performing functions affecting quality are trained and demonstrate the appropriate skills and performance results. - Coordinates necessary plant personnel for internal, customer and third party quality system audits.- Maintains a corrective action system to analyze and correct nonconforming conditions and complaints. - Implements the performance measurements necessary to effectively evaluate organizational performance and trends in product quality, services, customer satisfaction and the cost of poor quality. Uses the results of performance evaluation to target improvement efforts.- Assess supplier capabilities and monitor supplier quality to ensure desired levels of performance.

Qualifications

- B.S. Degree in an Engineering or related discipline.- 3-5 years of Quality, Engineering or related experience.- Knowledge of International Standard ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems (QS-9000 as applicable for automotive sector).- Certification by the American Society for Quality (ASQ) as a Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB), or Certified Quality Manager (CQMgr) is preferred.- Knowledge of manufacturing and quality practices.- Experience with quality improvement tools and techniques (i.e., Lean, Six Sigma, Statistical Process Control, and Failure Mode & Effects Analysis).- Demonstrated leadership, project management, facilitation and problem-solving skills.- Must demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills.

Parker Hannifin

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century the company has been enabling engineering breakthroughs that lead to a better tomorrow. Learn more at www.parker.com or parkerhannifin.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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