Quality Control Manager

Our client is a full-service, tier one automotive supplier specializing in the design and production of lighting equipment, accessories, and electronic components. Our Ohio facility houses lighting and mold design, construction, production engineering, and dedicated associates in our Quality, Assembly, Sales, and Customer Service departments.

• Demonstrating solid organization skills
• Being attentive to every detail
• Exercising critical thinking
• Solving problems
• Working well independently and with a team

Providing leadership and ensuring the full functionality of the QC department by:

• Ensuring clarity of expectations and achievement of departmental targets by providing leadership through performance planning, ongoing feedback, supporting associates in the performance of their duties, and recognition activities.
• Establishing, communicating, and measuring performance against objectives.
• Ensuring policies and procedures are developed, implemented, disseminated and followed.
• Identifying opportunities for continuous improvement and implementing new methods, elements or processes to the quality assurance system, quality management system and compliance achievement to outside certifications (ISO, CCC, etc.)
• Strengthening quality the assurance system by monitoring and tracking quality and product performance and analyzing market, customer and in-house results.
• Evaluating and addressing budgetary concerns.
• Overseeing customer complaints, ensuring timely problem solving and cost-effectiveness.
• Improving operations by reviewing and reporting reasons for suppliers’ decline or improvement in ratings.
• Regularly communicating with top management to ensure low customer complaints and ensure the ability of suppliers to create a quality product for a reasonable price.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field or equivalent experience
• 8 years of quality control experience in a manufacturing environment
• 2 years of supervisory experience
• Competent user of Microsoft Office Products.
• Demonstrated knowledge of quality control techniques and processes
• Knowledge of ASQC
• Demonstrated analytical skills
• Demonstrated oral and written communication skills

• Ability to lift 40lbs
• Manufacturing Environment three (3) hour per day
• Occasional overnight travel may be required to perform essential functions at remote locations or receive training.
• Required to work overtime (unplanned and unscheduled) to meet customer deadlines and requirements.

• While performing the job the position is frequently exposed to:
• Moving or mechanical parts.
• Chemicals, noise and heat.
• Moderate noise levels with specific areas required to wear hearing protection.