Quality Manager

Job Overview

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don’t meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

Position: Quality Manager

Location: Buffalo Grove, IL

• To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, develop, implement, and coordinate product assurance programs to prevent or eliminate defects in new or existing products.
• Researches, evaluates and presents information concerning factors such as business situations, production capabilities, manufacturing problems, economic trends and design and development of new products for consideration by other members of management team.
• Suggests and debates alternative methods and procedures in solving problems and meeting changing market opportunities.
• Contributes with other top management personnel in formulating and establishing company policies, operating procedures and goals.
• Develops initial and subsequent modifications of product assurance programs to delineate areas of control, personnel requirements and operational procedures within the program.
• Evaluates contents of reports from product assurance program department heads and confers with top management personnel preparatory to formulating fiscal budgets for the product assurance program.
• Conducts management meetings with product assurance program department heads to establish, delineate and review program organizational policies, to coordinate functions and operations between departments, and to establish controls and procedures for attaining goals.
• Interfaces with customers on technical/quality issues and improvement initiatives.
• Manages customer audits and regulatory/compliance agency audits.
• Reviews technical problems and procedures of departments and recommends solutions to problems or changes in procedures.
• Visits and confers with representatives of material and component vendors to obtain information related to supply quality, capacity of vendors to meet orders and vendor quality standards.
• Confers with engineers about quality assurance of new products designed and manufactured products in the market to rectify problems.
• Reviews technical publications, articles, and abstracts to stay abreast of technical developments in the industry.

• Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field or equivalent experience and training.
• 8+ years of experience
• 3+ years of managerial experience
• 5+ years of medical device industry experience (ISO
  13485)
• Previous molding experience

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement

Pay Range (Applicable to Illinois): $ USD - $ USD

Job Category: Quality

Is Sponsorship Available? No

Flex is an Equal Opportunity Employer and employment selection decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. We do not discriminate based on: age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, pregnancy status, or any other status protected by law. We re happy to provide reasonable accommodations to those with a disability for assistance in the application process.

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