Manager, Quality

Job Description

Job Description

Title: Manager, Quality

Reports to: Sr. Manager, Quality

Location: Holland, MI

LG Energy Solution Michigan Inc. (LGESMI) develops and manufactures large lithium-ion polymer batteries and packs for electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage applications. Come join the leader in advanced EV batteries!

Summary:

As a Quality Manager, you will lead a quality team to meet the requirements for engineering, production, and customers in a safe and timely manner.

Responsibilities:

• Drive and support quality improvement efforts internally and externally

• Respond to, and fully support, company plant production by ensuring all parts meet engineering requirement
• Responsible for advanced product quality planning, and successful launch of components
• Ensure that internal needs for Control Systems are established, communicated and met in a timely and functional manner
• Utilize analytical skill sets to implement root cause analysis and provide recommendations for corrective action
• Optimize Process Capability on critical characteristics with in the quality team through effective application of statistical analysis techniques and Problem-Solving
• Proactively work with other managers to minimize and/or eliminate launch and ongoing quality/performance issues

• Conduct thorough and timely Layered Process Audits in appropriate work areas
• Maintain cleanliness at work-site in accordance with 5S3R Standards:
  1. Sort, Set in order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain
  2. Right Location, Right Quantity, Right Container
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required, MBA or MS preferred, or equivalent, relevant experience

Experience:

• 7 to 10+ years of Manufacturing/Quality Assurance/Engineering experience in the Manufacturing industry or equivalent experience

• 3 to 6+ years of experience leading/managing multiple departments or functions globally
• Experience working in a large global manufacturing company, preferably automotive

Skills:

• Comfort around higher management
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and make sound decisions
• Effective workflow and process management
• Planning skills and effective communication of priorities
• Delegation and directing teams to meet goals
• APQP, inspection equipment and techniques, root cause failure analysis, capability studies, statistical distributions, machine and assembly processes, problem solving, PFD/PFMEA/Control Plan, PPAP, 8D/5Why, team facilitation and geometric dimensioning and tolerance.

• Six sigma Green Belt
• Ability to work flexible hours as needed to support and work with HQ and global site