Quality Manager - Phoenix, United States - APEL Extrusions

Description

Quality Manager - Phoenix, AZ**
The Company: APEL Extrusions Inc.**APEL Extrusions is an independent extruder, finisher and fabricator of aluminum extrusions serving the commercial, residential, and industrial markets of Western Canada and the Western United States.

With facilities in Calgary, Canada, Coburg, Oregon, and a new, greenfield facility in Phoenix Arizona, APEL Extrusions is a fully integrated extruder with six extrusion presses, (2 in Calgary and 3 in Oregon and 1 in Phoenix) and a full array of finishing capabilities occupying over 600,000 square feet of modern manufacturing space employing approximately 250 people.

Reporting to the Plant Manager, the Quality Manager has overall responsibility for sustaining and improving the APEL Operating System while providing Quality leadership within the APEL organization.

The incumbent will be responsible for all aspects of the Quality Management System, and the internal and external costs of quality.

• The Quality Manager is the Senior Quality Representative on site and is responsible for oversight, training and execution of production and company operations on a daytoday basis.
• Working with Operations Personnel, Customer Service, The Technical Group, Departmental Managers, and the Company's Management Team the Quality Manager ensures production is made to agreed to standards and play a pivotal role in APEL's continuous Improvement Process.
• Work with Sales and our Customers to investigate and identify root causes of Quality Issues and develop processes and procedures to eliminate those Issues.
• The position requires a high level of interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with customers, employees, and suppliers.

• Manage the APEL Quality Management System & ensure facility compliance while continuously improving and maintaining the System, including the Quality Manual, and document control.
• Coordinate and conduct internal Quality System audits to ensure compliance with documented procedures.
• Train members of the organization, including Management, in the areas of Quality, Statistical Process Control (inspection, metrology, methods and tools) and Continuous Improvement Practices.
• Develop, train, and supervise inspection programs, including sampling and testing of inprocess and finished goods to ensure product conformance to specification.
• Investigate, research and work with Customers and APEL employees to reduce/eliminate product defects.
• Provide leadership and direction to the APEL team to effectively improve APEL 's product quality.
• Liaise with Customer's on quality issues and work with the APEL Team to institute sustainable corrective actions.
• Facilitate root cause analysis and problemsolving initiatives.
• Monitor, measure, report and effect quality performance and improvement trends on an ongoing basis.
• Represent and promote Customer expectations regarding quality within the APEL facility.
• Lead the deployment of Process Management to improve stability and performance using tools such as process flow charts, Pareto charts, fishbone diagrams, process and product FMEA's, control plans and control charts.
• A strong, nonauthoritative, team builder who possesses outstanding presentation and interpersonal skills and who can accommodate, facilitate, and drive quality improvement within the organization.
• A handson Manager with experience developing, managing, and training Quality Management in highly automated, highly capitalized, factories in highly competitive environments.
• Relentless focus on driving Safety, Quality and Customer Service
• People oriented with an innate ability to establish a high degree of credibility with staff and with customers.
• A proven record of senior management success in a fast paced, customer focused, manufacturing environment.
• Familiarity with business compliance requirements
• Experience in successfully developing strong teams and strong relationships with internal stakeholders, suppliers, customers and other key business partners.
• Experience in managing safety, quality, productivity, and cost in a capitalintensive operation.
• Experience and training in Quality Systems, Lean and Six Sigma concepts
• Proven ability to Lead, to Collaborate and to Execute

• Excellent competitive compensation and benefits package commensurate with experience

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or other relevant education from an accredited technical institution.
• A.S.Q. certification as a Quality Engineer is preferred.
• Proven experience managing people, processes, and priorities in a unionized environment.
• Exposure to Lean Manufacturing concepts.
• Experience in extrusion and/or extrusion finishing processes is a deci