Senior Quality Manager

Description

AAF International offers the most comprehensive clean air solutions available across the globe. Selling under the American Air Filter® and the AAF International® brand names, AAF International has been an industry pioneer since 1921 with manufacturing operations in 22 countries and over 6000 employees globally. Our products are the industry benchmarks for quality and performance. Our applications include commercial, industrial and residential solutions from the filters used in your home to the most critical cleanroom and power generation applications.

We are a member of the Daikin Group, the world's largest air conditioning provider with $30 billion in revenue and over 75,000 employees worldwide. Founded in 1924, Daikin has grown into a diversified industrial manufacturing company offering solutions in clean, air, air conditioning, refrigeration, chemicals, oil hydraulics, defense systems and electronics.

Our culture of continuous improvement, safety and world class operations is driven by our people-centered management philosophy. This philosophy is built around mutual selection: that while AAF seeks top talent people to join and deliver on our team, we also want each team member to receive job satisfaction, growth & development, and continued happiness in being a long-term member of the AAF family. This is fueled by our belief in treating our people, our supply partners, our customers and our environment with the trust and respect we each require, and our passion to give back to our community for our success.

Read more about our philosophy at: http://www.daikin.com/about/corporate/philosophy/index.html

AAF International is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veteran.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, veteran status, uniform servicemember status, age, disability or any other legally recognized protected personal characteristics.

Position Objective: 

Deploy the Strategic Quality Plan at the operational level in conjunction with the Regional Quality Assurance Manager and provide overall quality leadership to the organization. Be tenacious in driving the continuous improvement efforts throughout the operation in support of Total Quality Leadership, the  AAF International Quality Management System.  Provide support in Total   Quality Leadership to customers, suppliers, partners and the support service functions of the organization. This position also manages the Quality Assurance strategy of the organization to facilitate continuous production of products consistent with established industry standards, government regulations and customer requirements. This position’s primary function is tactical in nature.

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Key Accountabilities:

• Be a driving force in insuring a strong and committed culture of quality and safety throughout the organization.
• Develop and implement a Quality organizational structure capable of supporting the strategic initiatives of the organization and lead the efforts to integrate quality needs into the development of short and long range strategic business plans for the             operation.
• Provide Quality interface and expertise between the operation and its customers to proactively  identify or anticipate their      needs and expectations and ensure they are understood and satisfied. This includes the complaint management system        and the corrective / preventive action process related to customer  issues – with feedback to the division – and the coordination of customer visits and audits.
• Partner with the Supply Chain Management organization relative to the Supplier Quality Assurance activities of the operation as      well as provide Quality interface, expertise and support to the organization’s suppliers and partners. This includes the feedback of supplier performance to suppliers and the division.
• Provide expertise in Quality Assurance and process improvement tools and methods to the other functions of the organization to support them in their continuous improvement activities to insure compliance with the policies of the AAF  International Quality Management System.
• Participate as an equal member of the leadership team, all of whom are responsible for the advancement of the quality goals        and objectives of the organization to insure the quality and  effectiveness of the product and processes utilized in the plant. The end goal is complete customer satisfaction with product quality, delivery and responsiveness to issues with the objective of being proactive and preemptive.
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