Quality Manager

Company Description

WireCo® is the strength behind the world’s evolution, through deep legacy and forward thinking, we create premium ropes that inspire innovation without limits. WireCo® is headquartered in Prairie Village, Kansas with manufacturing plants, distribution facilities and research and development centers worldwide.

WireCo® offers a competitive salary, incentive programs, growth opportunities, and excellent benefits offerings for employees and their families. Benefits include paid time off, paid holidays, medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan with generous company match, 100% company-paid life insurance, and 100% company-paid disability insurance.

For more information, check out our website at www.wireco.com.

Job Description

The Quality Manager will manage the Quality team, which includes the Sedalia Tooling Department. This team supports the Sedalia production team in ensuring that in-process material and finished product leaving the WireCo plant meets or exceeds internal and external quality standards. 

The Quality Manager must exhibit and proactively motivate others in the behaviors of the WireCo Business System (WBS):

• Teamwork - welcomes an environment of inclusiveness and healthy debate that reflects our team’s strength
• Accountable – celebrates our successes, learn from failures, avoid excuses, and own the outcomes of our efforts
• Self-Aware – demonstrates an understanding of our strengths and needs, considering how our actions impact others
• Noble Intent – acts in the interests of others, approaching our work with integrity to ensure the best outcome
• Determined – takes initiative, share ideas and find solutions to win and achieve our goals
• Transparent – promotes open and honest communication and constructive feedback for clarity and truth
• Curious – seeks knowledge and outside input to test our way of thinking, challenging the status quo

The ideal Candidate has mastered the skills necessary for managing the Quality Systems in an ISO 9001 and/or API Q1-qualified facility. The Candidate will be an integral senior member of the Sedalia Operations Team, and will utilize their experience, structure, and personal character to embody the key behaviors of the WireCo Business System; Teamwork, Accountable, Self Aware, Noble Intent, Determined, Transparent, and Curious. The Candidate will also be responsible for managing talented individuals, and a key focus will be to Unleash their Talent through targeted development opportunities, 1 on 1 coaching, and continued training.

The Candidate will ensure that key direction and decisions are rooted in our most basic operational demand, that Data is the Source of Truth. The Candidate will promote the WireCo Business System throughout the Sedalia manufacturing facility, and support Engineering, Quality, and Compliance tasks associated with reaching our 5-Year Strategic Growth Plan.

Essential Functions

• Operate as the key Stakeholder of the Quality Management System which operates under ISO 9001 and API Q1
  1. Run the Business by tracking annual budgets and monthly KPIs, investigating customer complaints and ensuring root cause corrective measures adequately address deficiencies within the production and quality systems
  2. Improve the Business by ensuring new products and processes are deployed successfully, identify key technological improvements to improve first-pass yield while reducing downtime, and accelerate process refinements that result in improved product performance in the field
• Regularly work with Plant Engineering, Maintenance, Corporate Engineering, Procurement, and other functional groups to address risks and opportunities for the WireCo Business
• Act as the liaison to internal and external suppliers to identify non-conformities and solutions in upstream processes
• Represent WireCo in the presence of Customers and End Users, acting with professionalism and proper etiquette, while utilizing business acumen to solve problems and offer solutions
• Drive the use of WireCo’s OpEx Pillars to document Problem Solving and measure the effectiveness of solutions
• Facilitate and coach the continued deployment of the PFMEA (Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) process across the Sedalia Manufacturing Plant and Distribution Center
• Active participant in the implementation of the Sedalia Value Stream model

Supervises Responsibility

• This position has supervisory responsibilities for the Quality Team, Tooling Department, Occasional Sedalia Projects and US Steel projects

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• B.S. Engineering or equivalent work experience
• Project Management skills or PMP certification
• Six Sigma Background Preferred
• Budgeting and financial experience

Experience and Skill Requirements:

• Safety Focused Actions at all times in the workplace
• 5-10 years of manufacturing experience, some management experience preferred
• QMS Management Experience – ISO 9001 and/or API Q1 preferred
• Superior computer skills, with abilities to easily navigate MS Office Suite, with particular focuses on PowerPoint, Excel, and Word. 
• Familiarity with ERP Systems, data extraction, and data analysis
• Exposure to Lean Manufacturing tools and concepts around VSM, 5S, 5Why, 8D, and Rapid Problem-Solving
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for interaction with employees ranging from the production floor to executive management
• Leadership skills to develop a workforce through reward and recognition, coaching, and corrective action
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to multi-task and react to changing and heightened priorities

Preferred Qualifications:

• Quality System Internal Auditor experience
• 3-5 years Quality Engineering
• 3-5 years of Management/Supervisory experience

Additional Information

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions

• Combination office/production floor environment. Standing/walking on concrete floors for up to 8 hours. Pushing/pulling, lifting up to 50 lbs.

Equipment and/or Materials Used

• Computer, cell phone, CAD, MS Office, ERP System. Other equipment includes micrometer, calipers, scales and other measuring devices.
• Required to properly use safety glasses, hearing protection, gloves, and steel-toed safety shoes when on the production floor

Additional Information

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
• An applicant must complete a satisfactory background check post-offer of employment. A criminal conviction will not be an automatic bar to employment.
• Must be willing and able to pass a post-offer drug screen and physical (if required)
• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disability