Position Title:Quality Manager
Location:Haiphong, Vietnam
- General
- Lead the quality teams in Vietnam to carry out daily quality functions including development QA, quality engineering, quality assurance, quality control and quality testing.
- Specific Responsibilities
Product Quality
- Responsible for product safety compliance during new product development;
- Coordinate with Global QA team to get early design involvement for safety review;
- Work with outside lab on lab test protocol update;
- Plan and implement the product development & manufacturing relocation qualification;
- Work with outside lab to conduct safety assessment on high risk projects;
- Provide quality support for new product approval cycle;
- Issue product conformity test plan and shipment inspection specification, coordinate the product testing and approval of the result;
- Conduct manufacturing process auditing, setup process control and safety plan for new factory assessment;
- Arrange samples to perform reliability and safety testing;
- Work closely with internal and external parties to make sure quality issues are well resolved prior to mass production;
- Accompany customer quality auditing, update procedures/ instructions, propose testing plan and inspection procedure.
Supplier Quality
- Lead the team to carry out daily quality control function and define specifications to fulfill customers’ expectation;
- Conduct failure analysis, handle customer complaint and develop corrective action plan and set for preventive measurement;
- Liaise with internal Engineering department/ Customer Care Team at Head Quarter to fix the quality issues;
- Conduct manufacturing process auditing, setup process control and safety plan;
- Arrange samples to perform reliability and safety testing;
- Work closely with internal and external parties to make sure quality issues are well resolved;
- Accompany customer quality auditing, update procedures/ instructions, propose testing plan and inspection procedure.
- Reporting Lines
- This position reports to Senior Director, Quality & Jiaxing Operations.
- Positions direct reports to this position:
- Product Quality Engineer
- Supplier Quality Engineer
- Required Skill Set
- Good computer knowledge of Microsoft Office and databases; proficient in Excel is an advantage
- Having the experience of SAP operation is preferred
- Excellent numerical skills and understanding of data analysis/statistical methods
- Thorough knowledge of methodologies of quality assurance and standards
- Critical eye for details and processes as well as highly developed organizational and leadership skill and staff development
- Good Team player with a hands-on approach and positive working attitude
- Action oriented, proactive, able to work independently with minimum supervision
- High level of ethics and trustworthy
- Excellent command of both written and spoken in English.
- Required Qualifications & Experience
- College degree or above, master’s degree is an advantage
- Quality Management and / or manufacturing engineering background preferred.
- Minimum 10 years’ experience with at least 5 years' managerial level in Quality Management in a toys or consumer product company
- Good knowledge in Worldwide Safety Standard (especially in Children consumer products / toys)
- Experience with international toys safety standard and requirements is highly desired
- Familiar with toy related production process, and U.S. ASTM F963 and European EN71 etc. safety standards