Senior Manager Quality

Job Title: Senior Manager, Quality

Job Code: 28294

Job Location: Mason, OH - Onsite

Schedule:  9/80

Clearance: Must Have the Ability to Obtain and Maintain a DoD Security Clearance Which Requires U.S. Citizenship

Job Description:

L3Harris is seeking a Senior Manager of Quality to serve as the Supplier quality leader for Defense Electronics Sector. This role requires a dynamic, technical leader with a proven track record of leading change, inspiring others, and driving continual process and product improvement. This position will be responsible for leading all aspects of Quality throughout the product lifecycle. This includes driving continual process and product improvement, ensuring product and process integrity, customer satisfaction and overall mission success while supporting quality, delivery and cost targets.

Essential Functions:

• Provide leadership, direction, and support to the various Supplier Quality Assurance and Quality Assurance teams (Program Quality Engineering, Supplier Quality Engineering, Receiving Inspection, Materials Lab, Calibration and Quality Management Systems) to ensure deliverables (products and records) are produced to meet quality standards set by government, regulatory, customer and L3Harris corporate requirements.
• Responsible for the Supplier Quality Functions relating to Quality Engineering, Quality Inspection, and Quality Systems, supporting all business practices, including quality planning, compliance monitoring and validation for programs, hardware, software, and inspection.
• Responsible for resolving technical challenges and ensuring successful tactical execution.
• Responsible for creating and implementing strategic vision for the Quality department considering the supplier quality objectives and the sector’s business objectives.
• Develop and implement Quality initiatives and programs promoting sound and effective principles as set forth in company procedures, government standards and directives, and commercially proven methodology.
• Champion, lead, and support the execution of key strategic, corporate, and/or customer driven initiatives including:
  • Advanced product quality planning (APQP)
  • Zero Defect Planning (ZDP)
  • Operational Excellence
  • Continuous Improvement
• Develop and support sector and functional strategic alignment. 
• Support all sites in the sector to implement this alignment.
• Collect and analyze key quality measures such as Cost of Poor Quality to develop zero defect plans, improve yields and reduce rework during engineering and manufacturing efforts.
• Report on business performance including action plans to improve business execution and status of strategic initiatives.
• Ensure product quality technology is an integral part of engineering design and manufacturing processes.
• Drive advanced product quality planning throughout the product maturity cycle. 
• Promote a strong culture of quality focused on every employee engaged and enhancing the customer experience through rigorous attention to detail and prevention of defects.
• Work closely with the program teams and the functional organizations to ensure that all phases of the customer life cycle, from early customer involvement through post-delivery support, meet the requirements for mission success.
• Ensure the maintenance of quality records that document the quality status of material/products and provide necessary information for internal and external reviews.
• Maintain certification and compliance efforts for AS9100 and other required certifications.
• Lead robust root cause analysis, application of lean/six sigma methods and implementation of corrective and preventative actions.
• Measure, monitor, and take action to ensure quality-focused key performance indicator targets are achieved or exceeded.
• Apply L3Harris policies, procedures and standards that are relevant to the respective program and functional organizations.
• Executing yearly departmental budget and staffing plans.

Qualifications:

• BS in an Engineering related discipline or Management. 
• Master’s in engineering or Business preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 12 years of prior related experience.
• Graduate Degree with a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior related experience.
• 10 or more years of experience in electro-mechanical manufacturing environments with experience in mechanical and electronics assembly.
• 5 or more years in Aerospace and Defense.
• 5 or more years of experience directly managing a Quality Engineering Organization or Quality Organization.
• 5 or more years managing site certification with AS9100, ISO 9001 Root Cause and Corrective Action Processes.
• 5 or more years’ experience representing quality with all levels of management, peers and other employees relative to quality and technical issues.
• 5 or more years' experience in MicroSoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Minitab.
• 5 or more years of experience identifying nonconformance and applying prevention utilizing formal tools such, DMAIC, FMEA, 8D, 5Y etc. and applying Lean techniques such as Standard Work and Value Stream Mapping.
• 5 or more years of experience in making decisions in a timely manner and capable of assessing the risks that may result from the decisions being made. 
• Capable of working independently and dynamically with minimum oversight with multiple and/or changing priorities.
• 5 or more years’ experience reading and interpreting electrical and mechanical drawings and schematics.
• Experience with performing AS9102 structured First Article Inspections with a focus on manufacturing process validations.
• Must be able to obtain a US Security Clearance.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• 10 or more years as a Quality Engineering or Quality Manager.
• Powerful and prolific communication skills both written and oral.
• Experience with TipQA, CostPoint, SAP.
• Experience working with DCMA and government contracts.
• Knowledge of engineering and production processes used to design, develop and produce high-reliability mechanical and electronic systems and sub-systems.
• Experience with J standards for electronic manufacturing.
• Experience with drawing interpretation and GD&T.
• Experience with hands-on mechanical and electronic inspection techniques.
• Supplier Quality / Supplier Development experience.
• Program Management, Product Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering experience.
• ASQ Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence.
• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer.
• Proven track record of successful process improvement initiatives.
• Knowledge of Six Sigma and LEAN manufacturing principles.

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