Quality Manager in South Bend, Indiana at PSI Molded Plastics Indiana Inc

About PSI Molded Plastics:

PSI Molded Plastics (PSIMP) is a plastic injection molding manufacturer with over 30 years in the plastics industry. PSIMP specializes in complex, high volume, quality molded products for the automotive, appliance, and furniture industries. PSIMP is focused on customer satisfaction, quality, & continuous improvement with the goal of becoming a world-class plastics manufacturer.

PSIMP recognizes that people are the company’s greatest asset. We are committed to our established Guiding Principles to help build a culture where our team members enjoy coming to work every day. You aren’t just a number here at PSIMP, you’re a valued, appreciated, and respected part of the Team.

Summary/Objective:

Qualified candidates will have previous plastic injection molding experience with automotive products and a proven track record effectively developing staff, implementing quality programs, and interfacing with customers on quality related topics. The qualifying candidate will have a strong quality management system oversight background and will work with all aspects of our business to assure consistent quality of production, customer satisfaction, and continual improvement emphasizing defect prevention and the reduction of variation and waste.

Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Qualifications:

Education and experience required for the role.

1. Seven or more years of progressive experience in quality, including three or more years of leadership/management experience in a custom product manufacturing environment.
2. Strong working knowledge of manufacturing quality procedures, principles and methods including IATF 16949:2016 compliance.
3. Experience in plastic injection molding is a plus, but not required
4. Ability to plan, organize, direct and coordinate in house manufacturing quality program.
5. Professional demeanor and ability to build rapport with customers both in person and virtually.
6. Possess a desire to create winning solutions for customers and be a customer advocate
7. Strong written, presenting and verbal communication skills
8. Must be comfortable delivering technical presentations to audiences of all levels, utilizing PowerPoint and other multi-media tools.
9. Collaborator with the ability to work cross-functionally
10. A drive to win while upholding high ethical standards
11. Proficient in Microsoft Suite
12. Well organized and goal oriented
13. Role requires some business travel to customer locations.

Supervisor Responsibilities:

This position is responsible for all personnel within the Quality department including Quality Engineer, Document Control, Metrologist, QC Inspectors and GP-12 Inspectors.

Working Conditions:

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to talk or hear. The team member is frequently required to walk and sit. The team member is occasionally required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, or crouch, and taste or smell. The team member must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EEO Statement:

PSI Molded Plastics provides equal employment opportunity to all team members and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, disability, citizen status, veteran status, military service, marital status or any other legally protected category as established by federal, state, or local law. This policy governs all employment decisions, including recruitment, hiring, job assignment, compensation, training, promotion, discipline, transfer, leave-of-absence, access to benefits, layoff, recall, termination and other personnel matters. All employment and personnel-related decisions are based solely upon legitimate, job-related factors, such as skill, ability, past performance, and length of service with PSI Molded Plastics.

PSI Molded Plastic’s strong commitment to equal employment opportunity requires a commitment by each individual team member. Compliance with the letter and spirit of this policy is required of all team members. Violations of this policy should be immediately reported to your supervisor or to any member of leadership. Team members who violate this policy will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the team member for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.