Regional Quality Assurance Manager

4 weeks ago


Brampton, Canada Saint-Gobain Group Full time

This Regional Quality Assurance Manager is responsible for the leadership and direction of quality systems and process control strategy related to the production process in multiple locations. The incumbent will lead efforts to analyze and reduce process variation, develop preventive controls, and ensure quality standards are upheld.

Additionally, the incumbent will collaborate with Manufacturing, R&D, Central Engineering, Product Management, Warranty Claims team and other critical functional areas to deliver on key organizational objectives with a specific focus on Quality & Process Control systems and ensure optimal and consistent resource management; partnering with plant leadership to achieve all plant targets

Quality Systems Leadership

  • Leads by example – demonstrating sound judgment and patience in handling quality issues, internal rejects, and employee coaching
  • Leads the plant Quality Council – coordinating plant goals and ensuring alignment with Kaycan Operations must win battles and priorities

Quality & Process Control

  • In conjunction with Quality leadership, the plant team and R&D works to develop rigorous test protocols and inspection processes to ensure raw materials, internally and externally produced products meet or exceed expectations.
  • Provides Quality systems training for plant personnel and external suppliers.
  • Investigates customer claims and sales complaints to identify root cause, makes recommendations for corrective action and resolves with appropriate parties
  • Represents plant at job site inspections and develops strong working relationship with claims inspectors and processing team as needed.
  • Utilizes statistical process control (SPC) techniques and complex data analysis to identify and analyze quality trends and facilitates discussions to develop corrective/preventive actions.
  • Organizes and leads MRB reviews to bring about resolution, escalates issues and facilitates deviation requests appropriately with Process Engineer, Plant Manager and Quality Leadership.
  • Works directly with plant peers, engineers on projects – designing quality into product, process, and formulation changes, validating compliance with regulatory bodies and product specifications
  • Implement in-process checks, in-line measurements and inspections
  • Develop data collection plan from incoming inspection, in-process, and finished good inspection
  • Analyze manufacturing data, conduct process capability studies to improve yield and other COPQ metrics such as customer claims, scrap, and internal rejects.
  • Collaborate with IT and other functions to Lead data monitoring implementation across plants

Leadership, team, and self-development

  • Responsible for leading a team – cultivating strong decision making, conflict resolution and ultimately a team of Quality subject matter experts that lead their shifts to ensure overall customer expectations are achieved, along with plant goals.
  • Facilitates and leads cross functional teams with a focus on customer expectations and quality. (Six Sigma, SPC, WCM, internal audit, training teams).
  • Approachable and coaches for improved performance; can coach upward, downward and across functions to help individuals and the plant achieve goals
  • Supports the training team with advanced quality expertise and develops user friendly and audience specific training materials.
Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s Degree in relevant engineering or similar technical discipline
  • Ten (10) years of equivalent training and experience.
  • Excellent problem-solving capabilities and the ability to work independently on assigned tasks.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
  • Data analysis skills – including MS Excel, MS Access and Minitab
  • Must be familiar with computers and statistical process control.
  • ASQ-CQE certification would be an asset.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills in English and French
Additional Description

Working Conditions

  • Travel required between 25-40% (Job sites, Plants, Off site meetings, suppliers and 3rd party manufacturers)
  • Off hours work may be required in cases of emergency.
Company Summary

About Us

On July 29, 2022, Saint-Gobain completed the acquisition of Kaycan, a manufacturer and distributor of exterior building materials in Canada and in the United States. With this acquisition, Saint-Gobain reinforced its worldwide leadership in light and sustainable construction by becoming the top siding player in Canada we are excited to add new complimentary products to our already broad offering of exterior building solutions.

Here’s what we do…

CertainTeed is a subsidiary of Saint-Gobain -- the world’s largest building materials company with a 350-year legacy of innovation and growth. Saint-Gobain group is leader in sustainable product development and environmental stewardship. We’re proud to that Saint-Gobain North America was recognized by Top Employers institute as on the best workplaces in North America & Canada.

For 113 years, CertainTeed has been synonymous with quality, trust, innovation, and service. Our team designs, manufactures and distributes materials and solutions in the construction and building materials market. CertainTeed’s broad product offering includes insulation, ceilings, roofing, siding, fence, railing, deck, exterior trim and gypsum board products. We provide comfort, performance and safety while addressing the challenges of sustainable construction, resource efficiency and climate change. Our offerings incorporate and promote the wellbeing for each of us and we are building a future where we collectively wo

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