Quality Manager

Chatham, ON, CA, N7M 5K3
- **Requisition**:36073
- Dana is a global leader in the supply of highly engineered driveline, sealing, and thermal-management technologies that improve the efficiency and performance of vehicles with both conventional and alternative-energy powertrains. Serving three primary markets - passenger vehicle, commercial truck, and off-highway equipment - Dana provides the world's original-equipment manufacturers and the aftermarket with local product and service support through a network of nearly 100 engineering, manufacturing, and distribution facilities.
Job Purpose
-The Quality Manager ensures that quality standards and procedures are met and aligned with legislation and customer specifications. This individual is responsible for managing the organization's quality assurance policies and controlling new product development processes. The Quality Manager will also establish performance standards, procedures, and audit controls in order to meet business requirements, as well as Identify employment process improvements to increase the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of company operations.
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**Responsibilities**:

-Duties:

Drive improvement in plant quality performance: warranty, customer PPM’s, internal PPM’s, scrap, etc.
- Ensure the quality team is fully qualified and consistently exceeding expectations.
- Plan aggressive plant quality objectives and drive the action plans to achieve those objectives in accordance with IATF and customer-specific requirements.
- Manage Customer Quality Rejects and Returned Material and 8D Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Actions.
- Assign Corrective Actions to the appropriate person for follow-up. Ensure corrective action processes are comprehensive, fast, and effective.
- Support plant safety objectives and those of the CFT (Cross Functional Team) by participating in monthly Safety-First audits and JHSC meetings
- Report quality systems results and metrics
- Ensure all new and changed products are fully validated for compliance and capability prior to implementation, and proper approvals.
- Ensure all new and changed processes are fully validated for compliance and capability prior to implementation, and proper approvals.
- Maintain required or desirable plant certifications and compliance to all customer-specific requirements (IAOB listed and non-listed), Dana Division, and Corporate requirements.
- Communicate performance and critical issues appropriately through the organization, customers, and suppliers.

**Requirements**:

5+ years’ experience as Quality Leader/Manager (or equivalent Automotive Tier 1 experience)
- Detailed knowledge of ISO 9001:2000 & IATF16949
- Management experience in a Union facility
- Strong tactical/strategic thinking balance
- Computer proficiency in MS Office as well as detailed knowledge of FMEA/PPAP/APQP/MSA and SPC
- Some travel me be required
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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.
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