Quality Manager - FXI Inc

Building our Future Together. FXI is a leading producer of foam innovation in the Bedding, Furniture, Industrial, Home & Office, Healthcare, and Transportation markets. We have made it our mission to provide tailored solutions that delight our customers and consumers. With our corporate headquarters, high-tech research and development facility, and multiple manufacturing locations in North America, FXI has built a culture of innovation and achievement that is recognized by customers, suppliers and peers. Our products include finished goods, sub-assemblies, services, and raw materials for OEMs, fabricators, and retailers. You will find FXI’s foam innovations inside, around, and under yourself in countless applications. Everywhere foam goes, FXI’s innovations lead the way! Won’t you join us?

Job Overview: FXI is looking for a Quality Manager to join the team!  This position will be responsible for managing, coordinating and administering all functions of the Quality Department to meet or exceed the Quality Management System Requirements (QMS), while serving as a resource to achieve the plant objectives of safety, quality, efficiency, productivity, customer service, and regulatory compliance while demonstrating continuous improvements.

• Coordinate and report on all aspects of the plant Quality Systems in support of support of company goals, policies, and procedures.
• Coordinate and assured the APQP processes for new products.
• Supervise Quality staff 
• Lead both internal and external audits - work closely with both auditors and customers . 
• Assure that only products that have been approved in all stages is sent to the customer.
• Reply with preventive and corrective actions customer complaints.
• Administer and coordinate the final inspection of new products.
• Coordinate a certification program for first shipments.
• Assure and maintain a Quality System complaint with IATF 16949, ISO 9001:2005.
• Support all ISO-14001, ergonomic and safety programs.
• Manage all EHS activities while tracking and documenting safety incidents. 
• Utilize ERP System (SAP) 
• Provide technical guidance to quality personnel related to product quality.
• Coordinate the prevention if non-conformances related to the product, process, quality system and environmental administration functions.
• Develop systems, objectives and plans to strengthen the quality of our products.
• Perform analysis to new products in the launching stage to minimize risks, involving statistic techniques and quality planning, develop and publish the quality functions of each customer to all the developments involve in new product launching.
• Assure the implementation and follow-up of the plan for the protection of new products and process launches.
• Supervise Dock-Audit activities.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives including CAPA Program to ensure corrective actions are followed through with & implemented.
• Stops shipment and production to correct quality problems.
• Environmental aspects and impact awareness.
• Customer scorecards follow-up and customer portals.
• Report any inconsistency or nonconformance on the product and participate in the corrective/preventive actions process
• Authority to stop shipment, stop production to correct quality problems. 
• Delegate with responsibility ensure conformity to product requirements.

• Bachelors of Science degree in engineering or technical discipline
• Minimum of 6 years’ experience in Quality Engineering in an IATF 1649 or IS0 14001 environment 
• 3+ years of EHS experience related to OSHA and Safey Incidents/tracking 
• 3+ years of managerial experience leading a team
• Knowledge on Cut and Sew process in an Automotive environment
• Knowledge of Lamination and Foam Injection preferred 
• Bilingual in both English and Spanish
• SAP ERP experience preferred 
• Minitab experience also preferred

Training Required:

• IATF 16949 / Automotive Experience
• ISO 14001 System

Desired Traits:

• Communication Skills (Oral & Written)
• Able to plan and organize.
• Social and group skills
• Leadership skills
• Initiative
• Teamwork skills
• Analytical
• Problem Solving skills.

Other Requirements: Willing to travel up to 30%

*Must be a US citizen/US Resident*