Quality Director (Finance)
For this U.S. based position, the expected compensation range is $139,200 - $208,800 per year, which includes base pay and short-term incentive.
The compensation range for this full-time position applies to candidates located within the United States. Our salary ranges are determined by reviewing roles of similar responsibility and level. Within the salary range, individual pay is determined by several factors including performance, knowledge, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Schneider Electric also offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees, inclusive of medical (with member reward points), dental, vision, and basic life insurance, Benefit Bucks (credits to apply towards your benefits) flexible work arrangements, paid family leaves, 401(k) + match, well-being and recognition (including service anniversary) programs, 12 holidays per year, 15 days of paid time off per year (pro-rated in the first year of employment based on start date), opportunity to purchase company stock (eligibility depends on start date), and military leave benefits.
You must submit an online application to be considered for the position. The Company will accept applications on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Mission:
The position leads the Quality Function within the Cooling Business to drive the Customer Centricity and enhance a Quality Culture. The position holder owns the Quality processes, embed the Design Assurance programs like Design for Robustness and Design for Reliability and Industrial Assurance Quality within the development processes, and improves customers' experience by anticipating their needs & exceeding their expectations.
Organization structure:
The position will report hierarchically to the CEO, and functionally the Cooling CS&Q Director.
Main responsibilities:
- Create a Quality first culture and define the strategy in the Cooling Business that puts customers at the centre through cross-functional, multi-channel, proactive, consistent and predictive engagement
- Define holistic Design Reliability/Verification/Validation strategies with emphasis on technical analysis of requirements including reliability, specifications, and control strategy
- Drive the relevant quality programs and methods (8D, design for six sigma, etc.) to ensure design robustness and continuous improvement
- Build efficient and cost-effective execution of verification and validation
- Ensure End To End Customer Satisfaction & Quality from Offer Creation to End of Life of the offers
- Ensure the completeness & on-time availability of Program Quality deliverables at Gate Reviews and assures "green" quality conditions to enable a program closure at the planned date by execution of Quality Functional Milestone (QFM) Reviews
- Maintain the systems to follow the indicator progress for programs and provide related status reports (Work packages completion-On Time Delivery, PPAP fulfilment, Process Qualification Audit Reports)
- Ensure, that all applicable lessons learned (alerts, warranty expert assessments on prototypes, customer complaint analysis) will be respected within the assigned programs
- Represent and escalate the voice of customer and drive the customer centricity within the Cooling Business.
- Run CS&Q related processes (Design Assurance & Reliability, Issue to Prevention, Customer Care, Customer Mindset, Customer Satisfaction & Loyalty Development)
- Take decision having an impact on customer satisfaction (Safety Alert, Business Risk, etc.) and safety of customers
- Implement the Schneider Electric Group quality policy, define CS&Q roles, targets and objectives within the Motivair Business
- Ensure the right level of competency for the CS&Q team, their continuous learning and development. Create career paths for CS&Q professionals
- Consolidate all Non-Quality Costs and drive improvement actions
- Align the Cooling Business Quality Management System activities with SP and Global CS&Q QMS practice
- Stop any process or product delivery in case of serious non-conformance (customer Safety & Regulations topics)
- Drive Hoshin transformation
Personal competencies
- Strong customer centricity and business acumen
- Leadership skills to maintain a diverse team engaged and manage them to stay focused on business deliverables
- Transformational leadership for change management
- Digital and agile mind-set
- Experience of leading complex problem-solving initiatives. Excellent analytical and proven problem- solving skill
- Influence the VPs/ SVPs/EVPs and senior stakeholders in complex situations: ability to say "NO" and propose mitigation actions to protect our customers
- Ability to execute on challenging time constraints, prioritize, and manage indirect resources in a matrix organization
- Ability to get things done through influence, breaking resistance to change
- Ability to capture know how and reflect improvements in quality systems
- High level quality foundation (capability study, SPC, FMEA, problem solving methodology, Control Plan etc.)
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to collaborate across multiple businesses, geographies, and functions
- Excellent communication skills in written and oral English
- Post graduate degree / Masters in engineering or business or related
- 10+ year experiences in Quality, preferably in Industrial solutions, Cooling, automotive/ aerospace/defense industries in R&D environment
- Design for Six Sigma Master Black Belt/Black Belt, Design for Reliability Certification are strong pluses.
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The compensation range for this full-time position applies to candidates located within the United States. Our salary ranges are determined by reviewing roles of similar responsibility and level. Within the salary range, individual pay is determined by several factors including performance, knowledge, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Schneider Electric also offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees, inclusive of medical (with member reward points), dental, vision, and basic life insurance, Benefit Bucks (credits to apply towards your benefits) flexible work arrangements, paid family leaves, 401(k) + match, well-being and recognition (including service anniversary) programs, 12 holidays per year, 15 days of paid time off per year (pro-rated in the first year of employment based on start date), opportunity to purchase company stock (eligibility depends on start date), and military leave benefits.
You must submit an online application to be considered for the position. The Company will accept applications on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Mission:
The position leads the Quality Function within the Cooling Business to drive the Customer Centricity and enhance a Quality Culture. The position holder owns the Quality processes, embed the Design Assurance programs like Design for Robustness and Design for Reliability and Industrial Assurance Quality within the development processes, and improves customers' experience by anticipating their needs & exceeding their expectations.
Organization structure:
The position will report hierarchically to the CEO, and functionally the Cooling CS&Q Director.
Main responsibilities:
- Create a Quality first culture and define the strategy in the Cooling Business that puts customers at the centre through cross-functional, multi-channel, proactive, consistent and predictive engagement
- Define holistic Design Reliability/Verification/Validation strategies with emphasis on technical analysis of requirements including reliability, specifications, and control strategy
- Drive the relevant quality programs and methods (8D, design for six sigma, etc.) to ensure design robustness and continuous improvement
- Build efficient and cost-effective execution of verification and validation
- Ensure End To End Customer Satisfaction & Quality from Offer Creation to End of Life of the offers
- Ensure the completeness & on-time availability of Program Quality deliverables at Gate Reviews and assures "green" quality conditions to enable a program closure at the planned date by execution of Quality Functional Milestone (QFM) Reviews
- Maintain the systems to follow the indicator progress for programs and provide related status reports (Work packages completion-On Time Delivery, PPAP fulfilment, Process Qualification Audit Reports)
- Ensure, that all applicable lessons learned (alerts, warranty expert assessments on prototypes, customer complaint analysis) will be respected within the assigned programs
- Represent and escalate the voice of customer and drive the customer centricity within the Cooling Business.
- Run CS&Q related processes (Design Assurance & Reliability, Issue to Prevention, Customer Care, Customer Mindset, Customer Satisfaction & Loyalty Development)
- Take decision having an impact on customer satisfaction (Safety Alert, Business Risk, etc.) and safety of customers
- Implement the Schneider Electric Group quality policy, define CS&Q roles, targets and objectives within the Motivair Business
- Ensure the right level of competency for the CS&Q team, their continuous learning and development. Create career paths for CS&Q professionals
- Consolidate all Non-Quality Costs and drive improvement actions
- Align the Cooling Business Quality Management System activities with SP and Global CS&Q QMS practice
- Stop any process or product delivery in case of serious non-conformance (customer Safety & Regulations topics)
- Drive Hoshin transformation
