With over 140,000 employees stationed worldwide, Nidec continues to be a unique organization, and each location maintains its individual personality.
Job Description
A critical technical manager within the Nidec Automation Quality team responsible for motors, motor gearbox assemblies, machining, testing, measurement systems, electronics drives and component quality, reliability, cost reduction and warranty mitigation. This is a critical role to support new product development and qualification, safe launch process, product transfers, product application engineering development, sustaining quality problem solving, customer and plant operation quality process controls. This position also provides quality direction and support to procurement to help select, qualify, and develop new suppliers to manufacture and measure product materials and parts. Finally, this role is to responsibly listen and professionally respond to the voice of the external and internal customers to manage improvement projects and metrics.
Responsibilities
Manage teams and projects to implement new products without quality, warranty or safety issues
Manage New Product APQP & Safe Launch processes to proactively prevent issues
Drive and implement action plans to improve quality metrics
Manage projects to reduce Failure Costs of Quality
Interact with customers and manage teams of functional groups to assure customer satisfaction
Lead 8D problem solving meetings and implement actions to resolve customer problems
Champion the business unit Six Sigma process to implement cultural change
Lead quality projects to implement measurement equipment and quality systems
Develop presentations and lead quality communications
Implement Quality Management System to assure compliance to ISO and Nidec Way
Travel to Nidec sites, suppliers and customers to verify product and process controls for quality
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Applied Science; Master’s in Business Administration or Analytical Applied Science
Minimum 5 years of quality management and manufacturing engineering experience with demonstrated capability utilizing problem solving tools to solve customer problems
Prior experience leading ISO9001 or equivalent certified Quality Management Systems with ISO 9001 lead auditor and AIAG core tools training
Candidate must possess a solid project management background with a proven track record of completing projects using strong 8D problem solving tools
Six Sigma Green Belt certification required or commitment to complete certification, Black Belt preferred with the ability to analyze and interpret data utilizing Minitab tools
Travel
Domestic and/or international travel required – typically less than 25% on average
Languages
Strong English verbal, written and presentation skills required
Additional Job Details
Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Nidec Nidec is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, genetic information, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following website: http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf
Work Shift Schedule
No Soliciting
Nidec will not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to Nidec job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Nidec Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Nidec Talent Acquisition team.
