Vice President, Quality
Company: SharkNinja Operating LLC
Location: Needham, MA
Posted on: May 8, 2018
Job Description:
Duties: Lead the worldwide kitchen appliance quality
organization functions to develop and execute the business plan aligned to
product excellence. Lead the strategic initiatives ensuring product
quality, safety, testing, compliance and reliability throughout the
motorized kitchen, heated appliance and beverage category lifecycle.
Develop the appropriate strategic direction and priorities for quality
processes and metrics to minimize return and maximize customer satisfaction.
Authority to make final decisions on Ninja product readiness, product
improvement as a key stakeholder in the product lifecycle. Responsible for
cross- functional partnership and leadership with Engineering,
Product Marketing, Program Management, Brand Marketing, and China
manufacturing providing a focused approach to modeling, design, validation
and industrialization/commercialization of products on a global
basis. Drive best practices to ensure quality management for Ninja
kitchen appliances. Drive the talent needs of the organization: the
right talents exist and are deployed to the right seats at the right
time with the right competency/skill sets. Ensure the Ninja Quality
organization contributes to the full end-to-end lifecycle based processes and
metrics reporting. Requirements: Master's degree in Industrial Engineering,
Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related field (willing to
accept foreign education equivalent) plus ten (10) years of
experience establishing and implementing engineering, reliability, and
quality processes and metrics. Experience must include five (5) years of
the following: Demonstrated expertise in the global product
development lifecycle, including product definition, engineering and
technical support, quality and reporting, and overall consumer feedback in
the household appliance space; Demonstrated expertise utilizing
primary methods of control and improvement vehicles, including QFD, SPC,
Six Sigma, Cp/CpK, Product Improvement Teams, and Data and
Collection analysis; Demonstrated expertise leading global teams and
strategic development to launch new products globally in the kitchen
appliance market; Demonstrated expertise in developing consumer-focused
testing protocol using Design of Experiments (DOE) and Product
reliability testing methods; Demonstrated expertise in data analytics
and statistical simulations to improve consumer satisfaction and
reduce returns to improve First Pass Yield (FPY); and Demonstrated
expertise in managing 3rd party contract manufacturing factories and 2nd
tier suppliers to maintain quality control throughout supply chain.
Position requires up to 40% international travel. Submit resume (reference job code GCPS) to SharkNinja Operating
LLC, Danielle Benn, 89 A Street, Suite 100, Needham, Massachusetts
02494.
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