Quality Assurance Manager

Lasko Products, an industry leader in providing and manufacturing home environment products for over 100 years, is looking to add Quality Assurance Manager to the team. This is a hands-on plant floor position located in Ft. Worth, TX. 

The Lasko Quality Manager is responsible for assuring product quality within a manufacturing plant by providing leadership to maintain and improve the quality systems as prescribed by the Division and the corporate standards.

 Duties will include management of change control, data collection schemes, test methods & equipment, standard instructions, audits and other routine quality systems areas. The Quality Manager also must direct the activities of quality staff and audit team members. Other duties include training plant personnel in quality processes; facilitating improvement teams and managing compliance to specifications.

  Duties and Responsibilities

• Work directly with the Sr. Director of Quality Manager and plant management to define and implement quality objectives including KPI’s that align with corporate initiatives. 
• Directly manage the daily activities of a small quality team
• Interpret Engineering specifications into Quality requirements on the plant floor
•  Manage supplier quality through incoming inspection and interaction with suppliers on quality issues, occasionally may require visits to suppliers.
• Lead and organize formal/informal problem solving in areas of scrap, process capability, warranty, etc. Provide training in quality systems and related areas such as APQP, BOS, Problem Solving, Statistical Process Control, Gage R&R and DOE.
• Work with the manufacturing department to implement continuous improvement initiatives for assembly and component manufacturing.
• Manage the testing and auditing of components and finished products.
•  Implement nonconforming material processes and lead Material Review Board (MRB) meetings.
• Partner with Engineering and Manufacturing early in the design stage in order to build quality into the product design and manufacturing process. Participate in failure mode effects analysis (FMEA) as required.
• Track quality issues and trends, report information to plant management and Corporate Quality.
• Provide risk assessment to Plant Manager, Business Unit and Er. Quality Manager on product design/quality issues and lead the necessary corrective actions through closure.
• Coordinate daily inspection and testing of components and products.
• Implement customer specific quality requirements in the manufacturing of components and products.
• Assist Lasko customer service to investigate customer quality issues.
• Interact with customers to solve field Quality issues.

 Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Related Field
• 5-7 Years of Experience in quality leadership for a manufacturing facility
• Experience with ISO 9001 Quality Management System
• Experience with PPAP, APQP, FMEA, and structured problems solving tools such as 8D or DMAIC.
• Practical knowledge of statistical tools and variance reduction
• Experience with Scrap reduction
•  Expertise in Quality Management Systems
•  Six Sigma Greenbelt or Blackbelt preferred
•  Strong ability to develop talent
• Change agent and able to lead by influence.

About the Company

Lasko Metal Products was founded in 1906 by Henry Lasko in Philadelphia. Lasko designs, manufactures, assembles, and distributes portable fans, heaters, and humidifiers for the consumer market (Lasko brand), air purifiers (Germ Guardian brand), ventilation products such as range hoods and bathroom exhaust fans to the construction industry (Air King brand) and water damage restoration products such as air scrubbers and dehumidifiers (B-Air brand).  Lasko’s products are sold in North America, South America, the Caribbean, and Asia. The company is recognized as the leader in the portable fan and portable heating categories and proudly operates American manufacturing, assembly, and distribution facilities across the US.  Lasko’s leading market share in fans and heaters is 2X – 4X larger than the #2 brand.  Lasko’s domestic production capabilities uniquely position Lasko to serve its customers.

Lasko’s Mission is to improve everyday life with trusted products which create a healthier and more comfortable environment.  The company’s success is based on 5 Core Values:

• Be Bold:
• • Challenge the status quo
  • Courageously pursue the impossible 
  • Reject mediocrity
• Be Together 
• • Work together for success 
  • Drive trust and candor with each other 
  • Prioritize "We" before "I"
•  Be A Leader
• • Lead with personal conviction 
  • Inspire each other to deliver high- quality results
  • Leverage resilience and agility to drive excellence
• Be Accountable 
• • Consistently deliver to our customers 
  • Embrace commitments as a contract 
  • Take pride in our actions
• Be The Change 
• • Demonstrate a passion to win 
  • Make a difference at work in our communities 
  • Step forward and take initiative