Global Quality Manager

At Jabil we strive to make ANYTHING POSSIBLE and EVERYTHING BETTER. We are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain solutions. With over 50 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.JOB SUMMARYProvide leadership for the development, implementation, communication and maintenance of the quality system. Identify best practices, define, design, implement and train top level document structure. Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements in an effective, timely, and responsible manner. Provide a strong detailed quality focus as well as managing all work affecting quality.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assignedLEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIESRecruitment and Retention:- Recruit, interview, and hire team members for Quality & Product Validation Department.- Monitor team member turnover; identify key factors that can be improved; make improvements.Employee and Team Development:- Identify individual and team strengths and development needs on an ongoing basis.- Create and/or validate training curriculum in area of responsibility.- Coach and mentor Design Engineering staff to ensure compliance with internal processes and procedures.Performance Management:- Establish clear measurable goals and objectives by which to determine individual and team results (i.e. operational metrics, results against project timelines, training documentation, attendance records, knowledge of operational roles and responsibilities, personal development goals).- Solicit ongoing feedback from Corporate Quality and Director of Design Services, procedure champions at each Design site, peers, and team members.- Provide central quality focus for site as well as support for all sector quality teams.- Drive individuals and the team to continuously improve in key operational metrics and the achievement of the organizational goals.Communication:- Provide communication forum for the exchange of ideas and information within all Design sites and sectors.- Organize verbal and written ideas clearly and use an appropriate business style.- Ask questions; encourage input from team members.- Assess communication style of individual team members and adapt own communication style accordingly.FUNCTIONAL MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIESBusiness Strategy and Direction:- Know and understand the Design Services worldwide strategic directions.- Define, develop and implement Quality Engineering strategies in partnership with all relevant functional groups..- Provide regular updates to Director of Design Services on the execution of the strategy.- Serve as Deputy Management RepresentativeCost Management:- Identify creative ways to reduce cost by streamlining processes and systems (i.e. modification of responsibilities or consolidation of tasks, elimination of non-value-added processes, or complete re-engineering of processes and systems).- Utilize tools to monitor departmental cost and cost trends, striving continuously to improve value.TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES- Continually monitor existing Design Services procedures for all worldwide sites according to the industry standards, provide improvement advice when opportunities are available.- Leverage Best Practices from all Design sites, and generate procedures and systems that can be used globally.- Support all global training programs specific to each site, by development and implementation of specialized training sessions for all applicable functions.- Conduct periodic review and maintenance of all documentation files; develop appropriate systems for worldwide document storage and access.- Coordinate and track the corrective/preventative action effort.- Ensure systems get maintained among all Design sites.- Facilitate third party audits of JDS and assure all corrective actions get completed by each site in a timely manner.- Participate in the vendor survey activities as applicable for the Design facilities; Drive proactive participation with suppliers and (when possible) aid in their process improvement efforts.- Interface with all departments as applied to the Policies and Procedures.- Provide insight and assistance of implementing and maintaining Process Improvement and Optimization concentrating on proactive methodologies.- Facilitate site adherence to all safety and health rules and regulations.- Comply and follow all procedures within the company security policy.- May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.JOB QUALIFICATIONSKNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS- Strong knowl