Quality Manager at Isuzu East Africa (Isuzu EA)

Job Details

Reporting to the General Manager, Engineering, Product Planning & Quality, the successful candidate will be responsible for the following functions:

• Develop, deploy and track Business Plan objectives for the quality function.
• Support Field Engineering function in the implementation of the Product Warranty process.
• Lead and participate in manufacturing quality reviews and support field product quality issues resolution.
• Lead the understanding and utilization of tools for product, process, and system improvement and problem solving.
• Enforce implementation of Built in Quality principle of Kaizen.
• Develop quality assurance plans by identifying critical control points and preventive measures; establishing critical limits, monitoring procedures, corrective actions, and verification procedures; monitoring inventories.
• Develop, monitor and take corrective actions of key performance goals for quality function and direct reports.

For appointment to this position, the successful candidate must have the following minimum requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• Eight (8) years relevant experience with progressive management experience
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management systems 8 Exposure in a Manufacturing set up will be an added advantage.
• Process Improvement, strategic planning, attention to detail, communication and ability to deal with complexity skills.