Sr Manager PSQA Operations

Primary Function

Support the implementation and advancement of PSQA processes and capabilities to ensure consistency and calibration across all global offices to deliver on guest experience in a framework that mitigates risk and empower vendors to own product quality. Support PSQA Operations Team vision creation and roadmap for global implementation of solutions and tools.

Job Responsibilities

Team

• Provides holistic and sustainable change management across all PSQA teams, offices, and business partners.

• Support the team talent development strategies – KSA, partner with HR L&D building and implementing trainings

• Provides training to team members (PSQA, TD, Sourcing, RS, etc.) and vendors/factories as Targets QMS program evolves

Quality Management

• Support process flow development, maintenance, and continuous improvement on all CTV/P related QMS activities

• Support and facilitates standardization and calibration of all CTP quality and engineering processes across countries and teams (internal and external)

• Understand and able to assess the effectiveness of a factory’s preventive QMS and its sustainability against varying manufacturing processes.

• Understand the team in quality management and tools for oversight of field operations

• Partners with CTV Sourcing to understand Brand Strategy and guest expectations

• Understand guest expectations through the voice of the guest; always guiding the team through the guest lens in decision-making.

Processes, Procedures and Best Practices

• Works with SMEs to develops, drive, and standardizes processes and procedures globally.

• Connects and leverages the expertise of PSQA SMEs, Senior Leadership and collaborates with CFT’s and Vendors to ensure enterprise priorities are met.

• Provides operational resources, systems, tools and training to drive efficiency and effectiveness for all PSQA teams in delivering QMS strategy

Communication and CFT Collaboration

• Support holistic and strategic communication interaction points across PSQA (CTP/V, CTB) CFT’s and stakeholders for alignment.

• Support shaping of project direction through interpreting analysis findings and recommend solutions to support project goals

• Ensures learnings are shared across different locations to continually improve processes. Shares current and future plans with other pyramids to ensure a common understanding of objectives and smooth rollout at implementation time.

• Successfully navigate through tough choices and be able to articulate its point of view to leaders, peers, team members and vendor/factories.

• Steer decision effectiveness and efficiency; take smart risk based on facts, figures and guest insights through critical thinking

Data

• Support the creation, monitoring, and reporting of KPIs

• Extensive use of quantifiable data and KPIs in decision-making

• Responsible for driving consistency on data analytics and reporting used by PSQA teams and business partners (Support business in identifying WHAT they are and HOW they should be used

• Work with the Analytics and Reporting business champion and the project team on defining the KPI and operational metrics and drive adoption and performance review routines

Technology

• Work with SPARK, INSPECTORIO program team, and other individual project teams on technology adoption across CTV/P PSQA teams and business partners

• Thought partner to the OB S&O tech and data team on the connectivity of technology capabilities built across OB

• Represent the business for the product, fostering strong relationships with key stakeholders to ensure that their views and requirements are captured in the product

Requirements

• Major in engineering, with Lean or 6 Sigma certification, TQM, Project Management

• Quality management, product and manufacturing experience/knowledge

• Minimum 6 years’ experience (manufacturing/retail)

• Experience managing large scale strategic projects in US or European based corporation

• Excellent leadership/interpersonal skills/communication skills

• Strategic thinking and ability to plan, lead, organize and execute

• Result orientated, self-motivated, dedicated, enthusiastic and energetic

• Committed to continuous learning

• Ability to travel locally and internationally

• Working Knowledge of Technology, Data and analytics including Microsoft windows and Office software applications.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

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