About this role
• New Product Quality Conformance
• Supports quality in new product processes by serving as member and/or resource on development teams.
• Writes, executes and reports test plans based upon scientific methods to support the new product process and on-going testing.
• Ongoing Quality Conformance
• Provides receiving-inspection technical support and writing/reviewing receiving-inspection procedures.
• Leads the material review board (MRB) and implements corrective actions internally and externally with suppliers.
• Supports and or provides input for published monthly performance reports as well as identify areas for improvement.
• Support engineering solutions to quality assurance.
• Plans, controls and ensures process and product quality in accordance with quality principles, which include planning processes, material control, acceptance sampling, and measurement systems.
• Perform daily patrol inspections of production lines.
• Conduct inspections of inbound components and final products.
• Verify quality control updates and maintain quality trackers.
• Document and implement changes to quality processes.
• FMEA (Failure Mode Effects Analysis)
• Understand issues through progression.
• Testing and supplier interaction.
• Internal CAR if needed for understanding of diagnosed issue.
• Lead FMEA projects.
• Environmental
• Provides support in our efforts to continually make products greener by supporting our Environmental initiatives.
• Vendor/supplier interaction
• Plans, conducts and report audits of suppliers.
• Interfaces with suppliers concerning quality issues (Non-Conformance CAR's) and represent Johnson Outdoors' interests.
• Evaluates defective parts returned from the field.
• Ensures compliance to all company quality policies.
• Training & Cross‑Functional Support
• Deliver quality training to production personnel.
• Support cross-functional teams with quality-related improvements.