Quality Product Analyst

With over 8,000 employees and more than a dozen brands, American Woodmark is one of the nation's largest cabinet manufacturers.

By partnering with major home centers, builders, and dealers, we spark the imagination of homeowners and designers and bring their vision to life.

Across our service and distribution centers, our corporate office and manufacturing facilities, you'll always find the same commitment to customer satisfaction, integrity, teamwork, and excellence.

We are on a journey to encourage an inclusive Woodmark and are taking meaningful actions to promote diverse representation across every part of the business.

Together, every team member contributes to making American Woodmark a place where people can express who they are through what they do.

POSITION PURPOSE :

Support the Quality, Engineering, and Manufacturing group by evaluating product to meet required standards while also contributing to process compliance / continuous improvement efforts at American Woodmark.

IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE :

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to excel at the essential functions assigned. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and ability required.

Experience

• Minimum of 12 months of manufacturing or lab experience.
• Knowledge of material finishing, and color control principals is desirable.
• Familiar with Six Sigma and lean methodologies a plus.

Skills

• Excellent personal computer skills in a networked environment; Microsoft products experience required - Outlook-Word-Excel-Project-PowerPoint
• Strong Planning / Organization & Time Management skills
• Demonstrated problem solving skills.

Education

Undergraduate degree in Quality, Engineering, Business or related discipline; extensive work experience may be considered in lieu of formal education.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :

• Ability to make visual and tactile assessments of products related to finishing specifications.
• Coordinate incoming products for testing and evaluation. Providing necessary feedback including data analysis, reports, or other information as needed.
• Manage finishing color standard process for American Woodmark. This includes updating SOP’s, color refresh scheduling, and standard distribution.
• Ability to utilize lab equipment / software and maintain calibration requirements (color meters, sheen meters, light fixtures, Proscale etc.).
• Maintain Quality Specifications. Must write and maintain quality specifications so that they are in alignment with product and customer requirements and are clear to all users.
• Monitor product quality data related to finish requirements and identify opportunities for improvement at finishing locations.
• Ability to lead meetings with manufacturing personnel to complete defined project work.
• Able to train others on critical finishing specifications and processes.
• Lead quality efforts on new product launches by evaluating product produced internally and by external suppliers.
• Review Customer and Provider complaint / reject product and provide recommendations for improvement projects, spec changes, and communications.
• Actively participate on assigned teams and projects.
• Provide a role model for CITE and Working in Teams principles.
• Perform other tasks as directed by direct supervisor.
• Supervisory Responsibilities :
• Typically, this position does not have supervisory responsibilities.

SCOPE & EXPECATIONS :

• Communications Skills :
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common business and technical journals and financial reports. Ability to listen and communicate effectively with customers / clients in an effort to respond to common inquires.

Ability to develop presentations to be delivered to production team, plant level team, or public groups.

• Mathematical Skills :
• Ability to apply basic mathematical concepts like addition, subtraction, multiplication or division to basic manufacturing performance recording or financial performance recording.

Ability to apply basic statistics to analyze and report data. Ability to define accuracy and precision of tooling and gages.

• Reasoning Ability :
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Reports to : Corporate Quality Manager
• Travel Requirements :
• Some out of town travel is required up to 25%
• Recruitment process may consist of any combination of phone, video and in person interviews.
• Offers may be contingent upon successful completion of Background Check, Drug Screen, Physical Examination and / or potential Motor Vehicle Check.

BENEFITS PACKAGE INCLUDES :

• Competitive Compensation
• Health Care Benefits
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Vacation Days
• Paid Sick Days
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan & Profit Sharing
• Tuition Assistance
• Relocation Assistance when available

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The American Woodmark Corporation does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, military and veteran status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, pregnancy, or any other legally-protected characteristic;

and it will comply with all applicable state discrimination laws. No person will be denied employment solely because of a disability, provided that the person can perform the essential functions of the position for which the person has applied, either with or without reasonable accommodations.

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities / Women / Protected Veterans / Disabled