Whirlpool Corporation · 10 hours ago
Senior Analyst, Quality Assurance
KASA Greenville Manufacturing
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expWhirlpool Corporation is a leading home appliance company, focused on improving life at home. The Senior Analyst, Quality Assurance role involves driving supplier quality performance and ensuring compliance with design specifications through audits, corrective actions, and collaboration with suppliers.
Home Appliances
Responsibilities
Ensure that all components necessary for the manufacture of the product meet the design specifications through the PPAP approval process
Provide Rapid Response diagnostic services and initiate appropriate actions to address supplier-related assembly line issues
Determine the approval or rejection of components considering their impact on the process and/or operation of the product
Establish the time necessary for temporary concessions or approvals of components, as well as ensure that suppliers comply with the design characteristics of the parts
Create and provide follow-up with suppliers on 8D reports and Controlled Shipping process, reviewing the effectiveness of the implemented containment and corrective actions and having communication with our affected areas (production, logistics, GPO)
Manage the return material authorizations procedure (RMA) and make sure this process keeps its financial compliance with SOX, which implies having control on the material kept in quarantine, material rejected from warehouses and production lines
Create and execute a supplier audit process based on the supplier’s performance and their component's criticality
Identify quality improvement opportunities and drive problem-solving with appropriate cross-functional teams( kaizen)
Supervise Engineer Technicians and give direction on corrective action, communications with suppliers, and containment/rework implementation
Advise and develop the necessary strategies to reduce customer field complaints
Support the Plant strategies, methodologies, and initiatives related to Supplier Quality
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree – Mechanical or Electrical preferred
5+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment
Leadership skills to manage quality associates
Preferred
Experience with administrative and leadership responsibilities
Experience and knowledge of mechanical commodity components as motors, compressors, pumps, and in general components used in the refrigeration category
Experience with manufacturing and production processes and engineering principles
Excellent organizational and time-management abilities
Experience in APQP and PPAP approval processes
Experience auditing manufacturing and quality processes
Experience in using statistical tools
Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel), and Adept at the use of Google Suite; Sheets, Docs, and Slides
Blueprint and GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance) experience or training preferred
Able to use advanced shop mathematics, read highly complicated drawings, use a variety of measuring devices, and use of specialized training
All required WCM (World Class Manufacturing) Quality Tool Certifications, particularly 8D Problem Solving and Kaizen methodology
Benefits
Always On Flexibility - You will have the autonomy to manage personal, family, and outside-of-work commitments as needed.
Sabbatical - Four weeks paid leave after every five years of service.
Company
Whirlpool Corporation
Life at home has been at the heart of our business for 110+ years - it is why we exist and why we are passionate about what we do.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.22BKey Investors
US Department of Energy
2025-06-11Post Ipo Debt· $1.2B
2009-10-30Grant· $19.33M
1978-01-13IPO
Leadership Team
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Ryan Strain
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