Regional Quality Manager, OCS APAC

Key Responsibilities

Regional Quality Leadership & Strategy
•    Drive and deploy the APAC Regional Quality Strategy, aligned with OCS Division Quality strategy and objectives. 
•    Provide leadership, coaching, and development for the APAC Quality organization; build a strong quality culture across sites. 
•    Act as the single threaded quality leader for APAC, ensuring alignment between regional execution and global strategy.
Quality Execution
•    Own and execute PQA (Product Quality Assurance) activities across APAC, including manufacturing and customer facing quality engagements.
•    Partner closely with OCS Engineering to ensure early and effective quality engagement in NPI, design changes, and manufacturing transfers.
•    Drive alignment between Engineering and Quality to ensure robust control plans, specifications, and readiness for customer and regulatory requirements.
•    Partner with Manufacturing and Operations to ensure effective quality controls across internal manufacturing.
Quality Management Systems & Compliance
•    Own and maintain the APAC Quality Management System (QMS), ensuring compliance with Corning, customer, and regulatory requirements. 
•    Ensure audit readiness and lead/support customer, internal, and regulatory audits within the region.
•    Drive standardization and consistent application of quality processes across APAC sites.
Customer & Stakeholder Engagement
•    Serve as the primary quality interface for APAC customers, proactively addressing quality needs and escalation management.
•    Ensure Corning and OCS specifications meet or exceed customer requirements and support customer satisfaction objectives.
•    Lead cross functional issue resolution, ensuring timely containment, root cause analysis, and effective corrective actions.
Metrics, Performance & Continuous Improvement
•    Own and track APAC Quality metrics, including Cost of Quality (CoQ), internal and external quality performance.
•    Identify and prioritize improvement opportunities; lead regional quality improvement initiatives. 
•    Promote continuous improvement methodologies across quality systems and manufacturing operations.

Experiences/Education

•    Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
•    10+  years experience in  Quality Assurance / Quality Management, including 5+  years of manufacturing or plant level quality leadership.

Experience and Skills

•    Demonstrated experience leading teams and influencing cross functional stakeholders in a regional or global environment.
•    Demonstrated ability to develop and execute strategy
•    Certified Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt
•    Effective Project Management Skills
•    Ability to prioritize and manage multiple activities across multiple locations.
•    Strong Communication skills, ability to effectively communicate and interact across all levels.
•    Strong command of English language (Written, Verbal, Comprehension)