Company Description
LACROIX is an international, family-owned industrial group that supports its customers in building and managing intelligent living ecosystems, thanks to connected equipment and technologies and through a vision: "Connected Technologies for a Smarter World".
LACROIX's three businesses - Electronics, City and Environment - employ 5,100 people worldwide and generate sales of €760 million.
Thanks to its expertise combining R&D and Production 4.0, LACROIX's Electronics activity is a major player in the industry and is ranked in the world's TOP 50 EMS (Electronics Manufacturing Services).
A specialist in electronic equipment and industrial IoT solutions, it brings to life the innovative electronic projects of its customers, who are among the world's leading players in the industrial, automotive, home automation and civil & defense avionics sectors.
By designing and manufacturing embedded systems and industrial connected objects in Europe, North America and North Africa, the business generated sales of €562 million.
LACROIX Electronics MI, LLC is the North American entity of the Electronics Activity and is one of the premier specialty provider of electronics manufacturing services (EMS) with a revenue over $200M in 2023. Locations are in Michigan, Texas, and Juarez Mexico.
Job Description
MAIN MISSION Define the company’s quality policy and objectives while ensuring their implementation, develop and implement quality approaches by ensuring coherence across different structures and/or departments, and continuously update and improve the organization’s quality management system.
LEVEL OF AUTONOMY The role requires determining directions and adapting allocated resources, with validation based on results.
AUTHORITIES Authorized to:
- Validate quality procedures
- Stop delivery or production in case of major non-conformity
- Collaborate with Purchasing to terminate contracts with suppliers in case of significant performance issues
SUPERVISION AND COOPERATION
Key functional relationships within the organization:
- All business units
- General management
Interactions and contributions:
- The role involves negotiations and representation of major and diverse stakeholders.
External relationships:
- Suppliers
- Clients
- Subcontractors
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES Quality policy definition:
- Propose a quality policy to top management
- Define action priorities and resource allocation (human, financial, time, materials) along with procedures for handling dysfunction, validating operational action plans
- Promote quality internally and externally
- Plan and control the implementation of internal and external quality audits and investigations (customer satisfaction, process analysis)
- Design and lead quality project and/or program management
- Define quality standards and indicators
Quality system monitoring:
- Validate production tool choices to enhance process reliability, as well as procedures and quality policy documents
- Monitor process and activity compliance
- Establish and evaluate the quality system
- Assess the effectiveness of internal and external quality actions
- Ensure proper implementation of the quality system
- Supervise quality audits, inspections, and training
- Cascade quality management throughout all levels of the organization
- Ensure compliance of the Quality Management System (QMS) with applicable standards (GMP, GDP, ISO, etc.)
- Oversee quality documentation
- Manage self-inspections (planning, follow-up), external inspections, and audits
- Proactively manage quality improvement projects
Supplier quality management: In collaboration with the Purchasing department:
- Define supplier quality assurance policy and evaluation rules
- Monitor supplier performance, organize audits, and review meetings in case of performance degradation
Contribute to supplier selection during project phases
Qualifications
General knowledge:
- Knowledge of industrial processes
- Familiarity with relevant regulations in the field, including QEHS
Technical competencies:
- Proficiency in Lean manufacturing
- Mastery of quality tools (8D, 5 Whys, QRQC, LLC, etc.)
Familiarity with relevant software applications
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
What We Do
LACROIX is an international technological equipment supplier and IIoT solutions provider whose ambition is to put its technical and industrial excellence at the service of a connected and responsible world.
As a listed SME company, we combine the agility that’s essential to innovating in a constantly changing technological universe with the long-term vision to invest and build the future.
LACROIX supplies safe, connected equipment to manage smart road infrastructure (signage, traffic management, street lighting, V2X) through its City activity, and by managing water and energy systems through its Environment activity.
LACROIX also develops and produces the electronic equipment of its customers in the automobile, home automation, aeronautic and manufacturing industries and also the health industry through its Electronics activity.
Instead of futuristic plans far removed from reality, we work with our customers and partners to build the link between the world of today and the world of tomorrow. We help them build the industry of the future and to benefit from the innovation opportunities that surround us. We also provide them with equipment from a smarter world.
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