**Overview** Do you want to join a team that's changing the world? Do you have a strong background as a Quality Supervisor? Then we're looking for you! Check out the job description and apply now! Put your skills to meaningful use, gain unique experience, and work with world-class team members with diverse backgrounds and expertise who share the same vision. Join the PENA team today! **Responsibilities** Meet Panasonic (https://careers.na.panasonic.com/life-at-panasonic) Meet the Recruiter: Eric Laffey Explore Panasonic Careers (https://careers.na.panasonic.com/careers-home/jobs?page=1&sortBy=relevance&location=Kansas,%20United%20States&woe=8®ionCode=US&stretchUnit=MILES&stretch=50) Panasonic Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-x\_hDfMqb0)  Our Mission: Create Technologies That Move Us **Summary:** Join us at Panasonic Energy as we expand to De Soto, Kansas, where we’re building the world’s largest lithium-ion battery factory. This is an exciting opportunity to grow your career while contributing to the future of electric vehicles. As part of our team, you’ll help push the limits of battery technology, enhancing performance and efficiency in sustainable transportation. Our state-of-the-art facility, just outside the Kansas City Metro, will be a hub for innovation in green energy solutions. If you're passionate about sustainability and eager to contribute to the electric vehicle revolution, we invite you to be part of our dynamic team. Join us and make a meaningful impact on the future of energy and transportation. **Job Summary:** We are seeking a highly motivated Quality Supervisor with a strong background in process improvement to join our team at Panasonic Energy Corporation of North America (PECNA). As a Quality Supervisor, you will report to the Quality Manager and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure proper day-to-day execution of quality objectives, enhance product quality, and contribute to the success of the world's largest lithium-ion battery initiative. The Quality Supervisor will work together with the Operations, Engineering and Maintenance in resolving bugs, defects, and other potential issues and ensuring that products meet customer specifications. **Essential Duties:** + Supervise a team of quality technicians, inspectors and team leads. + Implement quality control processes and procedures to ensure compliance with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and customer specifications. + Maintain quality management systems and compliance to the QMS standards, including document control, corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), and internal audit programs. + Develop and lead a team of Quality Technicians and Inspectors to conduct in-process and final product inspections, ensuring adherence to quality standards and specifications. + Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including production, engineering, and maintenance, to identify and resolve quality issues in a timely manner. + Analyze quality data and performance metrics to identify trends and countermeasures. + Ensure proper implementation of corrective and preventive actions to address non-conformities and improve product quality. + Provide quality-related training to front-line quality associates. + Communicate quality objectives, performance metrics, and improvement initiatives to management and team members. + Ensure direct report adherence to plant policies and procedures. **Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Requirements:** + To ensure the health and safety in the workplace and for the protection of our employees, wearing PPE is a possibility and may include equipment such as a full Tyvek suit, safety shoes, gloves, safety glasses, face mask, bump cap, and a full hazmat suit that includes a respirator. **_The foregoing description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and efforts or work conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the general nature and level of the job._** **Qualifications** **Requirements - Required and/or Preferred:** **Education:** + Basic/Required: High School Diploma or equivalent + Preferred: Associate degree in technical or business field **Essential Qualifications:** + A minimum of 5 years of experience in quality management roles within the battery manufacturing or other relevant high volume manufacturing industries. + Working knowledge of quality management systems (e.g., ISO 9001, IATF 16949) and regulatory requirements (e.g., UL, CE, RoHS). + Analytical and hands-on problem-solving abilities, with a data-driven approach to decision-making.Extensive knowledge of or the ability to quickly learn the organization’s production processes. + Conflict resolution skills. + Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders. + Proven agility in all levels of work processes. + Intuitive, adaptable, creative, and collaborative with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. + Collaborative nature with strong team building skills and willing to learn from and accept guidance from others. + Must have working-level knowledge of the English language, including reading, writing, and speaking English. **Preferred Qualifications:** + ASQ Certification Prior supervisory or team lead experience in a manufacturing environment, strongly preferred. + Alignment to Panasonic’s seven (7) core principles (contribution to society, fairness and honesty, cooperation and team spirit, untiring effort for improvement, courtesy and humility, adaptability, gratitude) + Demonstrated understanding in PECNA HPC. **Physical Demands:** **Physical Activities:** (Percentage of time (equaling 100%) during the normal workday the employee is required to) + Sit: 20% + Walk:40% + Stand: 30% + Lift:10% **Required Lifting and Carrying:** (Required frequency is: Not required (0%), Occasional (1-33%), Frequent (34-66%), Continuous (67-100%) + Up to 10 lbs.: Frequent + Up to 20 lbs.: Frequent + Up to 35 lbs.: Occasional + Team-lift only (over 35 lbs.): Not Required **Benefits & Perks - What's In It For You:** Panasonic Energy prioritizes total well-being and offers comprehensive benefits options to support physical, emotional, financial, social, and environmental health: + Highly inclusive and class-leading healthcare options to include family planning, mental health, and pet insurance + Employee assistance programs that support total well-being with complimentary session offered each and every month + Company-matched and fully vested 401K retirement program that starts immediately from date of enrollment + Annual bonus program, High5 employee recognition and awards platform, quarterly and annual employee recognition + Simplified access to self-guided and representative-supported short and long-term financial wellness and retirement planning + Educational Assistance & Reimbursement Program + Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and associated employee resource groups that promote representation and belonging + Leadership, career, and mentorship development programs opportunities at all levels across the organization + Collaborative and motivating culture routed in continuous personal and professional growth and much more. **Where You'll Be:** For our onsite roles, Panasonic Energy is committed to fostering an ideal working environment that goes beyond the conventional. We understand the significance of moments that matter in your onsite experience, and we prioritize creating a workspace that not only promotes productivity but also ensures a fulfilling and positive work atmosphere. Join us at Panasonic Energy, where your onsite presence is valued, and we strive to make each moment count in your professional journey. **Who We Are:** Meet Panasonic Energy (https://careers.na.panasonic.com/life-at-panasonic) ! At Panasonic Energy, you'll do work that matters as we are dedicated to transforming the world through the acceleration of sustainable energy. By producing safe, high-quality lithium-ion batteries, you become part of a team that plays a crucial role in creating technologies that move us (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-x\_hDfMqb0) . This is an exciting time to join us as we expand our operations to De Soto, Kansas and build the world's largest lithium-ion battery factory. We will provide you with the opportunity to experience career growth in more ways than one. As an innovative thinker, you'll thrive here, as we continually push the boundaries of lithium-ion battery technology and production capabilities to enhance efficiency and performance in EVs. Being part of Panasonic Energy means positively contributing to society, aligning with our commitment to building a better world through sustainable energy solutions. We care about what you care about, fostering an environment where your contributions make a meaningful impact on the future of energy and transportation. Join us and be part of a team that values your work, encourages innovation, and actively contributes to a positive societal impact. In addition to an environment that is as innovative as our products, we offer competitive salaries and benefits. **We Take Opportunity Seriously:** At Panasonic Energy, we are committed to a workplace that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. Fairness and Honesty have been part of our core values for more than 100 years and we are proud of our diverse culture as an equal opportunity employer. We understand that your career search may look different than others and embrace the professional, personal, educational, and volunteer opportunities through which people gain experience. If you are actively looking or starting to explore new opportunities, submit your application! **Supplemental Information:** Pre-employment drug testing is required. Panasonic Energy of North America is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to: race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. All qualified individuals are required to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. _Due to the high volume of responses, we will only be able to respond to candidates of interest. All candidates must have valid authorization to work in the U.S. without restriction._ Thank you for your interest in Panasonic Energy of North America. \#LI-EL1 R-100740