About this role
<div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:20.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">JOB SUMMARY</H2> </div><div><p><strong>The Quality Manager leads plant quality initiatives, standards, and a KPI-driven environment. This customer-facing role resolves product issues, drives change, and mentors the quality team.</strong></p> <p><strong>JOB RESPONSIBILITIES</strong><br>Supervision: Hire, train, assign work, appraise performance, and discipline Quality Department employees.<br>Technical Support: Represent the quality function alongside internal groups on manufacturing issues.<br>Controls & Systems: Approve supplier/customer process controls; maintain sampling, APQP, PPAP, and IMDS.<br>Audits: Manage, audit, and continuously improve TS16949 systems and procedures.<br>Liaison: Act as direct plant contact for customer and supplier quality issues and visits.<br>Documentation: Maintain quality documents, samples, launches, variance corrections, and warranty analyses.<br>Data Tracking: Monitor and input information into customer scorecards and portals.<br>Safety: Enforce safety devices, Lockout/Tagout, PPE, housekeeping, and immediate injury/near-miss reporting.<br>Compliance: Ensure conformance to acceptable standards, customer specs, and IATF/ISO management systems.<br>Conduct: Follow all company policies, values, mission, and assigned duties.</p> <p><strong>Education and Experience</strong><br>Education: Bachelor’s degree (Engineering preferred).<br>Experience: 10 years automotive manufacturing/engineering; 3–5 years managing plant quality teams.<br>Domain: Automotive Tier 1, plant quality, KPIs, and change management.<br>Certifications: ASQ, CQE, CQM, and OEM/industry standards compliance.<br>Processes: Stamping, welding, and paint environments preferred.</p> <p><strong>Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities</strong><br>Tools: 8D, MSA, APQP, PPAP, GD&T, print reading, gage design, and lab management.<br>Focus: Scrap, rework, and sorting cost reduction.<br>Systems: SAP and Microsoft Office proficiency.<br>Core Skills: Root-cause analysis, corrective action, independent judgment, and team leadership.</p></div></div></div>