Quality Manager

THE COMPANY

Our client is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies, serving a wide range of markets with engineered solutions that enable breakthroughs in productivity, safety, and sustainability. With over 100 years of success, our client is recognized for its innovation, world-class manufacturing, and strong values of integrity and accountability.  
The Fluid Connectors Group – Quick Coupling Division designs and manufactures advanced connection solutions that keep the world moving across industrial, hydraulic, and pneumatic applications. Known for continuous innovation, operational excellence, and customer trust, this division plays a vital role in the companies’ global success.
Joining this global leader means being part of a culture that values integrity, empowerment, continuous improvement, and collaboration, offering ambitious leaders the opportunity to leave a lasting impact on people, performance, and the industries we serve on a global scale.

THE POSITION

Position Summary:
The Quality Manager provides leadership and management for the quality function and sustain the quality philosophy and lean culture for the division at the plant level. Establish, maintain, and optimize an effective quality management system. Implement the division’s quality plan at the plant level to achieve the divisions overall quality objectives. Enhance and improve the Division’s products and services through the implementation of ISO 9001, problem-solving tools, prevention methods, quality-at-the-source, and continual improvement techniques. This position is based in Northwestern Wisconsin (2 hours from Minneapolis, MN) in Chetek, Wisconsin.

Scope/ Supervision and Interaction:
Reports to the Plant Manager or Division Quality Manager. As management€™s representative for quality, manages department resources and coordinates the implementation of the quality management system between business units and locations to cost-effectively facilitate quality and compliance. Interacts routinely with all functional areas as well as with customers, field sales, regulatory agencies, division/group/corporate management, and suppliers.
Essential Functions:

• Communicates customer, regulatory and organizational requirements to assure product quality, contract compliance, and customer satisfaction.
• Oversees the effective documentation and implementation of the quality management system to assure compliance with customer and regulatory requirements and the standards set by corporate/division policies.
• Works with the leadership team to ensure that individuals performing functions affecting quality are trained and demonstrate the appropriate skills and performance results.
• Coordinates necessary plant personnel for internal, customer and third-party quality system audits.
• Maintains a corrective action system to analyze and correct nonconforming conditions and complaints.
• Implements the performance measurements necessary to effectively evaluate organizational performance and trends in product quality, services, customer satisfaction, and the cost of poor quality. Uses the results of performance evaluation to target improvement efforts.
• Assess supplier capabilities and monitor supplier quality to ensure desired levels of performance.

THE CANDIDATE

Qualifications:

• B.S. Degree in an Engineering, Business or related discipline.
• 3-5 years of leadsership experience in Quality, Engineering, or related. Prior successful experience as a Plant Quality Manager or similar.
• Knowledge of International Standard ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems (or QS-9000 as applicable for automotive sector).
• Certification by the American Society for Quality (ASQ) as a Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Certified Quality Manager (CQM), and Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) is preferred.
• Knowledge of manufacturing and quality practices.
• Experience with quality improvement tools and techniques (i.e., Lean, Six Sigma, Statistical Process Control, and Failure Mode & Effects Analysis).
• Familiar with reading GD&T tolerances, prints, micrometers is preferred.
• Familiar with calibration is preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership, project management, facilitation, and problem-solving skills.
• Must demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills.
• The ideal candidate will be assertive, fast paced with a sense of urgency,  and possessing good emotional intelligence and influencing skills.

Additional Comments:
The essential functions have been provided as example of the type of work performed by employees assigned to this job classification. The company reserves the right to modify the work assignments and/or to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions. The job description is not intended to be an inclusive list of duties and responsibilities. It is intended to describe the general nature of the position.
The Company (our client) is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. The Company is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required for all positions, and certain positions may require specific types of legal work authorizations. Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran/VEVRAA Federal Contractor.