Quality Manager (Manufacturing)

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a change agent for quality transformation across the organization, aligning people, processes, and systems with Six Sigma and ISO 9001 best practices.
• Lead a quality team with multi-site operational oversight, including responsibility for departmental budget, performance, and development.
• Champion continuous improvement by reducing internal defects, scrap, and waste while improving product reliability and supplier quality.
• Develop and implement robust quality systems, procedures, and metrics that support process control and product excellence.
• Lead root cause analysis and Corrective & Preventive Action (RC-CAPA) initiatives using Six Sigma tools and statistical methods.
• Serve as the ISO 9001 Management Representative, guiding compliance efforts and audits while embedding ISO standards into daily operations.
• Act as a trainer and mentor in Six Sigma, ISO, and Total Quality Management methodologies across all levels of the organization.
• Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing teams to support product development, including design reviews and CTQ analysis.
• Support lean initiatives, FMEAs, control plans, PPAPs, and DOE projects that deliver measurable improvements in quality and cost.

Required Qualifications

• Six Sigma Green Belt certification required; Lean Six Sigma Black Belt highly preferred.
• Proven leadership experience in high-volume, medium-mix industrial manufacturing environments.
• 5+ years of quality management experience with a track record of driving measurable results in quality, cost, and process performance.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in statistical analysis, sampling schemes, and use of tools like Minitab.
• Deep understanding of quality systems including FMEA, Control Plans, PPAP, and DOE.
• Effective communicator and strategic thinker with exceptional team leadership and coaching abilities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and quality management systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related technical field.
• ASQ certifications (CQE, CQM) preferred.
• Experience with TL9000, 1E Nuclear Quality Systems, or similar industry standards.
• Experience leading ISO 9001 implementations or acting as a lead auditor.
• Finance-savvy: able to manage operational budgets and calculate Cost of Quality (CoQ).