Regional Quality Manager (Automotive Manufacturing)

Job Description

Job Description

Senior Quality Manager needed to serve as successor to Director of Quality and oversee quality ops for 5 plants for leading automotive & plastics injection molding manufacturer!

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Salary : $150,000 - $180,000 per year

A bit about us :

We are a global leader in plastic fasteners since 1967, we thrive on innovation and efficiency, serving diverse industries such as automotive, electronics, and home appliances.

With a strong emphasis on research, design, and manufacturing excellence, we consistently deliver custom injection molded components that set industry standards.

Our dedicated team enjoys a supportive work environment that fosters growth and values employee contributions, ensuring our continued success and recognition as a leader in plastic automotive components.

Currently, we are looking for a skilled Regional Quality Manager needed to serve as right hand / successor to Director of Quality and oversee quality operations for 5 plants across the US!

Why join us?

1. Strong compensation and benefits

2. Amazing team, work environment, and company culture

3. Great vertical mobility and career growth potential!

Job Details

Skills / Experience :

Strong Quality Leadership background in Automotive Manufacturing

Essential Functions :

• 30% travel expected
• Promote a Safe working environment
• Develop and maintain the organizational chart, budget and Business Planning for the group.
• Create and support the Operations Standards necessary to support MP activities.
• Lead the Regional Standardization Team to recognize process improvement targets, identify best practices and subsequently industrialize through the QMS system.
• Work closely with Production, Tooling, Project Engineering, and other departments as required
• Identify and engage resources
• Champion of Problem solving concepts and activities
• Responsible for the Regional management of plant quality operations including risk identification, inspection, disposition, scrap, escalations and Nonconforming material management.
• Manage the Production Quality Managers training and development
• Understand and interpret customer requirements - Successfully transfer to the Production units
• Review / approve capital project requests. Ensure overall activities & costs stay in line with the budget.
• Verify that all products are transferred to the production units with a capable process HVPT focus
• Negotiate with the customers where applicable for MP items (Ex : Customer Complaints, sorting, etc)
• Protect the customer and the company through Containment activities and corresponding countermeasures.
• Support SQE / QSD at trials and audits to ensure feedback on issues.
• Ensure communication to customers and customer portal updates meet requirements.
• Report out Operations Quality activities and results. Develop and track department KPI’s
• Follow documented ISO & TS16949 systems.
• Manage PQE groups participation in Improvement activities - GNNP

Nice to Haves :

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with a minimum of 5 yrs management experience. Other education and experience will be considered
• Exhibits the ability to build effective business relationships internally and externally.
• High focus on developing the Operations Regional Standards
• Plastics Industry, OEM and New Model experience
• Strong Problem Solving skills
• Ability to lead a department in all aspects
• Ability to clearly communicate and report to all levels of management
• Ability to demonstrate leadership and effectively participate and contribute to team projects
• Must be analytical and make sound decisions based off of data and budget awareness
• Expectation is that this position will travel as much as the business dictates
• High level of ability to focus on details.

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