Regional Quality Manager (Automotive Manufacturing)

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

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!

1. Strong compensation and benefits
2. Amazing team, work environment, and company culture
3. Great vertical mobility and career growth potential!

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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