Electronics Quality Manager: Lead Global Quality

National Black MBA Association; Maplewood, Northern (MN, KY); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision

Health Savings Accounts

Disability Benefits

Life Insurance

Retirement Benefits

Job summary

3M is seeking a Quality Manager to lead a multi-discipline quality organization at the Maplewood, MN site. The role involves strategic planning, budgeting, and cross-functional collaboration to improve product quality and process performance.

Responsibilities include supervising a quality team, guiding quality assurance and control activities, and driving continuous improvement across sensitive product lines. On-site work and travel up to 25% are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start).
• Minimum of five (5) years experience in a quality or manufacturing setting.
• Minimum of two (2) years experience in a Quality or Manufacturing leadership position.
• Master's degree or higher from an accredited institution.
• Experience administering and maintaining ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems.
• Strong project management capabilities, with a track record of leading complex, cross-functional initiatives.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively engage senior leadership, peers, teams, customers, and regulatory stakeholders.
• Proficiency with corporate systems and digital tools commonly used in Quality functions, along with strong English verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience with Statistical Process Control and other advanced analytical methods used to manage and improve quality performance.

Responsibilities

• Consults with leadership team to set medium- to long-term strategic direction and operating plans for a medium to large complex market/product line(s).
• Interprets industry trends, customer requirements, and business objectives to define guidelines/methods for multiple disciplines within the Quality function, such as quality assurance, product quality control, incoming quality control, and customer management
• Initiates and approves projects to continuously improve efficiency and competitiveness.
• Has direct responsibility for functional strategic planning, including establishing and managing budgets for the department in the immediate team.
• Management responsibility usually encompasses one or more quality areas such as quality assurance, product quality control, incoming quality control, customer issue management, and etc.
• Determines priorities, timetables and assigns resources/tasks. Accountable for the activities and results of their functional area.
• Provides direct supervision to the team which include objective setting, performance management, and motivation, as well as training and coaching. Resolves issues and conflicts related to direct reports.
• Creates solutions for complex and multi-faceted problems, which requires ingenuity, creativity, innovation, and strong analytical skills. Problem solving requires thorough understanding of operating unit policies and practices. Applies knowledge of different techniques and practices to achieve desired results.
• Has a significant business impact on the organization due to scope of responsibility and complexity and growth potential of this business.
• Ability to influence cross-functionally to collaborate to common goals.
• Incumbent typically communicates with managers, functional leaders, area/business leaders, and direct subordinates. May interact with key external customers.
• Shares vision and demonstrates company values.
• Providing expert-level Quality functional leadership, guidance, and direction to your team on the Quality Body-of-Knowledge for products within scope.
• Identifying and leading improvement opportunities to proactively ensure compliance to all applicable internal, domestic, and international quality regulations.
• Maintain effective Quality Metric performance and define and execute activities to enhance product quality, reduce process variances, and resolve decreases in performance.

Skills

Quality leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Master's degree (optional)

Job description

3M is seeking a Quality Manager to lead a multi-discipline quality organization at the Maplewood, MN site. The role involves strategic planning, budgeting, and cross-functional collaboration to improve product quality and process performance.

Responsibilities include supervising a quality team, guiding quality assurance and control activities, and driving continuous improvement across sensitive product lines. On-site work and travel up to 25% are expected.