Manufacturing Quality Leader - Process Improvement

CPM Holdings, Inc; Harlan (IA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CPM Holdings, Inc. seeks a Quality Manager to lead the facility's Quality function, ensuring products, processes, and systems meet CPM, customer, and regulatory requirements.

This hands-on leader promotes quality, accountability, collaboration, and problem-solving across Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Customer Service to prevent and resolve issues and drive continuous improvement. On the manufacturing floor, the Quality Manager will establish quality expectations, monitor key

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes, quality principles, inspection methods, and measurement equipment.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, tolerances, and technical documentation.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Experience working with customers and suppliers to resolve quality concerns.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Quality department providing direction, coaching, development, workload prioritization, and accountability for team members.
• Maintain and continuously improve the facility’s Quality Management System (QMS) in accordance with CPM standards and customer requirements.
• Partner with Operations and other functional leaders to establish quality expectations and ensure quality is integrated into daily manufacturing activities.
• Maintain a strong presence on the manufacturing floor to identify concerns, support employees and supervisors, and resolve issues at the point of occurrence.
• Ensure products meet customer specifications, engineering drawings, work instructions, and CPM quality standards through inspection and testing processes.
• Develop, monitor, and communicate key quality metrics, including scrap, rework, nonconformances, customer complaints, cost of poor quality, and corrective action performance.

Skills

Manufacturing processes

Quality systems

Root cause analysis

Leadership

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

CPM Holdings, Inc. seeks a Quality Manager to lead the facility's Quality function, ensuring products, processes, and systems meet CPM, customer, and regulatory requirements.

This hands-on leader promotes quality, accountability, collaboration, and problem-solving across Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Customer Service to prevent and resolve issues and drive continuous improvement. On the manufacturing floor, the Quality Manager will establish quality expectations, monitor key