Mgr, Regional Quality & Technology

LP Building Solutions; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and welfare benefits

401(k)

Career mobility

Tuition reimbursement

Profit sharing

Volunteer opportunities

Job summary

LP Building Solutions seeks a seasoned Quality Leader to oversee quality and technical functions across multiple manufacturing facilities. You will drive compliance with corporate standards, certifications, and continuous improvement to deliver consistent product performance.

This role partners with R&D, Operations, Supply Chain and Sales to translate business strategy into actionable quality priorities, develop talent, and lead regional audits, supplier quality programs, and cost-reduction

Qualifications

• 10+ years of manufacturing experience with increasing responsibility in quality, process engineering, product development, operations, or technical leadership.
• At least 5 years of quality leadership and 5 years of supervisory or people-management experience.
• Experience supporting multiple manufacturing facilities or leading work across a region, business unit, or product line is preferred.
• Process engineering, product commercialization, supplier quality, claims analysis, and third-party certification experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of quality management principles and systems, including SPC, SQC, process capability, and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and develop talent and to communicate with senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional quality management systems to ensure product performance, certification maintenance, and continuous improvement across facilities.
• Provide leadership and development for Plant Quality Managers, including coaching and succession planning.
• Governing the regional QMS and coordinating quality input to new products and process changes.
• Identify, assess, communicate, and mitigate risks affecting product quality and business performance.
• Establish and monitor regional quality performance measures and drive cost reductions.
• Ensure consistent product inspection, sampling, testing, data review, and disposition across plants.
• Lead internal quality audits, corrective actions, verification, and documentation.
• Support product and process development, capital projects, and efficiency improvements.
• Collaborate with R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, and Marketing across facilities.

Skills

Quality leadership

Manufacturing experience

Data interpretation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in forest products

Engineering, science, or quality related degree

Tools

SPC

SQC

FMEA

Root-cause analysis

Job description

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP Building Solutions) is a leading provider of high-performance building solutions that meet the demands of builders, remodelers, and homeowners worldwide. We manufacture engineered wood building products that include an extensive offering of innovative and dependable building materials and accessories. LP’s values-driven culture creates an environment where talented and hardworking people thrive in an ethical, inclusive, challenging, and rewarding place to work. Since our founding in 1972, we’ve developed careers and provided advancement opportunities in the building products industry. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, LP operates more than 20 facilities across North and South America. For more information, visit LPCorp.com.

Job Purpose

Lead the quality and technical functions for multiple manufacturing facilities within an assigned region, business unit, or product line. Ensure compliance with corporate quality standards and third-party certification requirements while driving consistent product performance, continuous improvement, process optimization, product and process development, and cost-effective manufacturing. Serve as the regional quality and technical leader responsible for translating business strategy into executable quality priorities.

In This Position You Will Have The Opportunity To

• Ensure plant quality department practices align with corporate, business, and site safety programs.
• Provide functional leadership and development for Plant Quality Managers, including coaching, mentoring, performance management input, succession planning, and capability building in partnership with Plant Managers.
• Lead and govern the regional Quality Management System (QMS) to ensure consistent product performance, standardized quality practices, certification maintenance, compliance, and continuous improvement across assigned facilities.
• Identify, assess, communicate, and mitigate risks affecting product quality, process capability, customer satisfaction, regulatory or certification compliance, and business performance.
• Establish and monitor regional quality performance measures, including customer complaints, warranty and claims performance, cost of poor quality, audit outcomes, certification compliance, process capability, and completion of continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure consistent product inspection, sampling, testing, data review, and disposition practices at each plant to support compliance, product assurance, cost reduction, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with internal requirements and external standards for finished-product quality, process changes, third-party certification, and control of nonconforming product.
• Support product and process development, equipment improvements, capital projects, manufacturing start-ups, cost reduction, and efficiency improvements across assigned facilities.
• Lead quality input to regional implementation of new products, material changes, process modifications, and technology transfers by coordinating activities among R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Sales and Marketing, and manufacturing facilities.
• Partner with Procurement and Supply Chain to establish, maintain, and improve supplier quality assurance programs and supplier performance expectations for the assigned region.
• Lead execution of regional internal quality audit programs. Ensure timely corrective action, verification of effectiveness, documentation, and closure of identified gaps.
• Assess capability needs and lead training programs that strengthen quality, technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills across the region.
• Ensure product and process changes are evaluated, approved, documented, and implemented in accordance with company requirements and applicable third-party certification procedures.
• Provide technical and quality support to Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, and Claims as requested. Maintain awareness of competitor products, technologies, manufacturing processes, and market trends.
• Participate in development of business strategy and lead execution of quality and technical initiatives supporting growth, operational excellence, customer satisfaction, risk reduction, and product leadership.
• As directed by the business team, participate in R&D planning for new products, platform extensions, raw-material changes, and process improvements.
• Lead analysis of product claims, customer complaints, warranty issues, and field performance data to identify systemic product or process deficiencies and implement effective corrective and preventive actions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What do I need to be successful?

• 10 or more years of manufacturing experience with progressively increasing responsibility in quality, process engineering, product development, operations, or technical leadership roles.
• At least 5 years of quality leadership experience and 5 years of supervisory or people-management experience.
• Experience supporting multiple manufacturing facilities or leading work across a region, business unit, or product line is preferred.
• Process engineering, product commercialization, supplier quality, claims analysis, and third-party certification experience are preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of quality management principles and systems, including quality assurance, quality control, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Statistical Quality Control (SQC), process capability, and continuous improvement.
• Working knowledge of structured root-cause analysis and corrective-action methods, such as 5 Why, cause-and-effect analysis, fault tree analysisand failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA).
• Demonstrated knowledge of wood-products manufacturing processes and the relationship between raw materials, equipment, process conditions, and finished-product performance.
• Knowledge of third-party product certification, regulatory compliance, audit practices, and change-control requirements relevant to the business.
• Demonstrated leadership, supervisory, coaching, and talent-development skills.
• Strong analytical and data-interpretation skills, including the ability to identify trends, evaluate risk, and convert findings into practical actions.
• Strong project-management, product-development, process-development, and change-management capabilities.
• Ability to influence and align cross-functional teams in a matrix organization.
• Well-developed interpersonal, facilitation, and training skills.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical and business risks to plant, functional, and senior leaders.
• Ability to work independently, establish priorities, and manage multiple facilities and initiatives.
• Proficiency with business, quality, statistical, and data-visualization software used by the organization.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in forest products, engineering, science, quality, manufacturing, or a related field required; an advanced degree in a related discipline is preferred.
• An equivalent combination of education, technical training, and directly relevant experience may be considered when it demonstrates the ability to perform the key responsibilities.

Work Environment

• Works frequently in active manufacturing environments and must comply with site-specific personal protective equipment and safety requirements
• Frequent travel to assigned manufacturing facilities, suppliers, customers, and other business locations is required.

LP offers competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits and programs including health and welfare benefits, 401(k) program, career mobility, tuition reimbursement, volunteer opportunities, profit sharing and more.