Quality Assurance Manager

Guided Search Partners; Shelbyville (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Guided Search Partners is assisting a multi-billion packaging company in finding a Senior Quality Manager to lead a large department. The role will oversee a team of about 50 and drive a high-standard quality program, including SQF audits and strategic execution for 2026.

Ideal candidates bring Green Belt, data-driven mindset, and strong presentation skills to communicate root cause analyses and corrective actions across functions.

Qualifications

• Green Belt Certification or equivalent utilization of problem solving techniques.
• Statistically driven and highly data focused.
• QMS audit and compliance.
• Customer focused and ability to create in-depth presentations.
• Customer complaint resolution, root cause and justification.

Responsibilities

• Lead a department of about 50, driving excellence and continuous improvement.
• Maintain and improve SQF audit performance toward 97+ scores.
• Execute the 2026 plan with cross-functional collaboration.

Skills

Green Belt

Data-driven mindset

Customer focus

Root cause analysis

Presentation skills

Tools

Minitab

QMS software

Job description

Guided Search Partners is an Executive Search firm that is built on the principles of Trust, Transparency, Specialization, and True Long-term Relationships. Our goal is to provide the best experience for both our clients and candidates. We specialize in delivering the upper echelon of candidates in the markets that we serve.

Opportunity Description

Our client is a multi billion dollar packaging manufacturing company serving the most well known brands in the world. Internally and externally their is an expectation of excellence and they are accustomed to delivering.

Due to an internal promotion we are looking for a Senior Quality manager to take over a large department. With a team of 50, an SQF audit score of 97 and a well mapped out plan of execution for the remainder of 2026, this Manager will have an excellent start.

Qualifications

• Green Belt Certification or equivalent utilization of problem solving techniques
• Statistically driven and highly data focused - Minitab
• QMS audit and compliance
• Customer focused and ability to create in-depth presentations
• Customer complaint resolution, root cause and justification