Quality Manager

Molex; Hudson (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Molex in Hudson, WI is seeking a Quality Manager to lead the quality team in a fast-moving optical connectivity operation focused on NPI and volume production. You will drive continuous improvement, ensure ISO 9001 compliance, manage audits, and align quality goals with manufacturing realities, working with cross-functional teams to deliver products that meet customer expectations.

The role requires 5+ years in quality leadership, familiarity with cGMP/regulatory standards, and a proven track

Qualifications

• 5+ years directly related experience in quality or a regulated industry.
• 5+ years experience in a leadership role.
• Associates degree or higher.
• Knowledge of current good manufacturing practice (cGMP).
• Knowledge of quality tools, such as SPC, design of experiment (DOE), root cause analysis.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction and leadership to the Quality department, including people management and fostering a collaborative team environment.
• Serve as the Management Representative to ensure compliance with internal policies, customer requirements, and quality systems.
• Devise and implement quality systems/procedures that support continuous improvement and operational consistency.
• Ensure compliance with ISO 9001 quality system requirements.
• Facilitate management review activity and resource planning to meet customer needs.
• Develop procedures and train coordinators to uphold quality across shifts.

Skills

Quality management

Leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Process improvement

Quality tools (SPC, DOE, RCA)

Audits

Education

Associates degree or higher

Job description

Molex is seeking a Quality Manager for our Hudson, WI site — a focused, fast-moving facility that serves the rapidly growing Optical Connectivity business through New Product Introduction (NPI) and volume production. This role will manage, lead, and coordinate the activities of the quality team with the goal of maximizing company profitability by providing products that meet customer expectations. Create and implement quality systems/procedures that provide continuous improvement methodology supporting manufacturing, support groups, and ensure customer satisfaction is maintained.

You will lead the quality department in a scaling manufacturing environment that produces high-quality optical connectivity products employing fiber termination, die cutting, surface mount electronics, and light assembly technologies. The site offers end-to-end NPI industrialization, high-speed manufacturing capabilities, and serves as a global Center of Excellence for process and automation technologies.

Our Team

At Molex, our goal is to create value for others. We empower every team member to hear, feel and see the quality in every action we take. By incorporating quality into the design of products, processes, and predicting potential quality problems before manufacturing and delivering the product, we can create mutual benefit. The leading task of quality control involves enforcing the use of specified processes and materials, ensuring the qualification of operators and equipment, and making a series of planned measurements to determine if quality standards are being met.

We use innovation, engineering excellence, commitment to quality and reliability and superior customer experience to improve communications, elevate experiences, and engage and inspire people everywhere.

What You Will Do

• Provide direction and leadership to the Quality department, including people management as follows: personnel management, managing performance, team career development, fostering open communication in all directions, ensuring team is aligned with and accomplishing goals/objectives, applicable administrative processing, and fostering a team environment
• Serve as the Management Representative, whose primary responsibility is to ensure that the facility meets internal policies and requirements, customer requirements, and facility specific quality systems
• Devise and implement quality systems/procedures that provide continuous improvement methodology supporting manufacturing and operational consistency
• Ensure compliance with ISO 9001 quality system requirements
• Facilitate management review activity
• Identify and develop resources required to support customers’ product-specific needs and requirements
• Work with management to establish quality goals and objectives
• Develop procedures, processes, and provide leadership to Training Coordinators on each shift

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• 5+ years directly related experience in quality or a regulated industry
• 5+ years experience in a leadership role

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience with FDA, international regulations, and/or ISO standards
• Experience navigating and leading customer or regulatory body audits
• Associates degree or higher
• Knowledge of current good manufacturing practice (cGMP)
• Knowledge of quality tools, such as SPC, design of experiment (DOE), root cause analysis

This position is not eligible for VISA Sponsorship.

In order to comply with U.S. export control laws and regulations, this position requires applicants to either provide proof of U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent resident status or be eligible to receive an export authorization (a license) under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and/or the Export Administration Regulations.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how ourbusiness philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our benefits plan includes:

• medical
• dental
• vision
• flexible spending and health savings accounts
• life insurance
• ADD
• disability
• retirement
• paid vacation/time off
• educational assistance
• infertility assistance
• paid parental leave
• adoption assistance

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify.