Quality Manager

Confident Search Consultants; Marion (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Confident Search Consultants seeks a Quality Manager to lead development, implementation and control of quality initiatives including ISO9001 and IATF16949 across product divisions. You will align site management with proactive QMS strategies and ensure compliance with safety guidelines.

Responsibilities include coordinating audits, maintaining certification schedules, delivering regular KPI reports to the leadership team, and driving continuous improvement through corrective actions and root

Qualifications

• Five+ years of experience as a Quality Manager in chemical manufacturing or similar.
• Experience implementing ISO9001 and IATF16949.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain Quality Management System (QMS).
• Strong audit coordination and reporting capabilities.
• Ability to drive continuous improvement through corrective actions and root cause analysis.

Responsibilities

• Ensure implementation and evolution of safety guidelines and procedures.
• Coordinate all quality programs to meet objectives and customer satisfaction.
• Maintain certification schedules and conduct internal/external audits and documentation reviews.
• Provide technical assistance to formulate new or revised quality control procedures and systems.
• Provide management with regular reports on compliance status, actions, issues and opportunities.
• Establish local budgets and objectives for the Quality department.
• Support new product launches, scale-up and validation.
• Drive corrective and preventive actions and root cause analysis for quality issues.

Skills

Quality management

ISO 9001

IATF16949

Audits

Root cause analysis

Continuous improvement

Budgeting

Leadership

Reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Job description

The Quality Manager is responsible for the development, implementation and control of quality related initiatives including ISO9001 & IATF16949, as well as other Quality Management System (QMS) requirements. In cooperation with site management, responsible for the quality assurance and control functions throughout all Product divisions and the implementation of proactive quality management systems.

• Ensure implementation and evolution of safety guidelines and procedures.
• Coordinate all quality related and total customer satisfaction programs to meet objectives.
• Insurance of all QMS relevant procedures are initialized and optimized.
• Monitor and report ISO9001, IATF16949 and quality performance.
• Overall responsibilities to design, implement, and maintain Quality Policy program to establish quality goals and objectives.
• Establish all certification schedules and activities including internal and external audits, as well as documentation review.
• Provide local site management with technical assistance required to formulate new or revised quality control procedures and systems.
• Provide executive management with regular reports regarding compliance status, specific action items, problems and opportunities.
• Monitor and report quality performance KPIs with members of Leadership Team.
• Establish and meet local budgets and operational goals and objectives.
• Help to implement strategy, processes and activities related to capital budgeting and plan implementation for the Quality department.
• Support new product and raw-material launches, scale-up, and validation of products.
• Provide corrective and preventive techniques to ensure continuous improvement.
• Troubleshoot quality problems and establish root cause analysis to develop corrective action.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related majors as required.
• Five or more years of experience as a Quality Manager in a Chemical manufacturing environment or similar.