Quality Manager

R.L. Barclay & Associates; Marion (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

R.L. Barclay & Associates seeks a Quality Manager to oversee development, implementation and control of quality initiatives across product divisions.

You will drive ISO9001 and IATF16949 compliance, manage QMS procedures, and provide leadership on quality performance and continuous improvement. Responsibilities include coordinating audits, reporting to executive management, supporting product launches, and guiding root cause analysis to prevent recurrence.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and control quality initiatives including ISO9001 & IATF16949.
• Coordinate quality and customer satisfaction programs to meet objectives.
• Ensure QMS procedures are initialized and optimized and maintained.
• Monitor and report ISO9001, IATF16949 and quality performance.
• Design, implement and maintain Quality Policy goals and objectives.
• Schedule and conduct internal and external audits; review documentation.
• Provide technical assistance to formulate quality control procedures and systems.
• Provide executive management with reports on compliance, actions, problems and opportunities.
• Monitor KPIs with Leadership Team; report results.
• Assist with budgets and objectives for the Quality department.
• Support capital budgeting strategies and plan implementation.
• Assist with new product/material launches, scale-up and validation.
• Provide corrective and preventive actions to ensure continuous improvement.
• Troubleshoot quality problems and establish root cause analysis for corrective actions.

Skills

Quality management

ISO 9001

IATF 16949

QMS

Root cause analysis

KPIs

Audits

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

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.