Quality Manager

True North Consultants, Inc.; Marion (OH); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

True North Consultants, Inc. in Marion, Ohio is seeking a Quality Manager to lead the development, implementation, and control of quality initiatives across all product divisions at our Marion site. You will drive QMS programs, including ISO 9001 and IATF 16949, and ensure persistent quality performance.

You will coordinate audits, provide regular leadership reports, and support budgeting, strategic planning, and continuous improvement efforts within the Quality department.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related majors is required.
• Five+ years of experience as a Quality Manager in a chemical manufacturing environment or similar.
• Experience with ISO 9001 and IATF16949 and QMS implementation is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and control quality initiatives including ISO9001 and IATF16949.
• Coordinate quality programs to meet site objectives and customer satisfaction.
• Ensure QMS procedures are established and optimized.
• Monitor ISO9001, IATF16949 and quality performance and audits.
• Provide executive reports on compliance status and opportunities.
• Support budgeting and strategic planning for the Quality department.
• Assist with product launches, scale-up, and validation.
• Provide corrective and preventive action to ensure continuous improvement.
• Lead root cause analysis for quality issues.

Skills

Quality management

ISO 9001

IATF16949

Audits

Root cause analysis

Budgeting

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related majors

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.