Quality Manager

United Employment Group; Minnesota; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

United Employment Group, Inc. seeks a quality-focused leader to manage quality practices and ensure the Quality Management System complies with customer and regulatory requirements.

You will monitor key processes, engage with customers and suppliers, and guide cross-functional teams on FMEA, control plans, and product launch readiness. The role emphasizes continuous improvement, problem resolution (8D or equivalent), and developing the operational quality team while maintaining cost of quality.

Qualifications

• Manages quality practices and delivers operational performance.
• Ensures the Quality Management System conforms to customer, internal, ISO 9001, IATF16949, VDA and regulatory requirements.
• Monitors and reviews processes that impact organizational performance.

Responsibilities

• Engage with customers, employees, contractors, and outsourcing firms to develop product/process requirements.
• Lead cross-functional team on integration of process flows, FMEA, control plans, and FTP from initial versions to production.
• Support APQP to ensure effective product launches.
• Drive continuous improvement across the organization.
• Manage the problem resolution process (8D or client variant) and meet deadlines.
• Represent the organization during visits to customer and vendor facilities.
• Correspond with customers about audit results, rejected material and other technical matters.
• Develop and upgrade the operational quality team's capabilities and control cost of quality.

Skills

Quality Management

APQP

FMEA

Control Plans

8D Problem Solving

IATF16949

ISO 9001

Cross-functional Leadership

Job description

Job Description

Job Description

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing quality practices and delivering operational performance; improving existing processes by implementing best practices and systems.
• Ensure the organization’s Quality Management System conforms to customer, internal, ISO 9001, IATF16949, VDA and regulatory/legal requirements.
• Manage the monitoring, measurement, and review of internal and external processes that impact the performance of the organization’s objectives.
• Engage with customers, employees, contractors, and outsourcing firms to develop and maintain product/process requirements.
• Develop and lead a cross‑functional team on the proper integration of process flows, FMEA's, control plans, and FTP from initial versions through production versions.
• Support advanced product quality planning (APQP) to ensure effective product launches.
• Make recommendations, plans, and suggestions that promote continuous improvement throughout the organization.
• Responsible for the problem resolution process, whether an internal or customer identified issue, including ensuring deadlines are met and using standard reporting tools (8D or a customer specified variant).
• Act as an organization representative, including visiting customer and vendor facilities.
• Responsible for correspondence with customers concerning audit results, customer rejected material and other technical matters.
• Develop and upgrade the talent of the operational quality team. Responsible for maintaining the cost of quality process and driving improvement on this metric.

Company Description

United Employment Group, Inc. is a search and placement firm specializing in Concrete Products and Construction, Metals, Refrigeration, Engineering/Surveying and Plastic Industries.

Company Description

United Employment Group, Inc. is a search and placement firm specializing in Concrete Products and Construction, Metals, Refrigeration, Engineering/Surveying and Plastic Industries.