Quality Manager

Tenneco Inc.; Tennessee; Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenneco Inc. in Tennessee is seeking a Quality Manager to lead the site’s quality function, aligning manufacturing goals with customer requirements and enterprise standards.

You will champion the Quality Management System, drive continuous improvement, mentor staff, and ensure supplier and process quality through audits and corrective actions.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and 3–5 years of leadership experience in manufacturing quality, with a proactive, ownership mindset.

Qualifications

• Min 3-5 years leading a Quality function in a manufacturing environment.
• Strategic vision and communication skills related to Quality Manufacturing Systems engagement.
• Proven experience pursuing operational excellence within Quality Management.
• Ownership, proactive approach.

Responsibilities

• Acts as the Champion of the quality function and drives the business to meet or exceed its quality goals.
• Drives compliance with the Quality Management System & necessary industry certifications (IATF) in line with Tenneco’s global quality objectives, ensuring that businesses/manufacturing processes and metrics are aligned to create high product quality and maintains our competitive advantage.
• Supervises and directs the activities of the Quality Assurance Department, including establishing and operating within department budgets and regularly auditing quality processes.
• Interacts with customers concerning plant certification, complaints, corrective action required from either and provides appropriate follow up.
• Implements procedures for inspection of incoming raw materials and components and review quality problems with vendors. Provides supplier surveillance assistance as required.
• Training and mentoring staff on quality standards, processes, and procedures.

Skills

Quality leadership

Strategic vision

Communication skills

Ownership

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

Job description

At Tenneco, we don’t follow industry standards; we set them, and we don’t settle for being best-in-class because we hustle to be better than best-in-class. Whether it’s our Core Values–radical candor, simplify, organizational velocity, tenacious execution and win–or our Get Stuff Done (GSD) mindset, we’re determined to become the most trusted partner and best manufacturer and distributor to the transportation industry.

How do we make it happen?Through the Tenneco Way. Fueled by our Core Values, a winning mindset and a relentless commitment to excellence, the Tenneco Way is how we win. It’s what keeps Team Tenneco bold, driven, and unapologetically focused on pushing past limits and redefining success.

Here, you’ll work alongside a team of relentless problem-solvers who are committed to making a tangible impact. If you’re ready to break boundaries, deliver results, and enjoy the ride along the way, you’ll thrive here.

The Quality Manager ensures manufacturing quality leadership at the site, aligning plant strategic goals to Quality requirements. This role leads improvement objectives consistent with Tenneco’s enterprise-wide standards. You will leverage your technical and operational knowledge in manufacturing quality control systems to ensure Tenneco products meet required customer standards.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Acts as the Champion of the quality function and drives the business to meet or exceed its quality goals.
• Drives compliance with the Quality Management System & necessary industry certifiactions (IATF) in line with Tenneco’s global quality objectives, ensuring that businesses/manufacturing processes and metrics are aligned to create high product quality and maintains our competitive advantage.
• Supervises and directs the activities of the Quality Assurance Department, including establishing and operating within department budgets and regularly auditing quality processes.
• Interacts with customers concerning plant certification, complaints, corrective action required from either and provides appropriate follow up.
• Implements procedures for inspection of incoming raw materials and components and review quality problems with vendors. Provides supplier surveillance assistance as required.
• Training and mentoring staff on quality standards, processes, and procedures.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
• Min 3-5 years of experience in leading a Quality function/ program within a manufacturing environment
• Strategic vision and communication skills related to Quality Manufacturing Systems engagement
• Proven experiene pursuing operational excellence within Quality Management
• Ownership, proactive approach

We don’t want average. We want exceptional. We want someone who’s hungry to build, unafraid to challenge, and bold enough to lead with empathy, speed, and precision.

Equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.