Quality Manager (Advanced Flex Technologies)

Qnity; Towanda (Bradford County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Qnity is seeking a Quality Assurance Manager to lead the QA team at the Towanda, PA plant within the Advanced Flex Technologies group. This role manages audits, KPI reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure product quality and compliance with ISO 9001 standards.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree in a technical field, 7+ years in quality/manufacturing, 2+ years of supervisory experience, and hands-on use of Minitab/JMP, DOE, and Control charts to drive defect reduction

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a technical field.
• 7+ years' experience in Quality or Manufacturing.
• 2+ years supervising staff.
• Experience with ISO 9001 audits.
• Proficiency with DOE and statistical methods.
• Experience with Minitab or JMP.
• Strong leadership and troubleshooting skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve ISO 9001 quality system.
• Schedule and perform internal audits.
• Provide monthly quality KPIs and reports.
• Coordinate new quality methods to meet customer needs.
• Ensure high customer satisfaction and timely responses.
• Review product conformance to specs.
• Analyze yields and drive improvements via SPC.
• Prepare reports from scrap and quality docs; propose changes.
• Coordinate resources for metrology MSA and GRR studies.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Manufacturing on process variables.
• Control non-conformances; oversee MRB.
• Drive quality ownership to reduce defects.

Skills

Leadership

Troubleshooting

DOE

Control charts

ANOVA

Gage R&R

ISO9001

Auditing

Data-driven

MS Office

ERP systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science/Engineering, or related technical discipline

7+ years’ experience in Quality/Manufacturing

2+ years in managing direct reports

ISO9001 lead auditor certification (preferred)

Tools

Minitab

JMP

Job description

Are you looking to power the next leap in the exciting world of advanced electronics? Do you want to help solve problems that drive success in the rapidly evolving technology and connectivity landscape? Then bring your problem-solving, passion, and creativity to help us power the next leap in electronics.

At Qnity, we’re more than a global leader in materials and solutions for advanced electronics and high-tech industries – we’re a tight-knit team that is motivated by new possibilities, and always up for a challenge. All our dedicated teams contribute to making cutting‑edge technology possible. We value forward‑thinking challengers, boundary‑pushers, and diverse perspectives across all our departments, because we know we play a critical role in the world enabling faster progress for all. Learn how you can start or jump-start your career with us.

Qnity Electronics is seeking a Quality Assurance Manager to join our team within the Advanced Flex Technologies (AFT) group. This role will be responsible for managing the Quality Assurance team at the Towanda, PA plant including performance evaluations and goal setting, responsible for assigned process improvements initiatives, KPI’s and plant quality objectives.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and strategically improve the ISO 9001 quality management system in compliance with site and organization directives.
• Schedule and conduct internal audits as required to comply with quality management system requirements.
• Provide monthly quality performance reports and KPI.
• Use specialized Quality Engineering knowledge to coordinate and initiate new quality methods to meet current and future customer requirements, planned organization objectives, and improved production capabilities and standards.
• Ensure highest levels of customer satisfaction are maintained for customer quality and customer complaint responsiveness
• Review conformance of products to specifications and control limits.
• Evaluate product yields and drive improvement activities via usage of Statistical Process Control methodologies
• Coordinate the preparation of reports from scrap, process control plans and quality procedures. Recommend changes to methods, equipment and personnel to improve quality and reduce costs. Discuss and resolve quality concerns with other departments.
• Coordinate resources for quality control to drive metrology MSA and GRR studies.
• Work with Engineering and manufacturing to review pre and post production process variables, problem areas, required inspection tooling, and required documentation.
• Control non-conformance both externally and internally including material non-conformance. Initiate, implement and verify corrective actions. This includes oversight to company MRB/Nonconforming processes.
• Work with engineering and manufacturing to reduce inspection percentage while decreasing defects via quality ownership (e.g., increased operator/setup involvement) and quality prevention initiatives.

Education/Experience/Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science/Engineering, or a related technical discipline is required.
• Minimum of 7 years’ related experience in Quality and/or Manufacturing.
• Two plus years in managing direct reports.
• Experience using a statistical software program (e.g., Minitab, JMP™) is required
• Demonstrated understanding of statistical techniques including DOE, Control Charts, MSA, Gage R&R, ANOVA is required.
• Audit experience to the requirements of ISO9001; ISO9001 lead auditor certification is preferred.
• Strong troubleshooting skills.
• Strong leadership skills.
• MS Office, ERP systems experience, data driven individual.

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