Quality Team Lead: Coaching, Improvement & Excellence

Generac; Belvidere (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Generac is seeking a senior quality leader to supervise and develop a team of quality professionals at our Belvidere, IL facility. You will set expectations, coach staff, manage performance, and drive a multi-year plan from quality control toward excellence.

You will lead resource planning within budget, coordinate with other departments, and foster a continuous improvement culture across the site. You will also direct inspection, testing, supplier quality, and internal audits to ensure products

Responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate activities of assigned quality professionals.
• Coach and develop staff.
• Set clear expectations to inspire and motivate the team.
• Manage performance-- recognizing achievement, providing feedback and administering progressive discipline.
• Define resource needs and work within budget and staffing parameters to accomplish objectives.
• Promote a continuous improvement environment by providing leadership and direction for facility teams.
• Facilitate communication and interaction between team members and other areas resolving differences and/or conflict situations effectively.
• Execute a multi-year quality improvement plan to climb the value chain from Quality Control to Quality Assurance to Excellence.
• Provide direction and assistance to the Quality Team for prioritizing inspection tasks.
• Support changes in procedures, process, technology, responsibility, and assignments.
• Gather and analyze product data and use the data to lead improvement initiatives to reduce the potential for defects.
• Set quality expectations of the organization to satisfy the requirements of our customers.
• Present quality metrics and analysis regularly to senior management team and external customers.
• Develop and modify inspection sampling plans based on supplier performance. Support the resolution of supplier quality issues.
• Guide Generac sourcing, purchasing, and corporate quality personnel with the establishment of supplier expectations and objectives.
• Direct policy and procedure for inspection and testing activities to ensure continuous control over materials, facilities, and products.
• Create and deploy standard Generac tools, methodologies and standards.
• Ensure test/ inspection integrity (MSA/ GR&R).
• Manage audits/assessments of processes and quality systems (ISO, internal audit, etc.).

Job description

Generac is seeking a senior quality leader to supervise and develop a team of quality professionals at our Belvidere, IL facility. You will set expectations, coach staff, manage performance, and drive a multi-year plan from quality control toward excellence.

You will lead resource planning within budget, coordinate with other departments, and foster a continuous improvement culture across the site. You will also direct inspection, testing, supplier quality, and internal audits to ensure products