Regional Quality Manager

RESRG Automotive; Troy (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

medical

dental

vision

flexible spending and health savings

life insurance

ADD

disability

retirement

paid vacation/time off

educational assistance

paid parental leave and adoption aid

Job summary

RESRG Automotive is seeking a Regional Quality Manager to drive manufacturing quality across multiple plants, establishing common standards and improving COPQ. You will collaborate with Quality, Operations, Engineering, and Manufacturing teams to identify systemic issues and implement root-cacuse solutions at scale.

The role is hands-on, plant-facing and requires frequent on-site presence to replicate best practices and build regional capability. Travel is a core part of the job.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or related field.
• 7+ years of progressive quality experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong automotive manufacturing experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading structured problem-solving and continuous improvement activities.
• Strong working knowledge of IATF 16949 and automotive core tools, including APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, Control Plans, SPC, and MSA.
• Demonstrated ability to reduce scrap, defects, waste, and cost of poor quality.
• Ability to travel regularly among regional manufacturing facilities.

Responsibilities

• Establish and deploy common quality standards and expectations across manufacturing locations.
• Identify best practices within individual plants and standardize them across the region.
• Improve consistency in quality processes, documentation, reporting, and manufacturing controls.
• Support compliance with IATF 16949, customer-specific requirements, and internal quality standards.
• Partner with plant leadership to identify quality risks and close systemic gaps.
• Build plant capability in structured problem-solving methodologies, including 8D, A3, 5 Why, Fishbone, and root cause analysis.
• Coach Quality Managers, Engineers, Operations leaders, and frontline teams on effective problem solving.
• Facilitate complex or recurring problem-solving activities when additional regional support is needed.
• Ensure corrective actions address true root causes and are sustained over time.
• Create mechanisms to share lessons learned and prevent repeat issues across facilities.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives to reduce scrap, rework, defects, waste, and COPQ.
• Use quality and operational data to identify the largest opportunities for improvement.
• Support plant locations in developing measurable improvement plans and tracking results.
• Identify recurring issues across locations and drive regional countermeasures.
• Partner with Operations and Engineering to eliminate quality-related process waste.
• Spend significant time at plant locations assessing processes and supporting improvement activity.
• Provide hands-on support for significant quality or manufacturing issues.
• Assist plants with customer complaints, containment, corrective actions, and systemic quality issues.
• Support APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, Control Plans, SPC, MSA, and Layered Process Audits where needed.
• Help underperforming sites establish disciplined quality improvement plans.

Skills

Problem-solving

Leadership

Data-driven decision-making

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Quality/Manufacturing

Tools

IATF 16949

APQP

PPAP

PFMEA

Control Plans

SPC

MSA

Job description

At the interface of design, engineering and supply logistics, REHAU Automotive and SRG Global combine to form RESRG - a leading global supplier of coated exterior systems and components. With a combined track record of over 160 years across four continents and 22 production sites, RESRG's 10,000 skilled team members manufacture the latest exterior systems and components for the world’s leading automotive manufacturers.

RESRG Automotive is seeking you to join our team as a Regional Quality Manager!

Your Job

The RegionalQuality Manager is responsible for improving manufacturing quality performance across multiple plant locations. This is a hands-on, plant-facing role focused on establishing common quality standards, strengthening problem-solving capability, and driving sustainable improvements in scrap, waste, defects, and cost of poor quality.

The Quality Manager will work directly with plant Quality, Operations, Engineering, and Manufacturing teams to identify systemic issues, implement common processes, and build the capability of site teams to solve problems at the root cause.

This position will spend significant time within the manufacturing facilities, working alongside plant teams to improve processes and ensure successful practices are replicated across the region.

What You Will Do in Your Role

• Establish and deploy common quality standards and expectations across manufacturing locations.
• Identify best practices within individual plants and standardize them across the region.
• Improve consistency in quality processes, documentation, reporting, and manufacturing controls.
• Support compliance with IATF 16949, customer-specific requirements, and internal quality standards.
• Partner with plant leadership to identify quality risks and close systemic gaps.
• Build plant capability in structured problem-solving methodologies, including 8D, A3, 5 Why, Fishbone, and root cause analysis.
• Coach Quality Managers, Engineers, Operations leaders, and frontline teams on effective problem solving.
• Facilitate complex or recurring problem-solving activities when additional regional support is needed.
• Ensure corrective actions address true root causes and are sustained over time.
• Create mechanisms to share lessons learned and prevent repeat issues across facilities.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives to reduce scrap, rework, defects, waste, and Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ).
• Use quality and operational data to identify the largest opportunities for improvement.
• Support plant locations in developing measurable improvement plans and tracking results.
• Identify recurring issues across locations and drive regional countermeasures.
• Partner with Operations and Engineering to eliminate quality-related process waste.
• Spend significant time at plant locations assessing processes and supporting improvement activity.
• Provide hands-on support for significant quality or manufacturing issues.
• Assist plants with customer complaints, containment, corrective actions, and systemic quality issues.
• Support APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, Control Plans, SPC, MSA, and Layered Process Audits where needed.
• Help underperforming sites establish disciplined quality improvement plans.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or related field preferred.
• 7+ years of progressive quality experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong automotive manufacturing experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading structured problem-solving and continuous improvement activities.
• Strong working knowledge of IATF 16949 and automotive core tools, including APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, Control Plans, SPC, and MSA.
• Demonstrated ability to reduce scrap, defects, waste, and cost of poor quality.
• Ability to coach and influence plant teams without relying solely on direct reporting authority.
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills.
• Ability to travel regularly among regional manufacturing facilities.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience supporting multiple manufacturing locations.
• Experience with injection molding, paint, plating, or automotive exterior components.
• Six Sigma Green Belt/Black Belt, ASQ certification, or equivalent structured problem-solving experience.
• VDA 6.3 experience.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most.

• medical
• dental
• vision
• flexible spending and health savings accounts
• life insurance
• ADD
• disability
• retirement
• paid vacation/time off
• educational assistance
• paid parental leave and adoption assistance

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify.