Senior Quality Leader — Manufacturing Excellence

Jobot; Beloit (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobot is seeking a Senior Quality Manager for a highly visible manufacturing leadership role. You will shape and strengthen the Quality Management System, build a proactive quality culture, and partner across engineering, operations, and supply chain to improve manufacturing performance and supplier quality.

This hands-on leader will drive system-wide quality improvements, develop the quality team, and ensure compliance with ISO 9001 while aligning quality initiatives with business goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Quality Engineering, or a related field.
• 5 to 10+ years of progressive quality leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience with ISO 9000 / ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems.
• Strong working knowledge of AIAG standards, PPAP, APQP, SPC, and MSA.
• Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, 6S, statistical analysis, and continuous improvement tools.
• Experience with supplier quality management, vendor development, incoming inspection, and corrective action processes.
• Experience working in highly regulated quality environments.
• Experience in automated, complex, or highly engineered manufacturing environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop the quality organization to ensure alignment with company goals, customer expectations, and performance standards.
• Create a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and proactive quality ownership across all functions.
• Prioritize quality initiatives using 80/20 principles to maximize impact on cost of quality, customer satisfaction, and operational performance.
• Define, standardize, and deploy Critical to Quality specifications across products, processes, suppliers, and manufacturing operations.
• Serve as a key liaison between internal teams, customers, and vendors to align quality expectations and technical requirements.
• Ensure quality standards are clearly documented and maintained within Standard Work Instructions and QMS documentation.
• Maintain and continuously improve the ISO 9000 / ISO 9001 compliant Quality Management System, including document control, audit readiness, and process adherence.
• Ensure processes consistently meet customer, regulatory, internal, and industry quality standards.
• Protect the integrity of the QMS during process changes, continuous improvement initiatives, and new product or equipment introductions.
• Lead supplier quality strategy, including vendor qualification, supplier performance monitoring, corrective actions, and supplier development.
• Implement and manage supplier scorecards, incoming inspection processes, and AQL methodologies.
• Standardize supplier quality expectations and drive continuous improvement across the supply base.
• Partner with Engineering and Operations to improve defect prevention, process capability, manufacturing simplification, and production quality.
• Implement poka-yoke and error-proofing methods to eliminate non-conformances and improve first-pass yield.
• Lead capability studies, validation activities, new equipment qualification, and SPC deployment across production processes.
• Lead structured root cause and corrective action efforts using RCCM methodologies.
• Support Engineering Change Notice processes and ensure quality considerations are built into process and product changes.
• Champion Lean, Six Sigma, statistical methods, and continuous improvement tools to reduce waste, improve quality performance, and prevent recurrence of issues.
• Oversee incoming, progressive, in-process, and final inspection processes to ensure product conformance.
• Implement robust testing and validation processes for products, equipment, and manufacturing systems.
• Ensure compliance with PSO, SAT/FAT, PPAP, and related customer, supplier, and product introduction requirements.
• Define, monitor, and report key quality metrics, including cost of quality, first-pass yield, scrap, warranty, non-conformance trends, returns, and corrective actions.
• Analyze quality data to identify risks, drive corrective actions, and support achievement of KPI targets.
• Maintain accurate records of quality performance, non-conformances, scrap, warranty claims, and corrective actions.
• Lead response and resolution for customer quality issues and warranty claims.
• Ensure timely root cause analysis, corrective action, and communication to maintain customer satisfaction.
• Track and reduce field failures through structured feedback loops into engineering, design, manufacturing, and supplier processes.
• Partner with Design, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Operations, and ERP teams to integrate quality into all processes.
• Align quality execution with production schedules, delivery deadlines, engineering requirements, and customer commitments.
• Support the digital integration of quality data within ERP or MES environments where applicable.
• Train and develop personnel in quality tools, statistical methods, SPC, QMS requirements, inspection processes, and structured problem-solving.
• Build team capability and promote knowledge sharing, best practices, and quality ownership across departments.

Skills

Quality leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Lean Six Sigma

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing/Industrial/Mechanical/Systems/Quality Engineering

Tools

AIAG standards

PPAP

APQP

SPC

MSA

Job description

Jobot is seeking a Senior Quality Manager for a highly visible manufacturing leadership role. You will shape and strengthen the Quality Management System, build a proactive quality culture, and partner across engineering, operations, and supply chain to improve manufacturing performance and supplier quality.

This hands-on leader will drive system-wide quality improvements, develop the quality team, and ensure compliance with ISO 9001 while aligning quality initiatives with business goals.