Senior Quality Manager: Lead 50+ Team with Data-Driven QA

Guided Search Partners; Shelbyville (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Guided Search Partners is assisting a multi-billion packaging company in finding a Senior Quality Manager to lead a large department. The role will oversee a team of about 50 and drive a high-standard quality program, including SQF audits and strategic execution for 2026.

Ideal candidates bring Green Belt, data-driven mindset, and strong presentation skills to communicate root cause analyses and corrective actions across functions.

Qualifications

• Green Belt Certification or equivalent utilization of problem solving techniques.
• Statistically driven and highly data focused.
• QMS audit and compliance.
• Customer focused and ability to create in-depth presentations.
• Customer complaint resolution, root cause and justification.

Responsibilities

• Lead a department of about 50, driving excellence and continuous improvement.
• Maintain and improve SQF audit performance toward 97+ scores.
• Execute the 2026 plan with cross-functional collaboration.

Skills

Green Belt

Data-driven mindset

Customer focus

Root cause analysis

Presentation skills

Tools

Minitab

QMS software

Job description

Guided Search Partners is assisting a multi-billion packaging company in finding a Senior Quality Manager to lead a large department. The role will oversee a team of about 50 and drive a high-standard quality program, including SQF audits and strategic execution for 2026.

Ideal candidates bring Green Belt, data-driven mindset, and strong presentation skills to communicate root cause analyses and corrective actions across functions.