Quality Manager

MA Automotive Tool & Die Ltd; East London; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive manufacturing company in Eastern Cape, South Africa, seeks a Quality Manager to develop and maintain quality systems. Responsibilities include managing subordinate performance, ensuring customer requirements, and continuous improvement of product quality. Ideal candidates will have extensive automotive industry experience and a relevant B-Tech degree in Quality Management.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience as a Quality Department Manager in a similar complex automotive manufacturing environment.
• Minimum 5 years experience on press tools or assembly process.
• Minimum 10 years experience in the Automotive Industry of similar complexity.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and maintain quality systems.
• Manage performance of subordinates.
• Maintain quality systems according to ISO & OEM requirements.

Skills

Excellence orientation

Customer orientation

Cooperation

Collaboration

Accountability

Leadership

Inter-cultural sensitivity

Communication

Adaptability

Auditing skills

Corrective actions

Computer literacy

Education

B-Tech degree in Quality Management or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Power BI

SAPR3

Job description

Job title: Quality Manager

Job Location: Eastern Cape, East London

Deadline: November 13, 2025

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Primary purpose of the job

• Reporting to the Plant Manager, this position requires the services of an individual to effectively develop, implement and maintain quality systems to ensure that all subordinates are working and performing according to the requirements as set out in their job descriptions and quality operating system procedures.
• Individuals with the skills and competencies below will be considered for this position.

Key Performance Areas

• Manage performance of subordinates.
• Maintain quality systems according to ISO & OEM system requirements.
• Ensure that all customer requirements are met.
• Continuous improvement of product quality and systems by analysing performance and implement corrective action when required.
• Establish and maintain Quality Department budget.
• Manage customer requests / complaints.
• Manage quality performance indicators.
• Train and mentor subordinates.
• Continuously improve QMS in-line with customer expectations.

Key Skills and Competencies

• Excellence orientation - high quality approach, self-starter, ability to work timeously with great quality and under pressure.
• Customer orientation - focus on internal and external needs to deliver best quality.
• Cooperation - show initiative and be a team player, proactive create a personal network.
• Collaboration - work in a collaborative manner with the other stakeholders within the MA team.
• Accountability - take responsibility for activities and decisions and be cognisant of all factors that impact the decision. Actively driving cost down.
• Leadership - be self-motivated, communicate effectively, display autonomy, coach and guide others.
• Inter-cultural sensitivity - ability to use the team diversity in the organisation to achieve goals.
• Communication - ability to express one-self and effectively share and communicate information to obtain buy-in.
• Adaptability - ability to adapt to technology changes, training gaps and implement solutions.
• Auditing skills - continuously develop and manage process / product audits & general audit reports with defined corrective action and timing.
• Corrective actions - support process department in the closing of 8D's and the evaluation of effectiveness.
• Computer literacy : Microsoft Office, Power BI, end-user knowledge of SAPR3.

Minimum Requirements

• B-Tech degree in Quality Management / or equivalent
• Total Quality Management
• ISO Standards (Standard Internal Auditor)
• Customer Standards and IATF
• Exposure to Lean Manufacturing Principles (preferably in automotive sector)
• Six Sigma Tools
• Root Cause analysis & Problem Solving / Core Tools understanding, implementation
• Minimum 5 year experience as a Quality Department Manager in a similar complex automotive manufacturing environment.
• Minimum 5 year experience on press tools or assembly process.
• Minimum 10 years experience in the Automotive Industry of similar complexity (preference will be given to candidates with extensive experience in car-building especially German-based factories).
• Working knowledge of the core quality aspects that we control (geometry, surface quality, structural integrity).
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