Sr Quality Manager

Job Description:

Job Description

Sr Quality Manager

Location: Byhalia/Olive Branch, MS

All our teams touch every step of the process, that is why our Operations teams are some of the key contributors to our continuous innovations. The fast-paced, agile environment continuously delivers disruptive technologies by providing every team with the resources needed to excel and working directly with End Users to understand how to deliver heavy duty products with high performance. We create Best in Class products by leveraging advanced analysis tools, extensive testing regimes, state-of-the-art manufacturing processes and cross-functional agility. To learn more about the Milwaukee story and our company click HERE.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a culture anchored on Milwaukee’s core values:  Candid | User Focused, Solution Driven| Speed, Agility, and Urgency | Relentless Improvement | Extreme Ownership | One Team Mentality | Disruptive Mindset
• Create and maintain environments that are obsessed with providing world-class quality engineering disciplines in coordination with sister plants, corporate counterparts, and support organizations.
• Continually develop the Quality Engineering teams themselves, increasing their skills as educators and professionals.
• Participate in and ensure proper day-to-day leadership of the Quality Engineering workforce.
• Key contributor in developing strategy for manufacturing and returns quality.
• Actively collaborate with in-plant and corporate counterparts to implement the new- product-development process.
• Provide day to day support for onsite quality leaders in each location.  Lead or assist with problem solving to minimize downtime and ensure safety and quality.
• Own strategic quality planning for overall manufacturing and returns operations.  Collaborate closely with corporate Quality to execute.
• Own overall NPD site readiness for returns operations.
• Create and implement a robust process quality regimen, including audits, root causes, corrective and preventive actions.
• Point of Contact for all quality operations in manufacturing & returns process.
• Oversees parts quality efforts in the plant.
  • NCMR/CAR/SCAR process management
  • QPH/MRB management
• Manages near miss program

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Electrical Engineering, Operations Management
  • Lean / Six Sigma certification or training is highly desired
• 5-7+ years experience in production-related engineering.
  • Experience with new product development is highly desired.
  • Experience in a manufacturing environment is highly desired.
• 3-5+ years experience leading people.
• Demonstrated success in:
  • Creating a high performing engineering organization centered around a strong company culture.
  • Working cross-functionally with geographically distributed support functions and sister plants performing similar activities.
  • Leading multiple teams in multiple different sites
• Solid communication skills, both written and verbal are required
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products is required (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, TEAMS)

Milwaukee Tool is an equal opportunity employer.