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Quality Manager

Wilsonart
Posted 5 months ago, valid for 12 days
Location

Temple, TX 76508, US

Salary

Competitive

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The role requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field and a minimum of 4+ years of experience in quality, manufacturing, or process improvement leadership roles.
  • Candidates should have at least 3 years of people leadership experience and a proven ability to coach and develop teams.
  • Key responsibilities include leading efforts to reduce defects, managing customer quality performance, and driving proactive quality approaches in a manufacturing environment.
  • The position emphasizes the use of data and structured problem-solving to improve product quality and customer satisfaction.
  • The salary for this role is competitive and commensurate with experience.
Role Summary
  • Lead efforts to reduce internal defects, scrap, rework, and customer complaints by driving root cause problem solving, corrective and preventive actions, process audits, and quality improvement initiatives.

  • Work closely with operations, engineering, maintenance, and support teams to identify risks early, improve process capability, and strengthen quality at the source throughout the plant.

  • Use data, trend analysis, and structured problem solving to create sustainable improvements that improve both product quality and customer satisfaction

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead customer quality performance by driving prompt response, investigation, and resolution of customer complaints, claims, and product issues.

  • Partner with internal teams to identify recurring customer issues and implement permanent corrective actions to prevent repeat failures.

  • Lead plant efforts to improve internal quality performance by reducing defects, scrap, rework, and process variation.

  • Drive a proactive quality approach focused on prevention, early detection, and process control rather than reactive inspection.

  • Oversee product audits, in-process checks, and finished goods quality processes to ensure products meet specifications before shipment.

  • Lead root cause analysis, corrective action, and preventive action activities for quality issues, non-conformances, and process deviations.

  • Use data, audits, and observations to identify risks early and drive actions before issues impact the customer.

  • Facilitate cross-functional quality improvement projects that support plant goals for quality, service, and cost.

  • Develop and lead the quality team through coaching, training, performance management, and technical support.

  • Maintain and improve the Quality Management System and support customer, regulatory, and internal audits.

Qualifications and Skills
  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field preferred.

  • Minimum 4+ years of experience in quality, manufacturing, or process improvement leadership roles.

  • Prior experience leading customer quality, internal quality systems, and defect reduction initiatives in a manufacturing environment.

  • At least 3 years of people leadership experience, with proven ability to coach, develop, and lead teams.

  • Strong knowledge of quality systems, audits, inspections, root cause analysis, and corrective/preventive action processes.

  • Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

  • Customer-focused, proactive, organized, and results-oriented with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.


    WORKING CONDITIONS 
    PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Sitting in a comfortable position with frequent opportunity to move about. Examples: executive, management and secretarial position

    ENVIRONMENT: Located in a comfortable indoor area. Examples: executive, management and support positions



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