Product Quality Leader- NPD & MGMT

## Product Quality Leader- NPD & Change MGMTApplyremote type:
Onsite locations:
Hattiesburg,MStime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R04032

Why Work at Rehlko Our work is guided by our purpose: creating an energy-resilient world for a better future. This purpose embodies the legacy we bring, with more than 100 years as the global leader in energy resilience, delivering solutions critical to sustain and improve life.

Our teams have the opportunity to provide a critical resource – energy – that ensures safety, security, and independence for people around the world. Our team members are focused on pushing boundaries, continuing to innovate in an ever-changing landscape, and keeping up with the pace required to create solutions for today’s world demands.

Our product range includes engines, generators, power conversion, UPS systems, EV components and electrification solutions, microgrid controls and management, and clean energy solutions that serve a broad spectrum of OEM, residential, industrial, and commercial customers. At Rehlko, you have the freedom to identify, create, and deliver solutions – large and small – that help people and communities thrive in the moments that matter.

At Rehlko, our team members are the essential energy that powers our organization’s success. We are committed to fostering a safe and sustainable work environment where safety is everyone’s responsibility. We empower every team member to actively participate in our Zero Is Possible safety culture by encouraging open communication, proactively reporting hazards, following protocols, and suggesting improvements. Join us in creating an energy resilient world for a better future!
** What We Offer
** At Rehlko, our Total Rewards programs are designed to accelerate growth, energize performance, and support a culture of inclusion at every stage of life and work. We offer total rewards that are easily understood, recognize results, enable career mobility, and reflect our commitment to valuing diverse needs in a fast-moving world. We provide:
* Competitive compensation and benefits
* Work-life flexibility
* Recognition and rewards
* Development and career opportunities
* A safe and inclusive workplace
** Why You Will Love this Job
** The
** Product Quality Leader – NPD & Change Management
** manages and owns quality performance for new product development projects, safe launches, VAVE/cost-out initiatives, and product/process change management. This role serves as the primary quality leader for launch readiness, change control, validation, customer protection, and early production stability.

This role also owns quality performance for all non-top strategic customers and partners with engineering, manufacturing, supplier quality, service, product management, and operations to identify risks, contain issues, drive corrective action, improve launch execution, strengthen PFMEAs and control plans, reduce customer escapes, and lower Cost of Poor Quality.
** Specific Responsibilities
**** New Product Development, Product Readiness, & Safe Launch
*** Support new product development projects by ensuring quality requirements, validation activities, manufacturability expectations, and customer protection plans are defined and executed.
* Lead launch quality readiness activities, including launch control plans, inspection strategy, containment requirements, entry criteria, exit criteria, and post-launch monitoring.
* Monitor launch performance through FPY, defect trends, customer escapes, containment results, test failures, early warranty indicators, and defect pareto reduction.
* Drive immediate containment, root cause analysis, corrective action, and escalation when launch defects, readiness gaps, or customer risks are identified.
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