Quality Manager

QUALITY MANAGER NEEDED - LORAIN , OHIO AREA

Full Time, Permanent, Direct Hire Position offering Competitive Compensation, Bonus Potential, Good Benefits, Paid Holidays and Paid Vacation.

This Quality Manager role focuses on achieving zero-defect production. It involves Managing a Team of Quality Auditors, Quality Engineers and Quality Technicians focused on resolving customer defects, maintaining IATF 16949 compliance, and overseeing PPAP submissions.

• Process & Defect Management:
  Lead the Quality team to achieve zero defects. Oversee product testing, resolve quality concerns, develop 8
  
  Ds, and pursue scrap avoidance.
• Compliance & Auditing:
  Support and maintain IATF 16949 activities. Handle gage and calibration requirements, document control, and regulatory submissions.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  
  Serve as an active team member on Control Plans, FMEA, SPC, and PPAP preparation.
• Customer/Supplier Relations:
  Travel to customer locations, communicate break points, and post Quality Alerts. Advise vendors and instruct external labs.

• Associate's or Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
• Previous Quality Management Experience in a Tier 1 Automotive Plant is Required.
• Typically 5+ years in Quality Assurance, with a strong preference for experience in the Automotive Seating or Metal Stamping / Welding Industry.
• Problem-solving (8D methodologies), data analysis, understanding of APQP, SPC, FMEA, and excellent customer-supplier communication.

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