Plant Quality Manager

Plant Quality Manager - Montgomery, Alabama

We are in search of a Plant Quality Manager to lead a culture of compliance, accountability, and continuous improvement for a Tier 1 Supplier in Montgomery Alabama.

The Plant Quality Manager is responsible for ensuring that all manufactured products meet customer, internal, and regulatory standards. Leading the plant quality team in a fast-paced Tier 1 automotive environment and is a key liaison with OEM customers.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and develop the quality team (inspectors, technicians, engineers) to drive performance, engagement, and professional growth
• Promote a proactive quality culture throughout the organization by training, coaching, and influencing cross-functional teams
• Maintains quality management system (QMS) in compliance with ISO/IATF 16949 requirements and customer specifications.
• Oversee day-to-day quality operations, including incoming material inspection, in-process control, and final product audits to ensure they meet the established quality requirements and standards
• Responsible for IATF
  16949, ISO
  9001, or other related or customer specific certifications and process
• Analyze quality metrics and lead root cause analysis and corrective/preventative actions
• Oversee day-to-day quality operations, including incoming material inspection, in-process control, and final product audits to ensure they meet the established quality requirements and standards

Education:

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in quality engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent experience
• A master’s degree in quality engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering is preferred

Position Requirements and

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years of quality management experience in a manufacturing environment
• Experience with seating manufacturing is a plus
• Tier 1 Automotive experience is a plus
• Proven leadership experience managing teams and driving accountability

Technical/ Computer

Skills:

• Strong knowledge of quality systems including IATF-16949, continuous improvement, Kaizen, 5-S, lean manufacturing, TPS
• Experience with ISO
  9001 certification
• Proven experience with GD&T / gauges
• Able to read spectrophotometer (color measurement systems) results
• Strong knowledge of core tools (FMEA, PFMEA, SPC, Root Cause Analysis, PPAP, MSA etc.)
• Must be proficient with MS Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams)
• Must have experience with SAP

Malone Solutions is an equal opportunity employer.