Work Model: This is a fully onsite role, with work performed at your designated Regal Rexnord office.
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Position Overview:
The Quality Manager plays a critical leadership role within the Brakes & Clutches Division of Regal Rexnord's Industrial Powertrain Solutions (IPS) segment, providing strategic direction for all site quality systems, processes, and performance initiatives at our Columbia City, Indiana manufacturing facility.
As a key member of the site leadership team, the Quality Manager is responsible for leading the facility's Quality Management System, driving continuous improvement, and advancing quality performance across operations, engineering, supply chain, and supplier partners. This role provides leadership to the Quality team while developing and executing strategies that improve product quality, enhance customer satisfaction, reduce defects, and support overall business objectives.
The ideal candidate is a hands-on quality leader with a passion for developing people, solving complex problems, and driving measurable improvements across quality, manufacturing, and supplier performance. This is an excellent opportunity to make a visible impact within a growing manufacturing operation while advancing your career with a global industrial technology leader.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and develop the Quality team, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
- Own the site's ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System, ensuring ongoing compliance, successful audits, and continuous certification readiness.
- Establish, monitor, and drive key quality metrics and improvement initiatives, including reductions in internal and external PPM, customer complaints, warranty claims, and cost of poor quality.
- Partner closely with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, customers, and suppliers to proactively resolve quality issues, implement corrective actions, and improve overall product and process performance.
- Lead internal, supplier, and process audits while evaluating manufacturing and supplier performance to ensure adherence to quality standards and customer requirements.
- Utilize structured problem-solving methodologies, including 8D, 5 Why, PDCA, and statistical analysis tools, to identify root causes and drive sustainable corrective actions.
- Support new product introductions, engineering changes, and process improvements to ensure quality is built into products and manufacturing processes from launch through production.
- Serve as the primary quality liaison for customers and suppliers, building strong relationships and ensuring prompt resolution of quality concerns.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or a related technical discipline.
- 3+ years of quality leadership experience within a manufacturing environment, including ownership of Quality Management Systems and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience managing and maintaining an ISO 9001:2015-certified Quality Management System and supporting internal, customer, and third-party audits.
- Proven ability to lead Quality personnel and effectively partner with Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, customers, and suppliers to resolve quality issues and drive corrective actions.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with hands-on experience utilizing root cause analysis and structured problem-solving methodologies, including 8D, 5 Why, PDCA, Pareto Analysis, and statistical tools such as Minitab.
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings, GD&T specifications, and dimensional requirements while effectively communicating technical information across all levels of the organization.
- Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Excellent communication, conflict-resolution, organizational, and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Preferred Skills and Qualifications:
- ASQ certifications such as Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE) preferred.
- Demonstrated success improving quality performance through reductions in internal and external PPM, warranty claims, and other key quality metrics.
- Experience supporting new product development, engineering change management, and continuous improvement initiatives within a manufacturing environment.
Restrictions imposed by federal export control laws may limit this job opportunity to candidates who are a ‘U.S. Person’, which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted asylum in the United States, and refugees in the United States, or who otherwise can qualify for a license that permits them to hold the position.
Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States without requiring company sponsorship to obtain or keep U.S. work authorization.
Benefits- Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage
- Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)
- Paid Time Off and Holidays
- 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
- Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
- Paid Leaves
- Tuition Assistance
