American Axle & Manufacturing

Quality Manager

American Axle & Manufacturing$88K — $105K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience
  • 5+ years in Quality Management Systems and customer relations
  • Over 2 years of leadership experience
  • Experienced in various auditing standards (IATF, ISO)
  • Strong understanding of Quality Management Systems and assurance principles

Responsibilities

  • Orient, train, and coach employees to maintain quality standards
  • Enforce production and safety standards while resolving operational issues
  • Control product quality through the use of manuals and resources
  • Examine specifications to resolve product quality standards
  • Analyze product quality data and trends for management reporting
  • Encourage new requests and contributions to the quality department
  • Influence cross-functional teams to achieve desired results

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment fostering continuous improvement
  • Exposure to advanced quality management practices
  • Opportunity to lead quality initiatives and drive operational excellence
  • Strategic role partnering with leadership and key stakeholders
  • Room for personal and professional development through training and coaching
Full Job Description
Job Posting Title
Quality Manager

Job Description Summary
This role located at our Twinsburg plant in Twinsburg, OH.

This Quality Manager is responsible for managing the daily operations of the Quality Management System, driving lean initiatives, ensuring compliance with customer and regulatory requirements, and fostering a culture of quality throughout the organization.

In this role, the Quality Manager will partner closely with leadership, operations, engineering, suppliers, and customers to improve product quality, drive operational excellence, and support ongoing business growth.

Job Description:
  • Accomplish quality by orienting, training, assigning, and coaching employees.
  • Meet quality standards by enforcing production, productivity, quality, customer-service, safety, security, and health standards; resolving operational problems; identifying work process improvements.
  • Control product quality inspection actions by enforcing manuals, resources, and web sites.
  • Resolve product quality standard applications by examining and interpreting specifications; correcting vague references.
  • Provide management planning and control information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing product quality results data and trends.
  • Contributes to quality department and organization success by welcoming related, different, and new requests; helping others accomplish job results.
  • Strong understanding of Quality Management Systems and quality assurance principles.
  • Experience with auditing, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement methodologies.
  • Provide technical guidance and support related to metallurgy, material specifications, heat treatment processes, and product quality
  • Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles and problem-solving techniques.
  • Initiates customer contact for on-going feedback and takes proactive role in responding to customer concerns as they relate to product quality.
  • Performs, directs, and/or participates in training related to quality knowledge and awareness.
  • Excellent leadership, coaching, and team development skills.
  • Ability to influence and obtain results through cross-functional teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to make sound decisions with limited direction.
  • Effective conflict resolution and change management skills.
  • Strong analytical and organizational capabilities.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with associates, customers, suppliers, and senior leadership.
  • All other duties as assigned.


Required Skills and Education
  • Bachelor Degree or equivalent relevant work experience.
  • 5+ year's experience directly involved with Quality Management Systems, metrics, and customer requirements/relations.
  • 2+ year's progressive leadership experience.
  • Experienced in auditing (IATF, ISO, etc)


About American Axle & Manufacturing

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (AAM) is a leading global Tier 1 automotive supplier of driveline and metal forming technologies that are used to power a wide range of vehicles. AAM’s products are found in vehicles that drive on the road, fly through the air, and even drive under the sea. AAM’s engineering, design, and manufacturing capabilities allow it to produce products that meet the needs of its customers around the world. AAM has over 25,000 associates operating at nearly 90 facilities in 17 countries to support its customers on global and regional platforms with a focus on quality, operational excellence and technology leadership.
Learn more about American Axle & Manufacturing
Size
18,000 employees
Market Cap
$872.8 million
Industry
Net Income
-$561.2 million
Founded
1994
5 Year Trend
+5.5%
Revenue
$4.7 billion
NASDAQ

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