Senior Manufacturing Quality and Reliability Manager
Ruggable
Senior Manufacturing Quality and Reliability Manager
Ruggable
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Los Angeles • California, Illinois, North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $135,000 - $155,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Oversee Manufacturing Reliability and Quality function to drive operational excellence across manufacturing sites
- Provide strategic leadership over manufacturing quality and equipment reliability initiatives across all facilities
- Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of process engineers focused on driving quality and reliability outcomes
- Own the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of quality and maintenance systems to support consistent and compliant production
- Partner cross-functionally with Production, QA, R&D, and Supply Chain leadership to set priorities, resolve issues, and implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA)
- Champion initiatives that improve color consistency and reduce critical product variation using data-driven methodologies
- Lead KPI development and reporting for quality, reliability, and compliance performance; regularly communicate results to executive stakeholders
- Embed Lean, Six Sigma, and SPC principles across the function to foster a culture of continuous improvement and operational efficiency
- Ensure compliance with customer requirements, internal standards, and external certifications (e.g., ISO)
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical field; advanced degree preferred
- 7+ years of experience in manufacturing operations with significant experience in quality, reliability, and process engineering
- 3+ years of experience in a leadership role managing technical teams or functions
- Deep understanding of quality systems, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement tools (FMEA, SPC, CAPA, etc.)
- Proven success implementing quality and maintenance systems across a manufacturing environment
- Strong leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and communication skills
- Experience using data analysis tools and KPI dashboards to drive performance
- Candidate must be local to one of our three manufacturing facilities (Gardena, CA, Bedford Park, IL, or Charlotte, NC)
- Preferred: Background in managing product appearance and performance attributes such as color variation
- Preferred: Prior experience working with retail compliance requirements and maintaining industry certifications (ISO or equivalent)
- Preferred: Familiarity with CMMS systems and reliability-centered maintenance practices
- Preferred: Certification in Six Sigma or Lean (e.g., Green Belt or Black Belt)
Benefits
- An annual bonus percentage that varies based on level of role
- Employer matching (up to 3% of base salary) for company sponsored 401K plan
- Competitive compensation and benefits packages
ATS Keywords
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Hard skills
manufacturing operationsquality systemsroot cause analysiscontinuous improvement toolsFMEASPCCAPAKPI developmentdata analysisreliability engineering
Soft skills
leadershipcross-functional collaborationcommunicationmentoringteam developmentstrategic leadershipproblem-solvingdata-driven decision makingoperational excellenceculture of continuous improvement
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Engineeringadvanced degree in EngineeringSix Sigma Green BeltSix Sigma Black BeltLean certificationISO certification
