Quality Assurance Methods Manager
Southwire Company
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Carrollton • United States
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About the role
- Provide enterprise‑level leadership and execution support across Power & Industrial manufacturing operations, enabling operational excellence, superior product quality, and customer experience objectives.
- Drive consistent execution of quality processes, systems, and performance metrics across industrial plants in support of a One Southwire operating model that aligns manufacturing, product engineering, customer experience change management, regulatory compliance, and supplier quality.
- Lead and drive Cost of Quality (COPQ) performance across Power & Industrial manufacturing sites, with primary focus on scrap, rework, internal failures, customer returns, and other quality‑related loss drivers.
- Partner with Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain to identify systemic COPQ drivers, prioritize high‑impact opportunities, and translate data into measurable financial improvement actions.
- Drive disciplined execution of structured problem solving and root cause analysis (RCA) using standard methodologies (8D, DMAIC, PDCA) to eliminate repeat issues and prevent recurrence.
- Own expectations for corrective action quality and effectiveness, ensuring actions address true root causes and deliver sustainable improvement rather than short‑term containment.
- Provide hands‑on leadership, coaching, and escalation support for significant quality issues, customer escapes, and high‑risk internal failures across industrial plants.
- Support deployment and consistent execution of enterprise Quality Management System (QMS) processes at the site level, reinforcing standard work while enabling effective local execution.
- Reinforce disciplined use of SAP Quality Management and enterprise quality systems to ensure data integrity, manage nonconformances, and corrective actions.
- Drive standardization of inspection planning, control plans, testing methods, and core quality tools (PFMEA, SPC, MSA, capability studies) across Power & Industrial facilities.
- Build and strengthen organizational capability within site quality teams through coaching, development, and reinforcement of problem‑solving, data literacy, and ownership mindset.
- Use quality and operational data to define improvement metrics, develop KPIs, and support fact‑based decision making across the Power & Industrial organization.
- Partner cross‑functionally with Operations, Engineering, Product Management, and Commercial teams to embed quality into daily manufacturing execution and business reviews.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree (business, engineering preferred) along with 7+ years quality leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Proven leadership skills with the capability to influence, coach, and lead change in a matrixed organization.
- Strong working knowledge of APQP and core quality tools, including PFMEA, Control Plans, SPC, MSA, GR&R, PPAP, and process validation.
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and OPS tools.
- Excellent computer and data management skills. SAP and ERP experience a plus.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication abilities with strong interpersonal skills
- Detailed oriented, self-starter with the ability to deal with multiple challenges and projects simultaneously with minimal supervision
- Must have exhibited excellent organization, problem solving, and decision-making skills.
Benefits
- competitive compensation
- employee benefits
- tuition reimbursement
- unlimited growth opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
quality leadershiproot cause analysisstructured problem solvingdata analysisAPQPPFMEASPCMSALean Manufacturingprocess validation
Soft Skills
leadershipcoachinginfluencingcommunicationinterpersonal skillsorganizationproblem solvingdecision makingself-starterattention to detail