Senior Quality Manager – Materials Value Streams

Switzerland Global Enterprise

Quality Leader overseeing materials management value streams at GE Vernova. Leading quality strategy and continuous improvement efforts across warehousing operations and factories.

Posted 5/1/2026full-timeGreenville • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $107,600 - $179,200 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead quality performance for GSC Materials Management across value streams supporting factories and repair shops
Develop and execute the quality strategy for warehousing and materials management processes aligned to business goals, customer expectations, and operational priorities
Serve as the primary quality leader for material storage, handling, preservation, identification, traceability, inventory transactions, picking, packing, shipping, receiving, and internal material movement
Partner with site and functional leadership to establish a proactive quality culture within warehousing and materials operations
Provide direct people leadership, coaching, development, and performance management for assigned quality team members
Lead deployment, integration, and sustainment of Built In Quality (BIQ) principles across materials management and warehousing operations
Drive implementation of the Zero Defect Framework to prevent defects, transaction errors, process escapes, and material nonconformances
Ensure quality controls are embedded at the point of activity rather than relying solely on downstream inspection
Define, standardize, and monitor process control methods, quality gates, layered process checks, and error-proofing mechanisms within warehouse processes
Champion prevention-based quality practices through standard work, visual management, leader standard work, and process discipline
Lead NCR investigations related to materials management, warehousing, factory support, and repair shop operations
Own and facilitate structured problem-solving activities for quality issues, including CIMs, root cause analyses, and PSRs
Ensure containment, correction, root cause identification, corrective action, and preventive action are robust, timely, and effective
Drive closure discipline for nonconformances and ensure actions are validated for effectiveness and sustained over time
Escalate significant risks, recurring issues, and systemic process failures to leadership with clear recommendations and recovery plans
Analyze trends in defects, inventory discrepancies, material damage, labeling issues, transaction errors, and process escapes to identify systemic improvement opportunities
Ensure warehousing and materials management processes comply with internal quality standards, business procedures, customer requirements, and applicable regulatory or industry requirements
Support audits, process reviews, and compliance assessments related to materials management and warehouse quality systems
Verify effective control of nonconforming material, segregation practices, disposition controls, and traceability requirements
Oversee process adherence for receiving inspection interfaces, material preservation, shelf-life management where applicable, storage conditions, and material identification accuracy
Collaborate with operations, logistics, sourcing, and repair teams to ensure material quality risks are addressed across the value stream
Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on defect prevention, process capability, inventory accuracy, warehouse process compliance, and customer satisfaction
Use quality data, operational metrics, and trend analysis to prioritize improvement actions and resource deployment
Drive standardization and simplification of warehouse quality processes across factories and repair shops where appropriate

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, Operations, Materials Management, or a related field
Significant experience in quality, supply chain quality, manufacturing quality, materials management, or warehouse operations
Prior people leadership experience with responsibility for coaching, performance management, and team development
Demonstrated experience leading investigations and structured problem solving in an operational environment
Experience with nonconformance management, root cause analysis, and corrective/preventive action systems
Working knowledge of quality management systems, process control, and compliance disciplines in industrial, manufacturing, or repair environments

Benefits

Comp & perks

Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
Access to a Health Coach, a 24/7 nurse-based resource
Access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services
Retirement benefits include the GE Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions
Access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants
Tuition assistance
Adoption assistance
Paid parental leave
Disability insurance
Life insurance
Paid time-off for vacation or illness

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Hard Skills & Tools

quality managementroot cause analysisnonconformance managementcorrective actionpreventive actionprocess controltrend analysisinventory managementdefect preventionstructured problem solving

Soft Skills

people leadershipcoachingperformance managementteam developmentcollaborationcommunicationproactive quality culturecontinuous improvementanalytical thinkingrisk management