Quality Manager (Leadership Development Opportunity)

Responsibilities: Lead and continuously improve the site Quality Management System, ensuring alignment with customer requirements, company standards, and manufacturing best practices. Partner directly with plant leadership to influence site quality strategy, support business objectives, and drive a culture of accountability and continuous improvement. Lead cross-functional quality improvement initiatives that improve operational performance, strengthen customer satisfaction, reduce risk, and support long-term business growth. Own site quality performance by establishing key metrics, analyzing trends, and implementing data-driven actions that improve quality results and manufacturing effectiveness. Coach and influence employees across all functions to strengthen quality awareness, problem-solving capabilities, and operational discipline. Serve as the site quality leader for internal, external, and customer audits, ensuring ongoing compliance while driving sustainable process improvements. Lead root cause investigations and corrective action activities related to customer, process, and operational quality issues while partnering with Engineering and Operations to prevent recurrence.

Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or a related technical field. Five or more years of progressive quality experience within a manufacturing environment. Experience leading projects, teams, quality initiatives, or continuous improvement efforts. Direct management experience is beneficial but not required. Quality Engineers, Senior Quality Engineers, and Quality Supervisors seeking to advance into a broader site leadership role are encouraged to apply. Working knowledge of quality systems and tools such as ISO 9001, IATF 16949, APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA, SPC, root cause analysis, or similar methodologies. Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships across operations, engineering, leadership teams, customers, and other stakeholders. Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills with the ability to influence decisions and drive results. The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership