Quality Manager
Role Overview
The Quality Manager provides strategic and operational leadership for the Quality Management System, supplier quality, manufacturing quality, customer quality, and continuous improvement initiatives supporting the design and manufacture of terminal tractors. This role ensures compliance with company standards, customer requirements, and ISO 9001 requirements while fostering a culture of quality excellence.
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Position Summary
The Quality Manager provides strategic and operational leadership for the Quality Management System, supplier quality, manufacturing quality, customer quality, and continuous improvement initiatives supporting the design and manufacture of terminal tractors. This role ensures compliance with company standards, customer requirements, and ISO 9001 requirements while fostering a culture of quality excellence.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop and execute the plant quality strategy and annual objectives. • Lead ISO 9001 compliance, audits, corrective actions, and management reviews. • Establish manufacturing quality plans, inspection standards, and control plans. • Manage supplier quality systems including audits, APQP, PPAP, SCARs, and supplier performance reviews. • Lead new product launch quality readiness and production validation activities. • Analyze warranty, customer complaint, scrap, rework, and defect data. • Facilitate root cause investigations using 8D, 5-Why, FMEA, SPC, MSA, and problem-solving tools. • Oversee calibration, nonconforming material, and document control systems. • Develop quality reporting dashboards and executive KPI reviews. • Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement and Service teams to drive continuous improvement. • Lead customer audits and quality-related communications. • Build and develop the quality team through coaching, training, and performance management.
Key Performance Indicators
First Pass Yield (FPY); Supplier PPM; Internal Defect Rate; Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ); Warranty Performance; Audit Findings Closure; Supplier Corrective Action Closure; Customer Complaint Resolution; On-Time PPAP Approval.
Qualifications
- Bachelor degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, or related field. Minimum 7-10 years of manufacturing quality experience and 3-5 years of quality leadership experience. Strong knowledge of ISO 9001, APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA, Control Plans, auditing, and continuous improvement methodologies.
Preferred Qualifications
- CQE, CQM, Lead Auditor, Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt. Experience in heavy equipment, industrial vehicle, automotive, truck, or off-road manufacturing environments.
Competencies
Leadership; Strategic Thinking; Data Analytics; Project Management; Communication Skills; Supplier Development; Customer Focus; Change Management; Financial Acumen; Continuous Improvement.
Physical Demands
Regular sitting, standing, walking, use of computer equipment, and movement throughout manufacturing facilities. Ability to conduct plant audits and supplier visits. Occasional lifting consistent with office and manufacturing environments.
Work Environment
Combination of office and manufacturing environments with routine exposure to industrial noise, equipment, and production operations. Domestic and international travel may be required.
Risk Exposure
Influences product quality, customer satisfaction, regulatory compliance, supplier performance, operational effectiveness, and company reputation. Quality failures may result in warranty costs, customer dissatisfaction, production disruption, and financial losses.
Requirements
- Bachelor degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, or related field. Minimum 7-10 years of manufacturing quality experience and 3-5 years of quality
Company Information
Terberg Taylor Americas Manufacturing is a family-owned company dedicated to the manufacturing of high-quality terminal tractors that support essential logistics, transportation, and industrial operations across North America. Located in Columbus, Mississippi, our facility combines generations of industry expertise with a commitment to innovation, safety, quality, and customer satisfaction. As part of a proud family-owned organization, we value integrity, teamwork, and long-term relationships with our employees, customers, and communities. Through advanced manufacturing processes and a skilled workforce, Terberg Taylor Americas Manufacturing delivers reliable equipment solutions designed to meet the demanding needs of ports, distribution centers, warehouses, and industrial operations throughout the region.
About Terberg Taylor Americas
Private U.S. joint-venture manufacturer of terminal tractors serving ports, logistics yards, distribution centers, and industrial operators.
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