Director, Quality Assurance na Quanex

 Quanex is looking for a Director, Quality Assurance to join our team located in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

Lead the Quanex Custom Components (QCC) Quality System to ensure consistent standards, reduced defects, and improved customer satisfaction through a culture of prevention, accountability, and continuous improvement.

We Offer You!

• Competitive Salary
• Bonus Potential
• 401K with 5% company match, yours to keep after 2 years
• 15% immediate return if you participate in the company’s ESPP
• Medical, Dental & Vision Plans
• Employer paid disability plans and life insurance
• Paid Time Off & Holidays
• Various Work Schedules
• Tuition support for degree and continuous education
• Employee Resource Groups focused on employee empowerment

What’s attractive about the Director, Quality Assurance?

The role of Director, Quality Assurance is recognized as the architect of a quality-driven culture—transforming QCC into an organization where every employee owns quality, every process supports prevention, and every customer experience reflects excellence. Bring your passion for quality, quality systems and development of quality assurance leaders across eleven (11) manufacturing plants.

What Success Looks Like:

• PLAN - Establish Standards & Direction
• DO - Execute and Embed Quality Discipline
• CHECK – Monitor, Learn, and Improve
• ACT – Sustain and Scale Excellence
• QMS standardized, baseline metrics validated, and supplier scorecards live.
• Improvement in key quality KPI’s; audits completed on time; and visible reduction in quality DPPM.
• Quality culture embedded; Continuous Improvement (CI) tools fully integrated; QA recognized as a Center of Excellence.

What You Bring:

• Minimum of 7-10 years of related experience. A minimum of 5+ years of people leadership experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
• Broad knowledge of theory and principles of statistics and statistical process control.
• Diverse knowledge of inspection and control methods, techniques, and documentation.
• Excellent communications skills (written and verbal), including technical writing.
• Strong computer skills including QA applications, word processing, spreadsheets and databases.
• Must have an innovative outlook and be a champion for continuous improvement.
• Strong change management and influencing skills to drive results.
• Black Belt certification preferred or demonstrated skills.
• Ability to travel up to 50% (six (6) plants within driving distance of St Cloud and five (5) plants requiring air travel).
• Ability to move from office environment to production floor. Must be able to lift up to 40 lbs.

The targeted salary range for this position is $145,000 to $170,000 with the potential to earn an annual bonus of 25% of your eligible earnings. 

About Quanex, A Part of Something Bigger

Quanex (NYSE: NX) is a global, publicly traded manufacturing company primarily serving OEMs in the fenestration, cabinetry, solar, refrigeration and outdoor products markets. We are A Part of Something Bigger by improving the performance and aesthetics of end products through continuous innovation, helping customers achieve greater production efficiencies, dedication to giving back to communities where we operate, producing shareholder value and helping our employees learn, grow, and thrive. Learn more at Quanex.com.

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