Centralized Quality Center Manager

Centralized Quality Manager

AimHire is partnering with a leading automotive Tier 1 manufacturer to find a Centralized Quality Manager for their growing Tennessee manufacturing campus.

 

About the Opportunity
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Our client is a world-class automotive parts manufacturer with a culture built on taking on challenges, driving innovation, and a people-first approach to business. 

Position Overview

The Centralized Quality Manager will be responsible for establishing, standardizing, and overseeing quality systems and performance across all of the client's Tennessee facilities and product divisions. This role ensures consistent quality standards, customer satisfaction, and continuous improvement practices are applied uniformly across all production areas, serving as the single point of accountability for site-wide quality performance to both internal leadership and external automotive customers.

Key Responsibilities

 

• Develop and standardize quality management systems, procedures, and KPIs across all plant buildings and product lines
• Serve as the primary escalation point for customer quality concerns, complaints, and corrective action requests across the site
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective/preventive action (CAPA) processes for cross-building quality issues
• Drive IATF 16949 and customer-specific quality requirement compliance across all divisions
• Oversee internal and external quality audits, ensuring consistent readiness and documentation across buildings
• Partner with Engineering, Production, and Materials leadership to resolve quality issues impacting on-time delivery and customer satisfaction
• Build and mentor quality engineering/technician teams across multiple buildings, establishing consistent training and development standards
• Track and report site-wide quality metrics (PPM, cost of quality, customer scorecards) to executive leadership
• Lead new product launch quality planning (APQP, PPAP) to ensure consistent standards across all production areas
• Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives to reduce defects, scrap, and warranty costs site-wide

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Management, or related technical field required
• 7+ years of progressive quality management experience in an automotive Tier 1 manufacturing environment
• Experience managing quality across multiple facilities, product lines, or business units strongly preferred
• Deep knowledge of IATF 16949, APQP, PPAP, and core automotive quality tools (FMEA, SPC, MSA)
• Experience with Six Sigma/Lean methodologies; Black Belt certification a plus
• Strong leadership skills with experience managing and developing quality teams
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to represent the site to customers and corporate leadership
• Proficiency with quality management software and ERP/SAP systems

What's Offered
Competitive compensation, relocation assistance for qualified candidates, and the opportunity to lead quality strategy for a major automotive manufacturing employer in the region.

 

AimHire is an equal opportunity employer