Associate Quality Manager

About the role

TTI Consumer Power Tools, Inc. is hiring an Associate Quality Manager for its Wellford, SC location. The Associate Quality Manager supports the Quality Manager in maintaining and improving the ISO 9001 Quality Management System and overall quality performance, overseeing daily quality activities such as incoming inspection, nonconforming material control, corrective actions, internal audits and quality documentation and reporting.

Key responsibilities

• Supervise Quality Technicians and coordinate temporary personnel and outside services for inspection, auditing, containment, sorting and rework.
• Work cross-functionally with Production, Quality Engineering, Operations, Engineering, Purchasing, Distribution and Logistics to resolve quality issues and support audits.
• Maintain quality procedures, work instructions, forms and other controlled documentation.
• Oversee incoming quality inspection at distribution centers and quality processes in production facilities.
• Ensure products, materials and processes meet specifications and acceptance requirements.
• Manage identification, containment and disposition of nonconforming materials.
• Coordinate temporary personnel and outside services for inspection, sorting, containment and rework projects.
• Support internal audits, ISO certification audits and other quality system assessments, document findings and support corrective actions.
• Support root cause analysis, continuous improvement, management review preparation and quality performance monitoring.

Required profile

• Minimum of 3-5 years of quality assurance or quality control experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001 requirements; ISO 9001 Lead Auditor certification is a plus.
• Experience with manufacturing processes, incoming inspection, nonconforming material control, corrective actions, root cause analysis and internal auditing.
• Previous supervisory or team leadership experience preferred; experience with domestic and international manufacturing operations preferred.
• Ability to conduct or support manufacturing process and quality system audits.
• Strong problem-solving, organizational, communication and leadership skills, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Associate's degree in Quality, Engineering, Manufacturing or a related field preferred; equivalent education and experience may be considered.

Required skills

• Working knowledge of quality documentation and document control systems.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
• Experience with SAP, Oracle and MasterControl strongly preferred.
• ASQ certifications preferred.

What we offer

• Competitive wages.
• Tuition assistance, 401(k), medical, dental and vision coverage.
• Vacation and holidays.