Quality Manager
Job Description
DSJ Global is currently partnered with a leading manufacturing organization seeking a Quality Manager to lead quality systems, continuous improvement initiatives, and customer quality performance at their Oklahoma City facility. This individual will be responsible for managing the Quality Management System (QMS), leading a team of quality professionals, driving root cause analysis efforts, and ensuring compliance with industry and customer requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and maintain the site's Quality Management System to ensure compliance with customer, regulatory, and internal standards.
- Manage and develop Quality Engineers, Quality Supervisors, and quality personnel while fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
- Drive corrective and preventive action initiatives through structured root cause analysis and cross-functional collaboration.
- Analyze warranty, customer, and internal quality data to identify trends and implement improvement actions.
- Partner closely with customers and suppliers to address quality concerns, improve product performance, and strengthen relationships.
- Support APQP, PPAP, Process Control Plans, and product launch quality activities.
- Lead customer visits, audits, and quality-related reviews.
- Champion Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement efforts throughout the facility.
- Ensure compliance with ISO and environmental management system requirements.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or a related technical discipline preferred.
- 5+ years of progressive quality leadership experience within a manufacturing environment.
- Experience leading Quality Engineers, Supervisors, or quality teams.
- Strong knowledge of Quality Management Systems and structured problem-solving methodologies.
- Experience with customer-facing quality responsibilities and supplier quality management.
- Familiarity with APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, and corrective action processes.
- Experience working within IATF 16949, ISO 9001, and ISO 14001 environments strongly preferred.
- Background within automotive, industrial manufacturing, or other highly regulated manufacturing environments preferred.
Why Consider This Opportunity?
- Opportunity to lead and influence quality strategy at a growing manufacturing operation.
- High-visibility role with direct interaction across operations, engineering, customers, and suppliers.
- Ability to drive measurable process improvements and quality performance.
- Competitive compensation and benefits package.
DSJ Global is a revolutionary search firm, specializing in the bespoke delivery of executive search solutions to clients.
Working across a number of niche industries and sectors across the US, UK, and Europe.
With offices in New York, Charlotte, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, London, Zurich, Berlin, Hong Kong and Singapore, DSJ Global operates on an international scale providing bespoke search packages which are unrivaled in the widespread recruitment market. Our aim is simple, to provide executive search level services which are flexible and tailored to the individual requirement of each client, on an unrivaled cost structure. We currently specialize in the areas of Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics, OPEX, Finance and Human Resources.
We believe that every client should receive the benefit and accuracy of a search approach, whilst being able to dictate how, when and where it occurs, all on a fee structure to suit. Our revolutionary approach allows us to structure each assignment according to the requirements, time scales and budget available. We believe that for too long executive search firms have been too rigid in their approach and have been able to dictate how the search is conducted, leaving the client relatively powerless on the outcome.
Our service allows our clients to have increased control, direction and interaction in the search conducted on their behalf and has resulted in successful, on going relationships as search firm of choice with an ever expanding client group.
