Quality Manager

Marvin • Ripley, TN

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Manager leads the plant’s quality function, ensuring products and processes meet customer, regulatory, and internal standards. This role owns the quality management system, drives continuous improvement, resolves quality issues at the root cause, and partners across functions to improve performance and align quality priorities with plant and enterprise objectives. The Quality Manager builds and leads a high-performing team grounded in trust, transparency, accountability, and results. This leader fosters open communication, encourages constructive conflict, aligns teams around clear commitments, and holds self and others accountable to enterprise outcomes. The ideal candidate demonstrates initiative, humility, and strong ownership while effectively influencing across all levels of the organization to translate strategy into disciplined execution and sustained performance improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business-related field.
• 10+ years of progressive quality leadership in manufacturing.
• Knowledge of ISO, TS, IATF, or Baldrige standards.
• Experience with root cause tools (5 Whys, Fishbone).
• Strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, and SPC.
• Demonstrated continuous improvement capability using Lean, Six Sigma, and DOE.
• Strong initiative and self-direction.
• Organizational skills and experience managing budgets.
• Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills.
• High professionalism and strong attention to detail.
• Strong project management and follow-up skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI).

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree and operations experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leads the plant’s quality function, ensuring products and processes meet customer, regulatory, and internal standards.
• Owns the quality management system.
• Drives continuous improvement.
• Resolves quality issues at the root cause.
• Partners across functions to improve performance and align quality priorities with plant and enterprise objectives.
• Builds and leads a high-performing team grounded in trust, transparency, accountability, and results.
• Fosters open communication, encourages constructive conflict, aligns teams around clear commitments, and holds self and others accountable to enterprise outcomes.
• Demonstrates initiative, humility, and strong ownership while effectively influencing across all levels of the organization to translate strategy into disciplined execution and sustained performance improvement.
• Leads audits and corrective actions.

Benefits

• health insurance
• paid holidays
• paid parental leave
• 401(k) retirement savings match
• $300 annual wellbeing account to spend on what helps you feel happy + healthy
• Better Living Day! (a paid day off to go have some fun)
• Annual profit sharing
• Giving at Marvin – participate in organized volunteer opportunities
• Brighter Days Fund – financial support from your colleagues and the Marvin family during personal hardships

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior