Product Quality Leader

Our work is guided by our purpose: creating an energy-resilient world for a better future. This purpose embodies the legacy we bring with more than 100 years as the global leader in energy resilience delivering solutions critical to sustain and improve life.

Our teams have the opportunity to provide a critical resource energy that ensures safety security and independence for people around the world. Our team members are focused on pushing boundaries continuing to innovate in an ever-changing landscape and keeping up with the pace required to create solutions for todays world demands.

Our product range includes engines generators power conversion UPS systems EV components and electrification solutions microgrid controls and management and clean energy solutions that serve a broad spectrum of OEM residential industrial and commercial customers. At Rehlko you have the freedom to identify create and deliver solutions large and small that help people and communities thrive in the moments that matter.

At Rehlko our team members are the essential energy that powers our organizations success. We are committed to fostering a safe and sustainable work environment where safety is everyones responsibility. We empower every team member to actively participate in our Zero Is Possible safety culture by encouraging open communication proactively reporting hazards following protocols and suggesting improvements. Join us in creating an energy resilient world for a better future!

What We Offer

At Rehlko our Total Rewards programs are designed to accelerate growth energize performance and support a culture of inclusion at every stage of life and work. We offer total rewards that are easily understood recognize results enable career mobility and reflect our commitment to valuing diverse needs in a fast-moving world. We provide:

• Competitive compensation and benefits

• Work-life flexibility

• Recognition and rewards

• Development and career opportunities

• A safe and inclusive workplace

Why You Will Love this Job

Job Overview

The Product Quality Leader manages and owns product quality performance across assigned product families from supplier through manufacturing and customer delivery. This role serves as the primary quality leader for products supporting top strategic customers driving a customer-first preventive quality mindset that reduces risk and prevents defects. The Product Quality Leader leads and develops quality team members while owning product and customer quality outcomes. Embedded within manufacturing and aligned with engineering and cross-functional teams this role drives defect prevention structured problem solving and corrective action to improve First Pass Yield reduce customer escapes and lower Cost of Poor Quality.

Specific Responsibilities

New Product Development & Product Readiness

Support new product development design changes and cost-reduction initiatives by ensuring quality requirements validation activities and manufacturability expectations are met.

Apply lessons learned and field feedback to strengthen future product designs and processes.

Customer & Product Quality

Manage product quality performance for assigned product families maintaining accountability for customer escapes chronic issues and reliability performance.

Identify and prioritize product and customer risks using manufacturing data field feedback and performance indicators.

Lead containment and mitigation actions to protect customers and minimize operational and business impact.

Manufacturing Quality Support

Partner directly with manufacturing operations to improve First Pass Yield reduce quality holds and eliminate rework and bottlenecks.

Ensure effective in-process controls inspection strategies and verification methods are consistently executed.

Lead structured problem solving and corrective action to identify root causes and implement sustainable solutions.

Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) & Continuous Improvement

Analyze quality-related losses and lead initiatives to reduce scrap rework test failures warranty cost and customer complaints.

Use data-driven methods to prioritize improvement actions with the greatest customer and business impact.

Education and Experience Requirements

Bachelors degree in Engineering (Mechanical Electrical Manufacturing Industrial) Operations Process Management or a related technical discipline.

Minimum of 5 years of experience in manufacturing quality reliability or operations with demonstrated leadership and cross-functional impact.

Proven experience driving quality improvement defect prevention corrective action and risk mitigation in a manufacturing environment.

Experience leading or supporting continuous improvement initiatives (e.g. Lean Manufacturing Six Sigma Kaizen RCCA CAPA).

Demonstrated ability to prioritize work influence cross-functional teams and deliver results in a fast-paced operational setting.

Experience leading coaching or developing team members formally or informally.

Working knowledge of data analysis and reporting tools preferred (e.g. Excel Power BI or similar).

Preferred Qualifications

Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.

Experience supporting products for strategic or key customers in a manufacturing environment.

Background in cost of poor quality (COPQ) reduction warranty analysis and reliability improvement.

SAP experience

About Us

Rehlkoproudly offers a rich history steeped in creativity and commitment to our associates and communities along with competitive benefits and PurposeCreating an energy resilient world for a better futureand Values: Curiosity Trust Pace and Excellence are important cultural components that shape the way we work and relate to one another. Learn more about Rehlko at addition to the investment in your development Rehlko offers a benefits package including a competitive salary health vision dental 401(k) with Rehlkomatching and more!

Rehlko is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination and will make decisions regarding employment opportunities including but not limited to hiring job assignment compensation promotion benefits training discipline and termination without regard to race creed color ethnicity religion sex pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions genetic information age national origin citizenship ancestry caste mental or physical disability marital or familial status sexual orientation gender identity or expression genetic information political belief or affiliation union membership status military status veteran status or any other characteristic protected by national state local or other applicable laws.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

It is the policy of Rehlko to comply with all applicable provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and corresponding national state local or other applicable laws. Rehlko will not discriminate against any qualified associate or applicant with respect to any terms privileges or conditions of employment because of a persons physical or mental disability. Rehlko will provide a reasonable accommodation to associates or applicants with disabilities in accordance with applicable laws. If you have a disability and require an accommodation in the application process or during the course of employment please contact Rehlko is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Our Values

Curiosity Seek learn share

Trust Go farther together

Pace Focus to go faster

Excellence Find the win every day