Quality Manager
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Job Location:
Los Angeles County, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Quality Manager is responsible for leading all aspects of quality assurance and quality management at the EMTEK manufacturing facility. This role ensures products meet customer regulatory and internal quality standards while driving a proactive preventionbased quality culture across a highmix lowvolume manufacturing environment. The Quality Manager partners closely with Operations Engineering Supply Chain and EHSS to improve product quality working towards defects and returns optimization and support continuous improvement initiatives aligned with EMTEK and Fortune Brands business objectives.
Position Location: This role requires onsite presence Monday-Friday at our manufacturing facility in City of Industry CA.
Key Responsibilities
Quality Leadership & Strategy
- Lead and develop the site Quality organization setting clear expectations priorities and performance goals.
- Establish and maintain a strong quality culture focused on prevention accountability and continuous improvement.
- Act as the primary site authority for quality-related decisions impacting product process and customer commitments.
- Support site leadership in achieving key quality KPIs including PPM scrap rework and warranty returns.
Quality Systems & Compliance
- Own and maintain the site Quality Management System (QMS) ensuring compliance with Fortune Brands standards and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Drive effective use of corrective and preventive action (CAPA) processes root cause analysis and sustain corrective actions.
- Maintain compliance with FBIN Critical Quality Programs
Manufacturing & Process Quality
- Partner with Operations and Manufacturing Engineering to ensure robust process controls across assembly machining finishing and packaging operations.
- Implement and maintain inspection strategies control plans and riskbased quality controls appropriate for a highmix environment.
- Support Manufacturing Execution System (MES) utilization for quality data collection traceability and defect analysis.
- Lead problemsolving efforts for internal defects customer complaints and production escapes.
Supplier & Incoming Quality
- Collaborate with Sourcing and Purchasing to manage supplier quality performance.
- Support supplier qualification performance monitoring and corrective action activities.
- Ensure effective incoming inspection and material quality processes aligned with risk and supplier performance.
Customer Quality & Returns
- Own customer quality issues including complaint response warranty claims and return analysis.
- Lead crossfunctional root cause and corrective action efforts to reduce customerreported defects and improve product reliability.
- Represent EMTEK quality performance in customer and corporate reviews as required.
Continuous Improvement
- Actively support Lean and continuous improvement initiatives focused on quality cost and delivery.
- Use datadriven analysis to identify trends prioritize improvement opportunities and measure results.
- Coach teams on structured problemsolving methodologies (e.g. 8D A3 DMAIC).
People Development
- Recruit develop and retain a highperforming Quality team.
- Provide coaching training and performance feedback to build technical capability and leadership depth.
- Ensure quality training is embedded across the organization for operators leads and supervisors.
Qualifications :
- Bachelors degree in Engineering Quality Manufacturing or a related technical field (or equivalent experience).
- 5 years of progressive quality leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience in highmix lowvolume manufacturing strongly preferred.
- Strong working knowledge of quality systems inspection methods and structured problemsolving.
- Proven ability to lead crossfunctional teams and influence without authority.
- Strong analytical communication and leadership skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in consumer products hardware mechanical assembly
- Familiarity with MES ERP and datadriven quality systems.
- Lean Six Sigma or similar continuous improvement training or certification.
- Experience working within a multisite or matrix corporate manufacturing organization.
- Bi-lingual (English/Spanish)
Additional Information :
Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is Hiring Pay Range: $140000 USD - $170000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range or be above or below the range based on factors including but not limited to education training experience professional achievement business need and addition to base salary employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance or a role-based sales incentive plan.
At Fortune Brands we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates unique needs. This includes robust health plans a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution product discounts flexible time off benefits adoption benefits and more. We offer numerous ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) to foster a sense of belonging for all associates.
Fortune Brands is built on industry-leading brands and innovation within the high-growth categories of water outdoors and security. The Company makes innovative products for residential and commercial environments with a growing focus on digital solutions and products that add luxury contribute to safety and enhance sustainability. To learn more visit our website at .
Equal Employment Opportunity
Fortune Brands is an equal opportunity employer. Fortune Brands evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex gender identity or expression national origin ancestry age disability/handicap status marital status protected veteran status sexual orientation genetic history or information or any other legally protected characteristic.
Reasonable Accommodations
Fortune Brands is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If because of a medical condition or disability you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process please contact us at and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information.
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
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About Company
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