Quality Manager

• •Lead quality assurance and quality control activities across both sites, ensuring products meet or exceed customer, regulatory, and industry requirements.
• •Drive quality initiatives and corrective and preventive actions across value streams to achieve strategic quality objectives and improve overall performance.
• •Oversee root cause investigations and ensure timely, effective resolution of customer, warranty, and supplier quality issues.
• •Lead Quality Management System (QMS) compliance, audit readiness, and internal audit processes, including Layered Process Audits.
• •Partner with New Product Development and site stakeholders to apply APQP-based quality systems, support successful product launches, and minimize quality and defect risks.
• •Manage the PPAP submission process to ensure timely and accurate qualification of products for customers and incoming supplier components.
• •Partner with Operations, Engineering, Corporate Quality, suppliers, and site leadership to strengthen quality performance and drive continuous improvement.
• •Provide direct leadership, coaching, and development to Quality Supervisors, Engineers, and Technicians, promoting consistency, accountability, and quality best practices.
• •Ensure compliance with applicable quality standards and requirements, including ISO and IATF 16949.

• •Bachelor’s Degree required; in Business, Engineering, or Technical related field preferred
• •Minimum of 5 years of progressive quality assurance experience within a manufacturing environment, including demonstrated leadership responsibility.
• •Ability to travel up to 15% - to Galesburg Location.
• •Proven experience leading site-level quality systems and driving alignment, consistency, and continuous improvement across multiple manufacturing locations.
• •Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and develop Quality Supervisors, Engineers, Technicians, and other quality professionals while establishing clear performance expectations and accountability.
• •Experience partnering with plant leadership, Operations, Engineering, Corporate Quality, and other cross-functional teams to influence quality performance and business results.
• •Ability to balance day-to-day quality leadership at the primary manufacturing site with strategic oversight and support of quality initiatives at an additional facility.
• •Experience within Tier 1 automotive or automotive supplier manufacturing environments preferred.
• •Working knowledge of ISO 9001 and/or IATF 16949 Quality Management Systems.
• •Proficiency with automotive industry core tools, including APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, SPC, and MSA.
• •Proficiency with structured quality problem-solving methodologies and tools, including 5-Why, Cause-and-Effect Diagrams, Design of Experiments (DOE), and 8D.
• •Experience with quality and statistical analysis software, including Minitab and SPC tools, is a plus.
• •Professional certifications such as Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Certified Quality Manager (CQM), Certified Quality Auditor (CQA), or Six Sigma Green Belt through ASQ or an equivalent organization are preferred.
• •Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.

• •Full-Time
• •Bonus Eligible
• •Medical, Dental, Vision insurance and other voluntary benefit options:
• •Benefits begin on the first day of the month immediately following your date of hire
• •Eligible for 3 weeks of paid vacation, additionally 8 sick days
• •11 paid holidays
• •401(k): company matching up to 6%
• •Tuition Reimbursement
• •Employee Discounts
• •Relocation support is available for qualified candidates open to relocating to the Columbia, MO / surrounding area.

WHY GATES?

Founded in 1911 in Denver, Colorado, Gates is publicly traded on the NYSE. While we might operate in a vast amount of time zones we operate as 'One Gates' and have a common goal of pushing the boundaries of materials science. We invest in our people, bringing real-world experience that enables us to solve our customers' diverse challenges of today and anticipate those of tomorrow.