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Director of Quality

Automotive Tier 1

Job Location: Fort Wayne Indiana

Director of Quality will work at a Multi $Billion global manufacturing company and lead a team of Quality Engineers, quality technicians and customer support personnel.

• Manage a team of Quality personnel and participate in Quality Improvement activities, Audits, Certifications and customer documentation.
• Lead all quality matters related to plant product launches and production.
• Manage certification compliance with IATF-16949, plus ISO-9000 for some heavy-duty customers.
• Manage internal QA/QC teams, act Customer Quality, and manage supplier/vendor quality.
• Implement QA preventative measures and quality planning initiatives.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience Leading a Team in Quality
• Prior experience Managing People in Quality as a Quality Leader.
• Background in Automotive industry or Heavy Duty Automotive is needed.
• Experience with IATF 16949 and APQP standards is a huge plus.
• Bachelors degree in Engineering or Business.
• Six Sigma Black Belt or Green Belt certification is beneficial, though not required.
• CQE or CQM accreditation is a plus.
• Professional growth opportunities in a dynamic work environment.
• Comprehensive benefits package.

FPC - Fortune Personnel Consultants (Orlando office)

Position Located: Fort Wayne, IN - Relocation assistance is available.

For further information about us visit follow up on this position, please connect with : Quality Assurance Manager, Quality Control, QA, QC, Supplier Quality, Quality Supervisor, Quality Director, Plant Quality, Automotive Interior, IATF 16949, VDA, Six Sigma, CQE, CQM, Mitsubishi, Kia, Mercedes Benz, BMW, Toyota, Honda, Isuzu, Ford, Chrysler, General Motors.

Compensation: $75,000–$85,000 base salary plus commission

Location: Grand Rapids, MI

Benefits:

• Comprehensive health insurance
• Dental and vision coverage
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO)
• 401(k) retirement plan

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and pursue new business opportunities with building owners, developers, and general contractors
• Build and maintain strong client relationships through consistent communication and industry networking
• Develop and present proposals, estimates, and contracts aligned with client objectives and project budgets
• Collaborate with engineering, estimating, and project management teams to ensure seamless project handoff and execution
• Track sales activity, forecast opportunities, and report performance metrics to leadership

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of mechanical and HVAC systems
• Experience in construction sales, estimating, or project development
• Excellent communication, presentation, and organizational skills
• Ability to manage multiple accounts and opportunities effectively
• Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation

Preferred Experience

• Background in mechanical contracting or HVAC construction
• Experience with design-build or large-scale commercial construction projects

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a respected mechanical construction organization with a strong regional presence
• Competitive base salary plus commission potential
• Supportive, team-oriented culture with opportunities for professional growth and advancement

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application. The company is not able to provide visa sponsorship now or in the future for this position, including but not limited to H-1B, F1, F2, OPT, CPT, or any other employment-based visa status.

Summary

The Director of Quality position has direct responsibility for the execution of Quality deliverables for their assigned Business Group. They will be responsible for Customer Interface, Craftsmanship and Warranty performance. Additional responsibilities include AQE, QE and QM staffing, training and performance reviews. Responsible for Supplier management and Quality performance.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare a monthly assessment of all quality deliverables for each program within the BU areas. Mitigate the risk of any missed quality deliverables with the execution of appropriate corrective action plans and glide paths.
• Review and approve Quality deliverables.
• Actively participate in Program Reviews, and Phase Exit Reviews, as well as PSMC and SSO in alignment with program timing.
• Function as the primary point of contact to the particular Customer for responding to quality issues, Potential Product Safety Concerns (PPSC), Quality Key measure performance and other “Customer Specific” initiatives. Develop key Customer relationships in the Supplier Quality Area.
• Communicate Customer issues, Adient‘s performance in the eyes of the Customer, and unique Customer quality systems / procedures to the appropriate individuals within Adient, and assure that appropriate actions are taken. Work for improvement in or maintaining Green Customer Score Cards.
• Ensure the successful implementation of Adient Quality Systems, and ensure continued certification to / complaints with IATF 16949, including customer specific requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement of Customer specific Warranty performance data. Ensure that the appropriate issues are identified, root cause determined and corrective actions implemented. Assure that known product quality concerns are addressed and improvement is measured on Glide path for Warranty.
• Develop QE resource budgets and staffing needs. Participate in the interview process, and add resources, as they are needed.
• Develop and execute Annual Development Plans, Performance Reviews, and succession plans for each AQE, QE and QM that is in the Business Unit.
• Participate in the quoting process to ensure that the appropriate quality resources and objectives are considered prior to receiving the business award.
• Ensure that all deliverables are completed on time and that any critical issues are identified and resolved in a timely manner.
• Support maintaining AMS Level 3 in production plans and develop plan to progress to Level 5 in alignment with Continuous Improvement plans.

Perform job functions in accordance with set policies and procedures to ensure preservation of the Company Quality Policy.

Education:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in a technical area is required (or equivalent experience).
• Specific education and training in Quality disciplines including (minimum) IATF 16949, VDA, Continuous Improvement, Total Quality Management, PPAP, FMEA, Control Plans, DOE, and SPC are also required.
• People development and leadership experience is required.

Experience:

• Advanced Quality Planning including familiarity with the AIAG Advanced Quality Planning and Control Plan standard, FMEA’s, PPAPs, Dimensional layouts, gage/fixture design, SPC, and Performance/Material testing.
• Advanced statistical concepts, design of experiments, and problem solving methodology
• Qualified as a Quality Systems auditor
• Certified in Six Sigma is preferred
• Professional Certification in Quality Engineering/Quality Management is preferred.

Heavy Duty Account Manager – Tier 1 Supplier

We’re helping a Tier 1 automotive supplier add an Account Manager supporting Heavy Duty and Commercial Vehicle OEM business.

This role will manage key customer relationships while supporting current programs and identifying new opportunities with truck and commercial vehicle manufacturers.

What you’ll be doing

• Manage relationships with purchasing and engineering teams at Heavy Duty OEMs

• Support RFQs, pricing discussions, and program launches

• Coordinate internally with engineering and operations teams

• Identify opportunities for future commercial vehicle programs

Ideal background

• Experience supporting commercial vehicle or heavy-duty OEM customers

• Tier 1 supplier experience

• Sales or account management background in automotive or trucking

If you have experience supporting commercial vehicle customers and are open to hearing about new opportunities, please send resume to

Composition Brands is an independent residential kitchen and outdoor living company with a portfolio of premium and ultra-luxury brands including Viking, AGA, Rangemaster, La Cornue, Lynx, and U-Line. With operations across North America and Europe, the company is focused on long-term brand stewardship, thoughtful design, and scalable growth. To learn more, visit Summary:

The Group Quality Manager leads the end-to-end global quality strategy across all appliance platforms, manufacturing sites, suppliers, and contract manufacturing partners. This role ensures product safety, regulatory compliance, reliability, and a consistent premium customer experience while reducing warranty costs and protecting brand reputation in high-volume, long-life products.

Serving as the global leader for appliance quality strategy, this position oversees mechanical, electrical, electronic, thermal, and software-related quality throughout the full product lifecycle - from concept development through field performance - across refrigeration, cooking, ventilation, and dishwashing product categories.

This role reports directly to the President and is based in the Atlanta, GA area, with approximately 30–50% travel to domestic and international manufacturing sites, suppliers, and contract manufacturing partners.

Responsibilities:

Quality Strategy & Governance

• Define and deploy a global quality strategy for major appliances aligned with brand, safety, cost, and reliability objectives.
• Establish standardized quality policies, procedures, and KPIs across all regions and platforms.
• Act as executive escalation owner for product safety incidents, regulatory actions, recalls, and field campaigns.
• Lead management reviews and risk assessments at executive level.

Quality Management Systems & Regulatory Compliance

• Own and govern the group QMS aligned appliance-specific requirements.
• Ensure compliance with UL, CSA, IEC, CE, NOM, DOE energy efficiency, EPA refrigerant regulations, and regional safety standards.
• Lead internal, external, customer, and certification audits, as needed.
• Ensure effective CAPA systems and sustained corrective actions.

Product Development & Design Quality

• Partner with R&D to embed design-for-quality, design-for-reliability, and design-for-compliance.
• Govern DFMEA, DVP&R, reliability testing, HALT/HASS, and validation plans.
• Ensure robust design transfer and quality gates from concept through SOP.
• Approve product and engineering changes impacting safety, performance, or compliance.

Manufacturing & Process Quality

• Standardize quality processes across major appliance assembly lines, including:
• Critical-to-safety and critical-to-quality characteristics
• SPC and process capability for key operations
• Functional, safety, and end-of-line testing
• Drive defect prevention through error-proofing, in-line controls, and layered process audits.
• Support new factory launches, line transfers, and capacity expansions.

Supplier & Component Quality

• Define supplier quality standards for critical major appliance components including compressors, sealed systems, gas components, heaters, motors, PCBs, wiring harnesses, insulation, coatings, and structural parts.
• Oversee supplier qualification, audits, and ongoing performance.
• Partner with Sourcing to mitigate supply risk and manage supplier change control.
• Lead resolution of high-risk supplier quality issues.

Customer Quality, Field Performance & Warranty

• Own customer quality metrics including warranty claims, field failures, service call rates, and repeat repairs.
• Partner with Service, Field Operations, and Retail partners to analyze failure trends.
• Lead structured root cause analysis and corrective actions for systemic issues.
• Drive continuous reduction of warranty cost and field campaigns.

Cost of Poor Quality & Continuous Improvement

• Establish and manage Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) across plants and suppliers.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives to reduce scrap, rework, returns, and warranty expense.
• Deploy Lean Six Sigma and reliability engineering methodologies.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or related)
• 12+ years of quality leadership in major appliance or durable consumer goods manufacturing
• Strong knowledge of regulations and certification processes
• Proven success reducing warranty and field failure costs.
• Ability to lead global, cross-functional teams.
• Proven ability to influence, manage teams, and deliver change.
• New product development and release readiness experience.
• Six Sigma Black Belt or equivalent preferred.
• Experience leading recalls, field campaigns, or regulatory investigations preferred.
• Experience in global manufacturing and sourcing environments preferred.
• Experience in lean transformation and development of engaged workforce culture preferred.
• Reliability testing experience preferred.
• Experience in sheet metal fabrication, paint, welding, final assembly preferred.

Composition Brands is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EOE/M/F/Vets/Disabled) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants.

Account Manager – GM OEM | Tier 1 Automotive Supplier

Farmington Hills, MI

We’re partnering with a growing Tier 1 automotive supplier looking to add an Account Manager to support their General Motors OEM business.

This role will focus on managing the GM relationship, supporting current programs, and identifying opportunities for future growth.

Responsibilities

• Manage commercial activity for GM programs

• Support RFQs, pricing strategy, and contract negotiations

• Build relationships with GM purchasing, engineering, and program teams

• Work cross-functionally with engineering, operations, and leadership

• Identify and pursue new business opportunities within GM

Qualifications

• Experience working for a Tier 1 automotive supplier

• Background supporting GM business

• Account management, sales, or commercial experience

• Strong relationship-building and communication skills

Location: Farmington Hills, MI

Compensation: Competitive base salary + bonus

If you’re interested in learning more, please send your resume to

Toyota Account Manager – Tier 1 Automotive

We’re helping a Tier 1 automotive supplier add an Account Manager supporting Toyota OEM business.

This role will manage the day-to-day Toyota relationship, supporting current programs while helping position the company for future opportunities.

What you’ll be doing

• Manage Toyota customer relationships across purchasing and engineering

• Support RFQs, pricing discussions, and program launches

• Coordinate internally with engineering, operations, and leadership teams

• Identify new opportunities within Toyota programs

Ideal background

• Experience supporting Toyota as an OEM customer

• Tier 1 automotive supplier experience

• Sales, account management, or commercial role in automotive

Farmington Hills, MI

If you have Toyota customer experience and are open to learning about new opportunities, please send resume to

Summary

The Materials Supervisor plans, organizes and monitors the Production supplier parts including Supplier onboarding, Contract set up (PO), releases, receiving, inventory management, storage and distribution of all items, ensuring a smooth and consistent operation so parts and supplies are located and distributed to proper departments in an effective, efficient and safe manner as required to satisfy internal and external customer requirements.

Core Competencies

• Communication
• Energy and Stress
• Team Work
• Time Management
• Creative and Innovative Thinking
• Problem Solving
• Accountability and Dependability
• Research and Analysis
• Decision Making and Judgement
• Planning and Organizing
• Ethics and Integrity
• Mathematical Reasoning
• Coaching and Mentoring
• Conflict Management
• Inventory Management
• Customer Focus (Internal & External)

Job Duties

• Ensure that the materials department is in compliance with all applicable health and safety regulations and other company-related policies and procedures.
• Responsible for supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable legislation.
• Supervise production suppliers with Materials Coordinators including planning all incoming raw materials, purchased components, packaging, sub-suppliers and Outside Services to support manufacturing and shipping requirements.
• Supervise and train Materials Coordinators.
• Coordinate all incoming logistics planning to ensure efficiency of manpower and floor space.
• Supervise inventory system and all inputs/outputs – lead as expert in the field, working with cross-departmental teams and the CMS System to troubleshoot inventory discrepancies, determine root causes, corrective actions and monitor inventory accuracy.
• Supervise all receiving activity, including training hourly employees as required, ensure CMS database accuracy.
• Develop and maintain cycle count schedule.
• Lead and coordinate the year-end inventory count.
• Key member of APQP team to support launch of new programs; engineering changes and/or volume changes.
• Lead for onboarding and setting up new vendors.
• Lead for setting up new production items, ensure all documentation is in place, maintaining all blanket Purchase orders, in CMS database. Work with Corporate purchasing to review and analyze submitted quotations, understand costing, negotiate with vendors.
• Lead for PFEP (Plan for every part), reporting to Manager on measured targets.
• Reporting on Monthly MP&L Key Targets, as assigned.
• General knowledge of PPAP, IATF, MMOG, ISO14001, SDS, CTPAT and Health & Safety requirements.
• Lead floor plan layout planning for all purchased and manufactured items including current and future mapping and coordination of changes.
• Lead to develop FIFO plan and tracking.
• Coordinate outbound shipments as required related to vendors/production.
• Track monthly supplier performance and report to Manager / summarize for month end reporting.
• Coordinate with the Accounting Department on resolving invoicing discrepancies.
• Coordinate with the Quality Department on supplier issues to protect production.
• Coordinate with Packaging Engineers as a liaison with suppliers for cost savings and continuous improvements projects.
• Perform Health and Safety inspections, as required.
• Keep up to date with system changes and training requirements related to job duties.
• Be on-call by cell phone after daytime office/shop hours.
• Ensures facility compliance with the Flex-N-Gate Materials Management Policy.
• Performs all other tasks as assigned by management.

Requirements

• B.S. or B.A. degree in business management, materials management or related field.
• Minimum five (5) years of experience in warehousing, receiving, shipping, inventory control or materials management in a manufacturing environment with 2 years of supervisory experience.
• Knowledge of environmental, health and safety regulations.
• Experience with ERP systems, specifically MRP modules.
• Strong PC experience; MS Excel - spreadsheets, charts, graphs, MS Word, MS PowerPoint- presentations, and systems applicable to work area (CMS, SpinFire, etc.)
• Knowledge of Import/Export Regulations.
• Knowledge of Basic Supply Chain Management to include master planning of resources, detailed scheduling and planning, and execution and control of operations.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills.

On behalf of our growing manufacturing/injection molding client, located in Sterling Heights, MI, we are currently recruiting an experienced Quality Team Leader to join their team.

NOTE:

• Afternoon & Midnight Shift availability

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure compliance with ISO 9001:2015, IATF 16949, and the company’s Quality Management System (QMS), including adherence to the Quality Manual, policies, and procedures
• Perform quality inspections (first-off, last-off, and in-process) including visual inspections, measurements, fixture checks, and recording inspection data accurately
• Identify, document, and disposition nonconforming parts, report defects or machine malfunctions, and notify supervisors or quality personnel of discrepancies
• Maintain controlled documents, quality records, and inspection data, and support data analysis, reporting, and tracking of quality metrics (e.g., cost of poor quality, layered audits)
• Support continuous improvement initiatives by participating in problem-solving activities (e.g., 8D, team meetings), investigating quality issues, and recommending corrective actions
• Train employees and follow all safety and operational procedures, while assisting with packaging, handling, and transport of produced parts as required

REQUIRED SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma or Equivalent work experience at minimum
• 2 years prior work experience in plastics or automotive manufacturing industry
• Ability to use various measurement techniques
• Supervision experience an asset
• Training experience
• Effective communication skills, verbal, and written
• Computer skills & data analysis

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:

• $22.00 - $23.00 / hour (depending on experience)
• Cost-sharing medical & dental benefits after 30 days
• 401K plan after 90 days

MEDA offers an excellent referral bonus. Great candidates know great candidates.

Machine Builder – 3 Openings (2 Integration, 1 Sub‑Assembly)

Location: Clinton Township, MI

Schedule: Full-time, Onsite

Type: Long-Term Contract

Requirements: Must pass drug screen and background check

About the Role

We are seeking skilled Mechanical Machine Builders—2 Integration Builders and 1 Sub‑Assembly Builder—to join our team supporting automotive equipment build and installation projects. This role requires the ability to work independently with minimal supervision while delivering high‑quality workmanship.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform mechanical integration and sub‑assembly work for automotive OEM projects (Chrysler, Ford, GM).
• Work independently on medium-complexity mechanical build projects.
• Follow equipment installation through all phases, from in-house build to customer-site installation.
• Assist the project team in resolving technical issues or build concerns.
• Read and interpret blueprints, mechanical drawings, and BOMs.
• Update and submit weekly E‑BOM summaries to the Mechanical Supervisor.
• Verify all parts and assemblies conform to specifications and engineering documentation.
• Maintain project schedules, track open issues, and meet deadlines.
• Follow all safety, environmental, and quality system procedures.
• Maintain a clean, organized work area.
• Utilize rigging and crane equipment safely and effectively.
• Perform basic welding as required.
• Provide and maintain own tools and PPE.

Qualifications

• Education: One-year certificate from a college or technical school; or
• 5 years of related mechanical assembly experience; or
• Equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong understanding of automotive industry build practices.
• Proficient with standard mechanical tools, rigging, and overhead cranes.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision while maintaining high-quality output.
• Reliable, consistent, and punctual attendance is essential.

Additional Details

• This role requires 100% onsite work.
• Long-term contract opportunity with full-time hours.
• Candidates must successfully pass drug screening and background checks.