Senior Quality Manager

Tarkett has a great opportunity for a Senior Quality Manager for our Florence Campus.

Relocation assistance available for non-local candidates.

Tarkett is seeking a Senior Quality Manager to join our successful and growing team based out of our Florence Manufacturing Plant in Alabama. In this position, you will represent the quality function in product development, supplier quality development, claims management, and support of manufacturing operations. The Senior Quality Manager is a key role in our management team focused on the development of quality products, processes, controls and suppliers by utilizing WCM quality methods and tools along with ISO 9001 QMS, to drive and sustain continuous improvement.

What this role is responsible for:

• Lead, hire, train, motivate, evaluate and develop the quality team in a multi-site campus environment
• Drive improvement in critical metrics including customer complaints, scrap, costs of poor quality and corrective actions; this also includes reducing the total cost of poor quality
• Lead Focused Improvement and PAP projects as well as coach, mentor and lead the quality team through PAP projects
• Ensure adherence to procedures and instructions included in the QMS
• Develop, and provide leadership for the corrective action system; including verify, by auditing, the effectiveness of corrective actions
• Work closely with Engineering and Operations on projects and process improvements
• Work closely with Design and R&D on new product evaluations, process validation and approval process
• Provide leadership and direction to all support groups providing input to the manufacturing process
• Coordinate and lead quality related training
• Approve purchased product suppliers
• Implement quality tools (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, Control Plans for example)
• Decision making responsibility to hold or release current production, held product or returned product
• Recommend disposition on out of specification testing results (derogation responsibility)
• Develop and work within annual departmental budget

Education & Experience Desired:

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• 7+ years' quality experience in manufacturing, including team leadership experience, required.
• APQP and/or PPAP experience highly preferred.
• ASQ Quality Certification preferred.
• Experience in Extrusion, Plastics or Rubber Manufacturing preferred.
• WCM or other similar Quality Management Programs experience preferred.
• Must be able to pass a color vision test.
• SAP experience or similar ERP helpful.
• Willingness and ability to trave; overnight 10% - 20% in the field.

What We Offer

• A commitment that Safety is #1

• Competitive benefits, pay, and retirement plan options!

• Career growth, stability, and flexible work arrangements.

Responsible Manufacturing - Protecting Our Planet for the Future

• We utilize renewable energy and a closed loop recycled water process.

• We are committed to reducing greenhouse emissions and water consumption.

• We are the only flooring company recognized by the Asthma and Allergy foundation.

Who we are:

With a history of 140 years, Tarkett is a worldwide leader in innovative flooring and sport surface solutions with 12,000 employees and 34 industrial sites. Offering a wide range of products including vinyl, linoleum, rubber, carpet, wood, laminate, artificial turf, and athletic tracks. The Group serves customers in more than 100 countries across the globe.

Committed to change the game with circular economy and to reducing its carbon footprint, the Group has implemented an eco-innovation strategy based on Cradle to Cradle principles, fully aligned with its Tarkett Human-Conscious Design approach.

Tarkett is listed on Euronext (Compartment B, ISIN FR0004188670, ticker: TKTT). www.tarkett-group.com

Tarkett is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity in backgrounds and in experiences and promote an inclusive workplace where all employees can perform at their best.