Product Quality Leader- NPD & Change MGMT

Rehlko

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

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JOB DETAILS

SKILLS

Alternative Energy, Change Control, Change Management, Communication Skills, Compensation and Benefits, Corrective Action, Cost Control, Documentation, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Engineering, OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer), Performance Analysis, Process Control Engineering, Process Improvement, Process Management, Product Design, Product Development, Product Management, Product Support, Production Control, Quality Management, Requirements Validation/Verification, Risk, Risk Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, Safety/Work Safety, Sustainability

LOCATION

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

POSTED

8 days ago

Why Work at Rehlko

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 today's 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 organization's success. We are committed to fostering a safe and sustainable work environment where safety is everyone's 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

The Product Quality Leader - NPD & Change Management manages and owns quality performance for new product development projects, safe launches, VAVE/cost-out initiatives, and product/process change management. This role serves as the primary quality leader for launch readiness, change control, validation, customer protection, and early production stability.

This role also owns quality performance for all non-top strategic customers and partners with engineering, manufacturing, supplier quality, service, product management, and operations to identify risks, contain issues, drive corrective action, improve launch execution, strengthen PFMEAs and control plans, reduce customer escapes, and lower Cost of Poor Quality.

Specific Responsibilities

New Product Development, Product Readiness, & Safe Launch

Support new product development projects by ensuring quality requirements, validation activities, manufacturability expectations, and customer protection plans are defined and executed.
Lead launch quality readiness activities, including launch control plans, inspection strategy, containment requirements, entry criteria, exit criteria, and post-launch monitoring.
Monitor launch performance through FPY, defect trends, customer escapes, containment results, test failures, early warranty indicators, and defect pareto reduction.
Drive immediate containment, root cause analysis, corrective action, and escalation when launch defects, readiness gaps, or customer risks are identified.
Ensure product and process risks are reviewed and controlled prior to production release, with verified corrective actions and objective evidence required before safe launch exit.
Apply post-launch lessons learned from warranty, field failures, customer complaints, manufacturing defects, and launch performance to strengthen future product and process designs

VAVE & Change Management

Lead quality review and validation for VAVE, cost-out, design change, and process change initiatives.
Ensure changes are not released without risk review, validation evidence, updated documentation, training, inspection requirements, and process control verification.
Partner with engineering, manufacturing engineering, supplier quality, and operations to confirm changes are controlled before implementation.
Drive post-change monitoring to verify changes do not create customer escapes, rework, warranty exposure, process instability, or hidden COPQ.

Customer & Product Quality

Manage product quality performance

Product Quality Leader- NPD & Change MGMT

Rehlko

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

About the Company

Rehlko

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