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Quality Manager (Manufacturing)

Trojan Battery Company

  • Attica, Indiana
  • 30+ days ago

    Highlights

    In this pivotal role, you’ll lead cross-functional initiatives rooted in Six Sigma and Lean principles to drive operational excellence and deliver measurable results in customer satisfaction, process efficiency, and supplier performance. This is more than a quality role—it’s an opportunity to lead lasting change, mentor high-performing teams, and influence strategic outcomes across multiple sites.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationAttica, Indiana
    IndustryElectronics, Components, and Semiconductor Mfg
    Company Size500 to 999 employees
    Year Founded1925
    Websitehttp://www.trojanbattery.com/

    Description

    It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!

    We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

    Position Overview

    We’re seeking a results-driven Quality Manager to champion a culture shift toward a proactive, data-driven quality approach across our organization. In this pivotal role, you’ll lead cross-functional initiatives rooted in Six Sigma and Lean principles to drive operational excellence and deliver measurable results in customer satisfaction, process efficiency, and supplier performance.

    This is more than a quality role—it’s an opportunity to lead lasting change, mentor high-performing teams, and influence strategic outcomes across multiple sites. If you’re ready to lead with purpose and leave a legacy of excellence, we want to hear from you.

    Key Responsibilities

    • Serve as a change agent for quality transformation across the organization, aligning people, processes, and systems with Six Sigma and ISO 9001 best practices.

    • Lead a quality team with multi-site operational oversight, including responsibility for departmental budget, performance, and development.

    • Champion continuous improvement by reducing internal defects, scrap, and waste while improving product reliability and supplier quality.

    • Develop and implement robust quality systems, procedures, and metrics that support process control and product excellence.

    • Lead root cause analysis and Corrective & Preventive Action (RC-CAPA) initiatives using Six Sigma tools and statistical methods.

    • Serve as the ISO 9001 Management Representative, guiding compliance efforts and audits while embedding ISO standards into daily operations.

    • Act as a trainer and mentor in Six Sigma, ISO, and Total Quality Management methodologies across all levels of the organization.

    • Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing teams to support product development, including design reviews and CTQ analysis.

    • Support lean initiatives, FMEAs, control plans, PPAPs, and DOE projects that deliver measurable improvements in quality and cost.

    Required Qualifications

    • Six Sigma Green Belt certification required; Lean Six Sigma Black Belt highly preferred.

    • Proven leadership experience in high-volume, medium-mix industrial manufacturing environments.

    • 5+ years of quality management experience with a track record of driving measurable results in quality, cost, and process performance.

    • Strong analytical skills with experience in statistical analysis, sampling schemes, and use of tools like Minitab.

    • Deep understanding of quality systems including FMEA, Control Plans, PPAP, and DOE.

    • Effective communicator and strategic thinker with exceptional team leadership and coaching abilities.

    • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and quality management systems.

    Preferred Qualifications

    • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related technical field.

    • ASQ certifications (CQE, CQM) preferred.

    • Experience with TL9000, 1E Nuclear Quality Systems, or similar industry standards.

    • Experience leading ISO 9001 implementations or acting as a lead auditor.

    • Finance-savvy: able to manage operational budgets and calculate Cost of Quality (CoQ).

    Why Join Us?

    • Play a key leadership role with the autonomy to drive meaningful change.

    • Work with a collaborative leadership team that values innovation, accountability, and continuous learning.

    • Be part of a company with a strong commitment to customer satisfaction, operational excellence, and employee development.

    if you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

    About Company

    Reputation Built on Quality, Leadership and Innovation
    Founded in 1925 by co-founders George Godber and Carl Speer, Trojan Battery Company is the world’s leading manufacturer of deep-cycle batteries. From deep-cycle flooded batteries to deep-cycle AGM and gel batteries, Trojan has shaped the world of deep-cycle battery technology with over 85 years of battery manufacturing experience. With the invention of the golf car battery for the Autoette vehicle in 1952, Trojan pioneered the development of deep-cycle battery technology for the golf industry; successfully introducing mobilization to the game of golf. For Trojan, this began a legacy of leadership and innovation that prevails today in the global, deep-cycle markets spanning applications for golf, renewable energy, transportation, floor machines, aerial work platforms, marine and recreational vehicles.

    Headquartered in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., Trojan’s operations include four ISO 9001:2008 certified manufacturing plants in California and Georgia, two advanced research and development centers dedicated exclusively to deep-cycle battery technologies and international offices located in Europe, UAE and Asia. Trojan is a proud member of the Battery Council International (BCI) and a technical research partner with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Trojan applies rigorous industry testing procedures that adhere to BCI and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) test standards.

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