Quality Manager

Quality Manager

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

The person hired for this position of Quality Manager will be responsible for providing quality leadership for operations and will be actively engaged in the development and execution of the plant quality strategies and tactics.   These responsibilities will be directly tied to the global vision and algin with the long-term strategies of the plant operations.   Key objectives will include developing a high-quality culture and team, delivering products with consistent and robust project quality, responding to customer complaints and driving effective and continuous improvement.  

As a Quality Manager, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Provides total quality management advice and consults with the plant leadership team to set short-term strategic direction and operating plans.
• Determines direction and priorities and assigns resources with full accountability for results of the quality functional area.
• Partners with engineering, operations, and customer service, to maintain and increase the quality level within the organization and to ensure product conformance to design data and design requirements.
• Drives reduction in complaints and cost of quality and regulatory standards.
• Furthers the plant’s ability to advance quality at the source and utilize the technology resources to implement robust engineering controls that reduce human error.  
• Direct oversight of the day-to-day FAA PMA operations within the facility and on-going monitoring and direct supervisor for those individuals appointed to issue Authorized Release Documents.

Your Skills and Expertise 

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start)

• Seven (7) years of plant quality and/or manufacturing operations experience working in a private, public, government or military environment
• Two (2) years of supervisory and/or managerial experience in a private, public, government or military environment.

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Five (5) years of experience leading internal and external audits within the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
• Demonstrated strong leadership ability and history of leading high-performance teams
• Demonstrated understanding of principle-based leadership and behaviors
• Experience in leading strategic and organizational development, operational excellence, lean implementation, financial accounting
• Effective communication skills

Work location:

• Aberdeen, SD

Travel: May include up to 10% domestic

Relocation: May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

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