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Job Overview
We are seeking a forward-thinking, collaborative senior quality manager to lead the quality function at our manufacturing plant. This critical leadership role ensures that all products meet customers, industry, and regulatory standards while driving a culture of quality excellence. The senior quality manager will develop and implement strategic quality initiatives, oversee audits, and lead a team of quality engineers and analysts to optimize manufacturing processes and minimize defects. This is a hands-on leadership role that requires close collaboration with production, engineering, and global quality teams to ensure plant-wide quality improvements.
This position will be located on-site at our Jonestown, PA, manufacturing plant.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead and develop the quality team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration across all departments
- Partner with manufacturing, engineering, and global quality to ensure product quality, process capability, and regulatory compliance
- Champion and uphold plant-wide quality standards, policies, and systems ensuring alignment with corporate and customer requirements
- Monitor and report on key quality performance indicators (e.g. customer complaints, internal defects), providing insights and recommendations to plant leadership
- Manage audits (internal, external) and support audit readiness across the facility
- Oversee plant-wide quality improvement initiatives, reducing defects and scrap, to reduce cost of poor quality and improve process control and product reliability
- Lead root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement to address recurring quality issues
- Work closely with engineering and production teams to ensure new product introduction (NPI) meets quality standards
- Mentor and coach quality team members and foster a high – performance culture.
- Travel, as needed, to support both internal and external customer needs and NPI programs
What your background should look like:
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, or a technical field is a plus
- 8+ years of progressive quality experience within a manufacturing environment
- Strong knowledge of ISO9001 and regulatory compliance
- At least 3 years in a leadership role managing quality teams
- Expertise in lean manufacturing and advanced quality methodologies
- Strong problem solving skills with experience in 8D problem solving, FMEA, DOE, SPC, and safe launch
- Proficiency in quality data analysis tools (i.e. minitab, JMP or similar)
- Excellent communication, analytical, and leadership skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate others
What we’re looking for:
- A collaborator who works well with diverse teams and thrives in a fast-paced environment
- A quality champion who is passionate about continuous improvement and operational excellence.
- Deep understanding of quality standards in the tech industry and the ability to lead teams through change while driving a culture of quality excellence.
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Competencies
ABOUT TE CONNECTIVITY
TE Connectivity is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. Our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, renewable energy, automated factories, data centers, medical technology and more. With more than 85,000 employees, including 8,000 engineers, working alongside customers in approximately 140 countries. TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, WeChat, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).
COMPENSATION
- Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $139,800 – 174,700 (subject to change dependent on physical location)
- Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. TE Connectivity reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualification of the selected candidate as well as internal and external equity.
- Total Compensation = Base Salary + Incentive(s) + Benefits
BENEFITS
- A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), disability, life insurance, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and voluntary benefits.
EOE, Including Disability/Vets
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