Job Description
Quality Division Leadership Opportunity
Our client is a leading steel service and processing company that supplies manufacturers in various sectors - primarily automotive but also construction, agriculture, and large scale appliances. Operating out of its Northwest Indiana facility, the company processes large steel coils through services including slitting, cut-to-length processing, pickling, oiling, and inventory management, helping customers transform raw steel into production-ready material. Over the years, the company has grown into one of the nation's largest independent steel service providers.
Job Description
- Lead all aspects of metallurgical, quality, and technical services efforts
- Manage and develop the quality and technical service department
- Review and monitor quality system requirements and compliance - IATF16949
- Analyze internal/external data as well as market & customer feedback to initiate corrective actions and eliminate negative trends proactively
- Oversee all claims with customers and processors of steel products, ensuring customer satisfaction and resolution
- Evaluate different types of steel in stock that can be utilized for various customer applications/needs, providing guidance to customers
- Work with all suppliers, processors, and customers concurrently to ensure strong technical service
- Utilize SPC and other data sets to create PPAPs/FMEAs
- Oversee metallurgical engineers, quality technicians, claims specialists, and lab personnel
- Create and implement inspection and testing criteria and ensure suppliers and processors maintain it
- Track and resolve all defects
- Initiate continuous improvement initiatives and maintain strong communication for alignment within the organization
MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.
The Successful Applicant
- Technical Engineering Degree Required - Metallurgical Engineering STRONGLY PREFERRED
- 5-10+ years of experience in a steel based manufacturing leadership role, automotive preferred
- Strong working knowledge of IATF16949 standards - certification a plus
- Continuous improvement mindset at small and large scale
- Experience working with high profile customers, especially automotive OEMs
- Financial Acumen associated with P&L/Cost centers
- Six Sigma Experience- Belt Certification a plus
- Ability to work with Sales, Suppliers, Outside Manufacturers/Processors, and customers
- Willingness to travel (~20-25%) all within the Midwest
What's on Offer
- Salary up to $175,000 depending on relevant experience
- Relocation assistance to be considered
- Annual bonus payout ~15%
- Health/Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
- 401k match
- 2-3 weeks of PTO
- Paid Holidays
- More
Contact Zac Jones Quote job ref JN-072026-7061126
Job Summary
Sector: Engineering & Manufacturing
Sub Sector: Quality, Technical
Industry: Industrial / Manufacturing
Location: Hammond
Contract Type: Permanent
Consultant name: Zac Jones
Job Reference: JN-072026-7061126
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Hammond, Indiana |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $140,000–$175,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Website | https://www.michaelpage.ca/ |
About Company
Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.
Our business was established in Canada in 2005 when we opened our Toronto office. Our role is to work with employers and job seekers to facilitate a successful match. This can range from advising a global company on a candidate sourcing strategy to helping a job seeker find their dream job.
In Canada, we focus on recruiting for the following areas:
Banking and financial services
Digital and e-commerce
Engineering and manufacturing
Finance and accounting
Human resources
Information technology
Marketing
Oil and gas
Procurement and supply chain
Property and construction
Sales
An Established Brand
The Group has established a leading presence in many of the key markets for professional recruitment around the world and has positioned itself in certain other markets, which offer the opportunity for future growth. Within its current largest markets, Michael Page has also built a regional presence, including in the UK, France and Australia. Consequently, the Michael Page brand is among the most widely recognized brands in the professional recruitment industry.
A Market Leader
The role of a recruitment consultancy is to act as an intermediary, identifying and sourcing suitably qualified candidates on behalf of its clients. Candidates are recruited either for permanent or contract positions (typically for a fixed term) or on a temporary basis. Within the overall recruitment industry, the market for professional recruitment services is a specialist sector which has developed more recently. Michael Page is widely recognized as leading the development of this market around the world.
Learn the benefits of working with Michael Page yourself. Submit your resume or contact a Michael Page recruitment consultant today.
Skills
- Agricultureunmatched
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Automotive Industryunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Constructionunmatched
- Continuous Improvementunmatched
- Corrective Actionunmatched
- Customer Satisfactionunmatched
- Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
- Customer/Client Researchunmatched
- Data Setsunmatched
- Inventory Managementunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Manufacturingunmatched
- Metallurgyunmatched
- OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer)unmatched
- People Managementunmatched
- Profit & Lossunmatched
- Quality Monitoringunmatched
- Quality System Requirements (QSR)unmatched
- Regulatory Complianceunmatched
- Salesunmatched
- Six Sigmaunmatched
- Steel Industryunmatched
- Testingunmatched
- Willing to Travelunmatched
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