At Modine, we are engineering a cleaner, healthier world. Building on more than 100 years of excellence in thermal management, we provide trusted systems and solutions that improve air quality and conserve natural resources. More than 13,000 employees are at work in every corner of the globe, delivering the solutions our customers need, where they need them. Our Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies segments support our purpose by improving air quality, reducing energy and water consumption, lowering harmful emissions and enabling cleaner running vehicles and environmentally-friendly refrigerants. Modine is a global company headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin (USA), with operations in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. For more information about Modine, visit www.modine.com.
Position Description
The Senior Quality Manager – Multi-Site Operations is a strategic leader responsible for driving quality excellence across multiple manufacturing sites. This role owns the development, deployment, and continuous improvement of enterprise-wide quality systems, ensuring alignment with customer expectations, regulatory requirements, and business objectives. The Senior Quality Manager leads cross-functional teams to elevate quality performance, reduce risk, and foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement. This position reports to senior operations leadership and plays a critical role in shaping the long-term quality vision for the organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Leadership: Develop and execute a multi-site quality strategy that aligns with corporate goals, customer requirements, and industry best practices.
- Enterprise Quality Systems: Own and optimize the Quality Management System (QMS) across all sites, ensuring compliance with ISO 9001, ASHRAE, and other relevant standards.
- Performance Management: Establish and monitor key quality performance indicators (KPIs) across sites, driving data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement.
- Operational Excellence: Lead cross-site initiatives to reduce defects, scrap, and rework using Six Sigma, Lean, and advanced quality methodologies.
- Risk Mitigation: Oversee implementation of SPC, FMEA, DOE, and other tools to proactively identify and mitigate quality risks.
- New Product Introduction (NPI): Partner with engineering and operations to ensure robust quality planning and flawless execution of NPI across facilities.
- Team Development: Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of quality managers, engineers, and technicians across multiple locations.
- Supplier Quality: Drive supplier quality performance through audits, corrective actions, and capability assessments, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards.
- Customer Advocacy: Serve as the senior point of contact for customer quality concerns, escalations, and third-party audits.
- Culture Building: Champion a culture of quality ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement across all levels of the organization.
- Compliance Oversight: Ensure regulatory compliance and readiness for internal and external audits across all sites.
- Executive Reporting: Provide regular updates and strategic recommendations to senior leadership on quality trends, risks, and opportunities.
Initial Focus Areas:
- Quality Escapes Reduction: Reducing quality escapes to the field, which are driving increased work for the Aftermarket and Service team, by working with cross functional team to drive quality upstream in our manufacturing process.
- Team Transformation: Build and transform the current quality team to meet evolving operational and strategic needs.
- Quality Culture: Drive a culture of Quality First to reduce delivery time and cost across operations.
- Standardization: Develop common Quality systems and processes leverage Modine QMS across all plants to ensure consistency, efficiency, and scalability.
Required Education & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality Management, or a related field.
- 10+ years of progressive experience in quality leadership within manufacturing, preferably in HVAC, refrigeration, or industrial equipment.
- Proven success in leading quality initiatives across multiple sites or business units.
- Deep expertise in ISO 9001, ASHRAE standards, and regulatory compliance.
- Advanced proficiency in Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, and statistical quality tools.
- Strong background in manufacturing processes including welding, brazing, assembly, and testing.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence senior stakeholders.
- Experience with quality data analysis tools (e.g., Minitab, JMP, Excel).
- Exceptional communication, strategic thinking, and leadership skills.
Why Choose Modine?
Health & Well-being:
- Day One
- Competitive health, dental & vision insurance coverage
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- After 90 days of continuous employment
- Maternity Leave (12 weeks at 100% pay)
- 8 weeks of short term disability leave paid at 100%
- 4 weeks of paid parental leave paid at 100%
- Paternity Leave (4 weeks at 100% pay)
Financial Benefits:
- 401k Retirement plan and company paid match
- Life Insurance
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Short Term Disability (company paid)
- Long Term Disability
Work-Life Balance:
- Competitive time-off policies
- Tuition Reimbursement
To view full benefits information: MyModine Benefits |
Modine is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Modine provides a competitive benefit package, which could include paid vacation, short term disability, 401(k), health, dental, vision, life insurance, flex spending benefits, tuition reimbursement, Health Savings Account and much more. Human Resources will provide more detail upon your hiring.
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