Quality Engineering Manager

Company: HNI Corporation
Location: Catawba
Posted on: April 23, 2024

Job Description:

This is an on-site role in Hickory, NC. This position is relocation eligible

HNI Corporation is a global family of brands for the workplace and home dedicated to enhancing the spaces where we live, work, and gather. We pride ourselves on fostering an environment where we make a positive impact on others; upholding our beliefs in integrity, inclusion and belonging.
Your Impact Starts the Day You Do!

What We Need:
We are looking for a Quality Manager to join our HNI Workplace Furnishings Operations team.
Assures correct product quality and appearance throughout the manufacturing and shipping process working cross functionally to investigate and determine root cause and solve quality issues.
What You Will Do:

• Assures correct product quality and appearance throughout the manufacturing and shipping process working cross functionally to investigate and determine root cause and solve quality issues.
• Works with engineering and product development to document changes and corrections to product and process.
• Coach and train team members of our quality standards throughout the organization
• Supervise team members of the quality control department
• Act as the customer advocate to inspect and assure the shipment of a quality product
• Works as a key member of the quality team on scrap reduction, warranty reduction, and/or supplier quality activities and projects.
• Manage the Redtag process for defective purchased parts. May include training members and updating process flow as required.
• Collect and inspect defective parts, talk with members to gain understanding of problem, document defect, and communicate issues to supplier and procurement.
• Review daily warranty report to identify vendor issues requiring corrective action. What You Have:
  • Basic HBF product and process knowledge.
  • Basic knowledge of problem solving tools (5-Why, 8D, A3, etc.)
  • Excellent technical and critical thinking skills.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to communicate and work across all organizational functions and externally with suppliers.
  • Computer skills: ability to use MS Excel to create charts and graphs, comfortable filtering and searching database information, and ability to use MS Word or PowerPoint to create quality alerts.
  • Preferred: Bachelors degree or 5+ years of previous upholstery experience in a furniture or automotive setting. What You're Good At:
    • Training and coaching
    • Communication
    • Maintaining proper data and documentation
    • Audits
    • 5 why, 8D, FAI, SCAR, etc. Join us at HNI Corporation, where your journey toward making a positive impact begins from day one. Your passion, skills, and dedication will play a vital role in shaping the future of our organization and the experiences of those we serve. Apply Now!
      
      HNI Corporation (NYSE: HNI) is a manufacturer of workplace furnishings and building products, operating under two segments. The workplace furnishings segment is a leading global designer and provider of commercial furnishings, going to market under multiple unique brands. The residential building products segment is the nation's leading manufacturer and marketer of hearth products.
      
      As one of the larger employers in Iowa, HNI Corporation was recognized in 2018, 2019, and 2020 for the diversity of our Board of Directors and was named in 2020, 2021, and in 2022 as one of America's Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek.
      
      How we act today protects how we live tomorrow. Check out our CSR Report here:
      
      Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), are not just core beliefs at HNI - they are operational imperatives. We value each other's differences in experiences and ideas to solve problems and better serve our customers. Take a look at our DEI goals here:
      
      We offer Benefits on Day 1, including a new voluntary benefit, Daily Pay! To learn about all the benefits HNI has to offer visit .
      
      We also invite you to visit us at to learn more!
      
      

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