Dupont
Site Quality Leader
Hillsdale, Michigan
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About the role
- At DuPont, our purpose is to empower the world with essential innovations to thrive.
- Whether it's providing clean water to more than a billion people on the planet, producing materials that are essential in everyday technology devices from smartphones to electric vehicles, or protecting workers around the world.
- Discover the many reasons the world's most talented people are choosing to work at DuPont.
Responsibilities
- Lead all site-level quality activities, ensuring consistent execution of quality systems aligned with industry standards (IATF 16949, APQP, PPAP, OEM-specific requirements).
- Drive a strong quality culture focused on front line ownership, accountability, and right-first-time execution.
- Lead and host customer audits, certification audits, and site visits, demonstrating site capability, compliance, and readiness.
- Own and continuously improve the site Quality Management System (QMS), ensuring compliance and effectiveness.
- Lead Management of Change (MOC) activities impacting product quality, including changes to materials, processes, equipment, analytical methods, and specifications.
- Drive prioritization and execution of improvement initiatives to deliver measurable and sustainable performance gains.
- Lead site quality reviews and ensure alignment with business and customer performance expectations.
- Lead internal audits and oversee external audits of site operations, laboratories, warehouses, and critical suppliers where applicable.
- Proven ability to manage customer relationships at the site level, including handling complaints, leading escalations, and communicating risk, containment, and corrective action plans.
Requirements
- Automotive Quality Expertise
- Practical experience with IATF 16949 and ISO 9001 including implementation at the site level.
- Strong working knowledge of automotive core tools, including:
- Experience & Education
- Control Plans, Process Flow, SPC, MSA (Gage R&R)
- Special characteristics and process capability (Cp/Cpk)
- Problem Solving & Continuous Improvement
Nice to have
- Several years of progressive experience in Quality Assurance / Quality Control within manufacturing environments
- automotive, chemical, adhesives, coatings, or regulated industries strongly preferred.
- Bachelor's degree required (Master's preferred) in Chemistry, Materials Science, Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial), or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
- AIAG VDA FMEA (preferred)
- Experience supporting or leading audits (e.g., IATF, VDA 6.3) preferred.
- Six Sigma training or certification (Green Belt or Black Belt preferred).
Compensation
- To learn more visit the Compensation and Benefits page.
Company info
- Serve as the primary site-level quality interface for customers, managing day-to-day communications, escalations, and performance discussions.
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