Senior Quality Manager

EnerSys is a global leader in stored energy solutions helping industrial, infrastructure and defense customers address critical power and operational needs. The company delivers integrated solutions that combine energy storage technologies, power electronics, software-enabled intelligence, technical expertise and comprehensive global customer support. EnerSys supports customers across communications networks, data centers, energy infrastructure, material handling, transportation, aerospace and defense - including applications where power continuity is essential. Serving customers in more than 100 countries, EnerSys helps organizations manage energy more reliably, efficiently and intelligently in complex operating environments where uptime, safety and resilience matter.

Supporting Critical Operations Through Three Specialized Business Platforms:

• Network & Infrastructure Solutions (NIS) - Powering the connected world with trusted reserve power and critical infrastructure solutions.
• Industrial Mobility Solutions (IMS) - Powering industrial vehicles and equipment that keep essential goods and industries moving around the world.
• Precision Power Solutions (PPS) - Powering advanced, reliable, high-performance solutions for defense, aerospace, and specialized applications.

Job Purpose

We are seeking a Senior Quality Manager to build and lead all site quality functions for the new Greenville manufacturing facility. This role will establish the Quality organization, implement an ISO 9001-compliant Quality Management System (QMS), and deploy advanced quality methods for high-volume automated lithium-ion cylindrical cell manufacturing. The Senior Quality Manager will align customer, product, manufacturing, supplier, and systems quality; implement APQP and risk-based controls; and ensure customer, supplier, and regulatory expectations are consistently met. The role begins remotely during facility construction and transitions to full-time onsite in Greenville, SC, when operations begin.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Establish and lead the site Quality organization, including hiring, resource planning, training, development, and performance management.
• Build a quality culture focused on data-driven decisions, defect prevention, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain an ISO 9001-compliant QMS, including procedures, work instructions, documentation, audits, and digital quality tools.
• Lead customer, product, manufacturing, supplier, and systems quality activities and translate requirements into effective process controls.
• Establish in-process and final controls across cell production, including mixing, coating, calendering, slitting, winding, assembly, electrolyte fill, formation, aging, and test.
• Implement APQP processes, including PFMEA, Process Flow Diagrams, Control Plans, MSA, PPAP, SPC, sampling plans, acceptance criteria, and capability metrics.
• Guide process qualification and validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) during commissioning and production ramp-up.
• Partner with PPS supplier quality resources on qualification, risk ranking, incoming inspection, audits, corrective actions, and performance.
• Drive root cause analysis using DMAIC, 8D, 5-Why, and fishbone methods and lead Lean Six Sigma initiatives.
• Partner with Engineering, Operations, R&D, and Supply Chain on DFMEA, production readiness, new product introductions, process changes, and RFQ-to-SOP activities.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Materials, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 20+ years of quality engineering experience in high-volume, highly regulated manufacturing, including 10+ years in leadership.
• Experience launching manufacturing lines, facilities, or major production programs and developing quality controls and documentation.
• Demonstrated experience implementing ISO 9001 systems and using ERP, PLM, and MES platforms such as SAP, Oracle, or PTC Windchill.
• Strong knowledge of APQP, PFMEA, DFMEA, Control Plans, MSA, PPAP, SPC, statistical analysis, data trending, and process capability.
• Strong leadership, communication, technical writing, analytical, and cross-functional influencing skills.
• Proficiency with statistical tools such as Minitab, JMP, or Python and Microsoft Office.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% domestically and internationally.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in a technical discipline.
• Experience in electrochemical or chemical manufacturing.
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and/or ASQ certification, such as CQE, CQA, or CMQ/OE.
• ISO 9001, IATF 16949, and/or VDA 6.3 auditor certification.
• Experience with IATF 16949.

General Job Requirements

• This position will work in an office setting, expect minimal physical demands.

EnerSys provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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