What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Engineer Supervisor position at Energizer Holdings?
Quality Engineer Supervisor
Overview
As a Quality Engineer Supervisor within Energizer’s Global Auto Care division, you will lead quality initiatives at our Dayton manufacturing facility. In this leadership role, you’ll oversee a team of quality professionals, driving excellence across operations. You’ll collaborate cross-functionally to ensure our products meet the highest standards, manage customer and supplier quality issues, and champion a culture of compliance and continuous improvement
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Responsibilities
- Directly supervise Quality Technicians, ensuring effective performance, continuous development, and adherence to quality protocols
- Provide regular coaching, feedback, and guidance to build technical capability and accountability
- Oversee technician assignments, audit schedules, and project support activities
- Develop, implement, and monitor comprehensive quality systems and processes
- Analyze quality data to guide Operations and R&D on compliance strategies and system requirements
- Serve as primary contact for managing customer complaints and feedback
- Monitor complaint trends and resolution effectiveness
- Lead and coach production teams in investigation processes and corrective actions
- Act as a liaison between Operations and R&D to ensure successful product trials and launches
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement and proactive issue resolution
- Address quality concerns with suppliers to prevent potential customer issues
- Resolve raw material and product quality discrepancies efficiently
- Design and deliver impactful quality systems training across the organization
- Serve as a technical resource and mentor for quality-related projects and initiatives
- Lead the design and rollout of an internal auditing program
- Set performance metrics, guide Quality Technicians on auditing techniques, and ensure audit effectiveness
- Champion problem-solving initiatives using prior experiences and root cause analysis methodologies
- Support teams in developing and implementing corrective and preventive action plans
- Identify and assess quality and compliance risks
- Recommend strategic actions based on cross-functional insights and impact assessments
- Represent the Quality team on enterprise-wide improvement projects
- Utilize tools such as 5 Whys and fishbone diagrams to drive systemic quality solutions
Qualifications
- Previous supervisory experience
- 3 years of experience with strong leadership, coaching, and mentoring
- Bachelor’s degree in quality engineering, Science, or related field OR equivalent experience
- Minimum 5 years of relevant (designing, implementing, managing, and auditing quality systems) experience
- Strong background in manufacturing operations
- Proven expertise in Quality Management System tools and regulatory requirements
- What we prefer
- Experience working with suppliers and contract manufacturers
Salary : $85,000 - $107,000