Senior Manager, Quality
- Naperville, IL
- $162,000-198,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
Department: Manufacturing
Compensation Range: $162,000-198,000 USD
Location: Naperville, IL, USAAbout AGIAg Growth International Inc. (“AGI”) is a provider of the physical equipment and digital technology solutions required to support global food infrastructure including grain, fertilizer, seed, feed, and food processing systems. With over 4,000 employees worldwide, and facilities and offices in Canada, the United States, Brazil, India, Europe, APAC, Australia, and Africa, AGI sells its products globally through a network of wholly owned subsidiaries and third-party dealers and distributors.The OpportunityAs a key member of the AGI Global Operations Team, the Sr. Manager- Quality will oversee all aspects of Quality Management programs and drive YOY performance improvements across multiple manufacturing and field service divisions. The leader will have global responsibility and be able to navigate through different country compliance requirements. Quality represented by warranty dollars is a critical pillar in AGI to continue improving customer satisfaction, productivity, and margin expansion. Therefore, the ability to work effectively with engineering, sales, supply chain and manufacturing, to change and improve processes, methods, tools and people is critical. Our goal is to continue improving our current performance on Quality Warranty expenses to the minimum cost or budget plans through YOY improvements.By doing this, we will increase customer and employee satisfaction. The Senior Manager of Quality will show a strong commitment to operational excellence; strong ownership; high energy; high degree of optimism and reality; and strong commitment to build the Quality department talent bench. The Sr. Manager - Quality will be accountable for Program development, implementation, and compliance; Risk and Audit assessments; Incident investigation and problem solving; Training and development; Emergency business preparedness; and country regulatory compliance.AGI’s current business footprint supports over 25+ manufacturing facilities globally, with notable business positions across North America, Brazil, LATAM, EMEA, India, and APAC. This role requires strong leadership, communication and confidence skills in front of business leaders; C-level, senior level executives, Plant Managers, functional leaders, etc. This is a collaborative role that works closely with senior and executive leadership as well as product management, engineering, production, marketing and sales teamsThe TeamThe role will report to the VP of Manufacturing.Responsibilities
- Promote AGI culture of Safety and Quality as Top Priority
- Champions Quality vision and alignment in a current decentralized and matrix organization
- Strong and persuasive communication and collaboration with cross-functional departments
- Make decisions with confidence and conviction to improve Quality performance
- Develop Quality strategies that align with the company's overall business objectives
- Monitor and analyze Quality metrics to identify areas for improvement and implement corrective actions as needed
- Ensure compliance with all relevant regulations, industry standards, and company policies
- Capable of bringing the global quality team together to achieve desired results
- Establish cadence with Quality leaders and divisional business leaders to review, plan, action on divisional performance metrics including opportunities for recovery and improvement
- Ensure continuous process improvement principles (“LEAN”, Kaizen and Kaikaku) are implemented – Simple & Effective
- Post Secondary Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain or Business
- 10+ years in Manufacturing environments (preferred industrial manufacturing)
- Strategic thinker and strong decision maker
- Strong Quality experience and leadership
- Strong use of data to influence business decisions
- Strong communication and relationship building skills across all levels of the organization, from Direct Labor to C-level
- Ability to prioritize requirements and manage time effectively
- Proven ability to provide leadership to a team of diverse professionals
- Strong business analysis, financial analysis, and project management capabilities
- Experience operating within a matrix organization
- Effective collaborator across functional disciplines
- Able to influence without direct reporting authority
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with tactical execution
- Ability to thrive & grow in a continuously evolving environment
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required
- High energy/high impact attitude to continue growing professionally and make AGI more profitable is required
- MS Office Proficiency (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Teams)
- MS Power BI or other Business Intelligence tools a plus
- Spend management, inventory, logistics technology applications (use and deployment experience a plus)
- AI and ML experience/awareness
We’re the leading global expert in providing farmers, processors and commercial customers with the right equipment and customized engineering solutions to produce, protect and deliver the world’s grain, fertilizer, seed, feed and food supplies. Dedicated to safety, innovation and customization, AGI offers one of the largest catalogs of equipment and full-service planning and engineering services for the storage, blending, mixing, conveying, conditioning, and processing of agricultural products worldwide. Supported by an extensive in-country sales and service team, AGI provides a global distribution network and state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Canada, the United States, Brazil, India, France, and Italy.Our CultureSafety and teamwork are the cornerstones of our global culture. In all aspects of our business, diverse and inclusive teams work together to deliver quality products, solutions, and services for our customers around the world.Benefits offered
- Annual bonus plan
- Paid Time Off
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life and AD&D
- Short Term Disability
- Long Term Disability
- Voluntary Life
- Employee Assistance Program
- Spending Accounts
- 401k with match
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan with match