Broan-NuTone leads the residential ventilation industry in North America with our innovative products, fulfilling our mission to improve people's lives through better air. We are present in more than 110 million homes in North America and are proud to move almost 13 trillion cubic feet of fresh air per year. Our 2,000+ entrepreneurs operate in four countries and our quality products are made by five manufacturing facilities we own and by trusted supply partners. Our leading brands include Broan, NuTone, Zephyr, Best, Venmar, and vanEE.

At Broan-NuTone we are all about growth, so we have a one-page Growth Agenda that serves as our true north at all levels in the organization. Founded in 1932, Broan-NuTone is the largest company in Madison Air, one of the world's largest privately held companies with 8,000 entrepreneurs, $10 billion in enterprise value, and 42 manufacturing facilities in 11 countries around the world. Madison Air's mission to make the world safer, healthier, and more productive through the transformative power of air brings us all together. We are also passionate about the safety of our entrepreneurs, a culture that promotes safety, innovation, growth, a bias for action, and building trust.

This is a hybrid role that would require commuting to our Hartford, WI headquarters multiple times a week.

Position Description: Product Quality Specialist, Kitchen Ventilation product line

Job Description Summary

If you have a passion to make the world a safer, healthier and a more productive place, look no further than Broan-Nutone, one of Madison industries Indoor Air Quality business unit with exciting opportunities at their Design headquarters in Hartford, WI. If you would like to harness your "entrepreneurial mindset in an innovative environment and build on market leadership", we have an exciting Product Quality Specialist position, dedicated to our Kitchen ventilation product line with a primary focus to deliver innovative new products while having fun along-side a cohesive high-performing teams that are accountable entrepreneurs.

This role will have opportunities to be the voice of quality on multiple product development projects, Bring innovative solutions to life through various phases of product life cycles - concept to production. The culture empowers to be "Entrepreneurial" with a "Bias for Action and Trust". Come join us in developing yourself and "build something truly remarkable...that will long outlast us".

Responsibilities

Subject Matter Expert

• Understand and meet our consumers and customers' needs through innovative air quality solutions.
• Apply technical knowledge, Production Parts Approval Process (PPAPs), statistical principles, structured problem-solving methodologies, and Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) principles to make product robust/reliable, participate and validate in FMEA, PPRs to create robust designs.
• Participate in supplier development/selection.
• Analyze quality data and make recommendations to adjust product design for DFMEA.
• Develop and or improve quality procedures/standards/methods to meet required capability.
• Choose appropriate action and alternatives with rationale based on facts, constraints, and predicted consequences.
• Immerse in NPD process and philosophies through the entire development project from conception through product launch.

Leadership

• Effectively lead and motivate suppliers/sites to work toward accomplishing project objectives.
• Be accountable and lead by example making and meeting project milestones and deliverables.
• Lead and execute quality improvements opportunities
• Own gathering and sharing insights from product performance in the field.
• Challenge yourself and your team to be innovative, take moderate risks to overcome project obstacles. Provide options, scenarios, and recommendations to overcome obstacles.
• Support conflict resolution, speak up and raise concern in global and regional settings.
• Effectively communicate deliverables' status, timelines, execution plans, and deviations to the team and various levels of senior leadership.
• Facilitate corrective actions and disposition non-conformance.

Project execution

• When applicable, provide direct support to the project leader in management of technical deliverables.
• Ensure effective communication across multiple domestic and international business platforms/suppliers/sites.
• Proactively identify, plan, and provide recommendations to overcome technical risks and obstacles.
• Establish and maintain relationships with senior leadership to align business's & NPD project objectives and mitigate obstacles for project completion.
• Receive general direction, but exercise discretion as to time management, independently identifying, prioritizing, and delegating tasks.

Strategy & Innovation

• Know your consumer, be abreast of competition and technology, industry standards and regulation.
• Identify, develop, and execute quality into New Products by design.
• Be informed of IP development and management.
• Innovate and continually strive to bring first to market solutions

Job Requirements:

• B.S. Degree is preferred or a technical degree with 5+ yrs of prior relevant industry experience (consumer product development).
• Experience in Quality processes is required.
• Knowledge and experience in quality systems (e.g. Power BI, AGILE) and Advanced product quality planning (APQP).
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Ability to collaborate with project teams/ multiple sites/suppliers, and multiple functions.
• Strong attention to detail and a focus on business priorities
• Demonstrate consumer/customer centric mindset, business acumen
• Work under minimal direction and guided by project objectives.
• Proven experience supporting a wide volume of projects with high complexity.
• 2-3 years managing supplier performance in a global environment
• Statistical tools/ Techniques, Failure Analysis, and Process Validation experience
• Up to 25% Travel, includes International