Customer quality project manager

Customer Quality Project Manager

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What we offer:

• Competitive salary and bonus!
• Paid vacation with additional paid holidays and sick time
• Comprehensive benefits package including 401K, medical, dental, and vision care - available day one
• On the job/cross training opportunities
• Encouraging and collaborative team environment
• Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy
• A Day in the Life at Johnson Controls: https://on.jci.com/3CmsdwX

Position Summary

The Customer Quality Project Manager is responsible for leading customer-focused quality initiatives and driving resolution of product, manufacturing, and field performance issues throughout the project lifecycle. This role serves as the primary liaison between customers and internal cross-functional teams to ensure quality expectations are met, customer concerns are addressed, and continuous improvement actions are implemented.

The position combines project management, customer relationship management, quality engineering, and problem-solving expertise to improve customer satisfaction, reduce warranty and quality-related costs, and deliver successful project outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Customer Quality Leadership

• Serve as the primary quality contact for strategic customers and high-visibility projects.
• Lead customer quality review meetings, issue resolution discussions, and executive-level communications.
• Develop and maintain strong customer relationships by proactively addressing quality concerns.
• Manage customer escalations through timely containment, investigation, and corrective action implementation.

Project Management

• Lead customer quality projects from initiation through closure.
• Develop project timelines, risk assessments, action plans, and status reporting.
• Coordinate quality activities across Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Service, and Sales organizations.
• Monitor project deliverables to ensure quality objectives, customer expectations, and deadlines are achieved.

Quality Improvement & Problem Solving

• Facilitate structured problem-solving activities using:
  • 8D Methodology
  • Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
  • 5 Why Analysis
  • Fishbone Diagrams
  • FMEA
  • Lean Six Sigma Tools
• Drive corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) to eliminate recurring issues.
• Validate effectiveness of implemented corrective actions.
• Identify systemic quality risks and opportunities for process improvement.

Customer Issue Management

• Manage customer complaints, warranty claims, and field quality concerns.
• Review and analyze customer feedback, nonconformances, and field performance data.
• Lead containment activities to minimize customer disruption.
• Coordinate issue resolution efforts between customers, factories, suppliers, and service teams.

Data Analytics & Reporting

• Develop and maintain customer quality dashboards and KPIs.
• Analyze trends related to:
  • Customer complaints
  • Warranty performance
  • Defect rates
  • Cost of poor quality
  • Customer satisfaction metrics
• Present findings and recommendations to leadership and customers.
• Utilize Power BI, Excel, and other reporting tools to communicate performance metrics.

Required Qualifications

What we look for

Required:

• Minimum 3 years of direct work experience with QA systems, regulations, guidelines, and associated standards
• 3+ years of client engagement experience
• Knowledge of QA cause and effect methodologies
• Proven experience conducting Corrective and Preventative Action (CAPA) and Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Highly motivated and self-directed, capable of multi-tasking, and able to work with minimal supervision
• Extremely detail-oriented and analytical thinker
• Able to interface directly with cross-functional teams
• Strong problem identification and resolution skills
• High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
• Strong work ethic and positive team attitude
• Clear and concise communication ability

• Occasional shop environment, requiring adherence to safety policies and exercise of caution, as the environment presents many naturally occurring hazards
• Ability to work and communicate with prudence, while effectively managing time, completing tasks, and working safely

Preferred:

• Experience in HVAC industry

• Training and/or experience in ISO 9001
• Experience managing customer-facing projects and issue resolution.
• Experience working in manufacturing or engineered product environments.