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Lead and manage the Quality Engineering and Inspection teams to develop, apply, and maintain quality standards. Oversee corrective actions, RGA/MRB, late shipments, budgets, performance management, and continuous improvement using QMS and industry-standard quality methodologies. Drive mitigation of unfavorable quality trends and training/onboarding of staff.

Support quality engineering for manufacturing, liaise with China office (Mandarin required), handle customer issues and audits, perform internal QMS/process audits, create PPAPs and AS9102s, lead investigations and corrective actions, and support validation and inspection activities.

Support Product Management by analyzing customer pricing proposals, validating product costs, identifying cost outliers, developing pricing and margin strategies, negotiating contracts, processing quotations, and collaborating with Estimating, Sales, Customer Service, Engineering, and Operations to improve profitability.

Provide technical application engineering for retaining rings and wave springs: evaluate customer requests, recommend designs and manufacturing processes, support quoting, testing, design changes, and communicate requirements to drafting, manufacturing, sales, and customers. Provide phone support and attend trade shows to assist marketing and sales.

Manage and grow an assigned U.S. territory through customer outreach, lead nurturing, face-to-face and virtual meetings, tradeshow participation, and cross-functional coordination. Act as primary customer contact, support pricing and contracts with internal teams, and travel as needed to meet business goals.

Manage monthly cost accounting close, inventory reconciliations, and product cost analysis for a manufacturing environment. Analyze material, labor, overhead, WIP and finished goods costs, support month-end reporting, collaborate with operations/purchasing/engineering, improve ERP and costing processes, assist external auditors, and develop reporting tools and KPIs to drive profitability and process improvements.

Support customers by evaluating requests, designing retaining ring and wave-spring applications, recommending products and cost/lead-time optimizations, coordinating with manufacturing and drafting, providing phone support and quotations, performing testing, and representing the company at trade shows.

Lead end-to-end supply chain operations including S&OP, demand and production planning, inventory and working capital management. Serve as ERP/MRP functional lead, partner cross-functionally with Sales, Operations, Procurement and Finance, drive continuous improvement, lean initiatives, and planning system accuracy to optimize service, cost, and inventory performance.

Serve as the primary technical sales contact for the Metro Houston territory, developing customer relationships, nurturing leads and opportunities, conducting face-to-face and virtual meetings, coordinating internally on pricing/contracts, attending tradeshows, and traveling as needed to support and grow assigned accounts.