Manufacturing Quality Consultant

Role: Manufacturing Quality Consultant

Location: Greenville, SC (Hybrid)

Job Type: Contract

Position Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Manufacturing Quality professional with strong hands-on expertise in Quality Management processes, Power BI, and Automation. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record supporting quality operations within regulated manufacturing environments and the ability to leverage data analytics, automation, and emerging AI/Generative AI technologies to improve operational efficiency, compliance, and decision-making.

The candidate will work closely with Manufacturing Quality, Business, IT, and technical teams to identify opportunities for process improvement, develop data-driven solutions, and implement automation and AI-enabled capabilities.

Primary Skills:

1. Manufacturing Quality – Required

Strong hands-on experience with Manufacturing Quality processes, including:

• CAPA (Corrective and Preventive Actions)
• Deviations / Non-Conformances
• Change Controls
• Quality Investigations
• PPQ (Process Performance Qualification)
• Manufacturing Quality Management Systems
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Corrective and Preventive Actions
• Quality documentation and compliance
• Experience working in regulated manufacturing environments
• Ability to analyze quality trends, identify risks, and support continuous improvement initiatives

2. Power BI & Automation – Required

• Develop, maintain, and enhance Power BI dashboards and reports.
• Transform manufacturing and quality data into meaningful business insights.
• Develop data models, reports, visualizations, and KPIs using Power BI.
• Integrate data from multiple sources to support Quality and Manufacturing reporting.
• Automate repetitive business and quality processes using Microsoft Power Platform or similar automation technologies.
• Develop workflows using Power Automate and related tools.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency through process automation.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather reporting and automation requirements.
• Support data quality, reporting accuracy, and process standardization.

Added / Preferred Skill:

3. AI / Generative AI

• Experience with AI and Generative AI solutions is highly preferred.
• Apply AI capabilities to quality reporting, analytics, and process improvement.
• Explore opportunities to use AI for automated reporting, document analysis, insights generation, and workflow optimization.
• Experience working with AI-powered business applications, copilots, or enterprise AI solutions is a plus.
• Ability to collaborate with technical teams to identify practical AI use cases within Manufacturing Quality.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support Manufacturing Quality processes and compliance activities.
• Analyze quality data related to CAPA, Deviations, Change Controls, Investigations, PPQ, and other quality processes.
• Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards and reports for Manufacturing Quality stakeholders.
• Create data-driven insights to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Design and implement automation solutions to reduce manual and repetitive activities.
• Work with Quality and business teams to understand process requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Identify opportunities for Power Platform and AI adoption within Quality processes.
• Support implementation and continuous improvement of reporting, automation, and analytics solutions.
• Collaborate with IT, Manufacturing, Quality, and other cross-functional teams.
• Ensure solutions align with applicable quality, compliance, data integrity, and governance requirements.
• Document processes, requirements, solutions, and technical implementations.
• Support testing, validation, deployment, and ongoing enhancement of developed solutions.

Required Qualifications:

• Strong experience in Manufacturing Quality / Quality Management within a regulated manufacturing environment.
• Hands-on experience with CAPA, Deviations, Change Controls, Investigations, and PPQ.
• Strong hands-on experience with Power BI.
• Experience developing dashboards, reports, KPIs, and data visualizations.
• Hands-on experience with process automation, preferably Microsoft Power Platform / Power Automate.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work effectively with both business and technical team