Director of Quality and Hygiene
About The Position
At Henkel, you'll be part of an organization that's shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil, 'all, Loctite, Snuggle, and Schwarzkopf and our cutting-edge technologies, you'll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow. This position is with our Consumer Brands business unit - where we empower our employees to bring the best Laundry & Home Care and Hair products to people around the world. Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in related field.
- 10+ years professional experience is required, including site manager of Quality, Hygiene or both.
- Working knowledge of Quality fundamentals, principles and core tools.
- Demonstrated ability to drive continuous improvement through use of applicable tools and theories such as process mapping.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, written, verbal and presentation communication skills.
Nice To Haves
- Quality certifications preferred.
Responsibilities
- Creates and implements site short term and long term plans for Quality and Hygiene Systems
- Acts as Site Lead and Subject Matter Expert in Quality and implementing
- Quality and Zero Defect thinking in large scale company environment.
- Primary site contact for external customer quality audits, including action plan creation and execution based upon findings.
- Develop and maintain capability within the plant to successfully host external audits by customers, 3rd party audit companies, and regulatory agencies avoiding any disruption to the business.
- Leads Implementation and oversight of integrated ISO management system
- Design, develop and improve facility standards, Quality methods, practices and tools.
- Provide technical assistance to R&D, Purchasing, Engineering and Manufacturing departments for new initiatives.
- Ensure Hygiene capability is developed and maintained within the plant - working closely with plant hygienist.
- Notify appropriate personnel regarding product defects as applicable to formula design, packaging design, etc.
- Provide both proactive and reactive input on potential or existing problems to resolve issues
- Develop and lead site internal audit program to drive continuous improvement
Benefits
- Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
- Work-Life Balance: Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program
- Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
- Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships
- Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Industry
Chemical Manufacturing
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
