Senior Quality Assurance Manager

Stepan Company

30d • Onsite

About The Position

Stepan is seeking a QA Manager to join their Quality team in Pasadena, TX. This role will report to the Northbrook based Regional Quality Manager, with additional reporting to the Site Director. The primary focus of this position is to drive Quality Assurance and Quality Control philosophies throughout the plant organization and integrate key practices into the Manufacturing plant foundation. The QA Manager will represent the “Voice of the Customer”. The QA Lead and 4 QA Technicians report directly to the QA Manager.

Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience in manufacturing in chemical industry (surfactants and person care product manufacturing preferred).
• 5+ years of supervisory experience.
• Knowledge and experience with implementation, maintenance, and audit of Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001 or similar).
• Experience leading teams and working with customers.
• Experience in troubleshooting difficult problems in a plant environment.
• Excellent project management and organization skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization, and to manage cross functional teams.
• SQC, SPC, Six Sigma, and Continuous Improvement.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree preferred

Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring the safe operation of the quality department.
• Responsible for Quality Assurance and Quality Control on site and the monitoring and maintenance of the ISO 9001 and HOQ (House of Quality) system.
• Accomplishes objectives through high quality recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, and performance management of employees.
• Ensure delivery on budget fixed cost performance and identify and drive cost reduction opportunities for plant.
• Understand all applicable regulations and policies and assures compliance.
• Strategy development and customer focus
• Laboratory management
• Quality risk identification and management

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior