Quality Manager I at Ecolab

Open the door to a great future with Ecolab as a Quality Manager I.   This role will ensure quality priorities and improvement plans are integrated into Site Master Plans; and act as first point of contact for deployment of effective Plant to Plant and RD&E to Plant transfers. You will be challenged to maintain excellence in Quality Management and to foster talent in the associates to develop the talent pipeline.

What You Will Do:

• Has leadership role in auditing and assuring that the Ecolab quality system requirements are being met by all production sites, that complaints have a timely and satisfactory resolution, and that FDA/GMP requirements are being met by the sites.
• Establishes quality control guidelines and testing procedures. Ensures that raw material and finished product quality and reliability are in compliance with engineering and product specifications.
• Maintains an effective quality system including QMS structure, quality planning, execution of all QMS processes.
• Manages interactions with external agencies (FDA, EPA, ISO, Kosher, HALAL, or similar) including internal and external audits. Assisting the manufacturing sites during external audits.
• Applies and mentors/coaches the application of quality principles, concepts and tools to complex systems and processes.
• Serve as representative on the design review process.
• Leading CAPAS and overall initiates to improve systems and process.
• Oversee site level quarterly Quality Steering Committee Meetings and Annual Management Review for facility compliance and assurance of policies and procedures as well as associated inputs and outputs of the meeting (site level metrics).
• Address quality, service and cost issues at site level to assure customer satisfaction and compliance to regulations.
• Responsible for developing/revising applicable standard operating procedures and work instructions specific to responsibilities within the Quality department as needed.
• Responsible for compliance with regulatory and ISO training requirements.
• Oversee any investigations into process deviations and determine appropriate disposition as needed and assure compliance with quality system requirements.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 7 years quality experience in manufacturing or RDE (research, development, and engineering).
• Expertise in ISO 9001, cGMP’s and managing quality optimization projects.
• Strong Knowledge of manufacturing of regulated products including medical devices, cosmetics, pharmaceutical products.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field, including engineering, biology, microbiology, or chemistry.
• Project management experience
• Certified Quality Auditor Certification (ASQ CQA)
• Certified Manager of Quality Certification (ASQ CQM/OE)
• 2 years’ experience in a continuous improvement environment (Lean, Six Sigma, TPM, and/or 5S experience - certification preferred).
• Experience in a Consumer Products industry.

Ecolab strives to provide comprehensive and market-competitive benefits to meet the needs of our associates and their families. Click here to see our benefits. 

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Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
At Ecolab, we believe the best teams are diverse and inclusive, and we are on a journey to create a workplace where every associate can grow and achieve their best. We are committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants. We recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement on the basis of individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, we will not discriminate against any associate or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran.

In addition, we are committed to furthering the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) through Affirmative Action (AA). Our goal is to fully utilize minority, female, disabled and covered veteran individuals at all levels of the workforce. Ecolab is a place where you can grow your career, own your future and impact what matters.

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York City Fair Chance Act.