Location: Cincinnati, OH
Salary: $80K

Responsibilities:

• Ensuring compliance with all regulatory and customer quality requirements and leading an active quality and process improvement program
• Supervising the quality technicians, quality leaders, and quality supervisor, daily
• Implementing product and process data collection and on-line monitoring
• Assisting the Site Coordinators, Plant Managers and Operations Supervisors, Technical and Field Services resources, and Sales group in order to meet the quality expectations of the customers
• Evaluating and redesigning processes to improve overall performance and reduce waste in all forms
• Managing the Plant Management System including registration to ISO 9001, document control, corrective and preventive action, and auditing
• Monitoring plant performance and compliance and assisting as needed:
• Monitoring plants’ adherence to standardization initiatives
• Monitoring Best Practices library to ensure compliance
• Monitoring Power Tools initiatives including leading cross-functional improvement teams
• Improving lab procedures and test methods via the Lab Standardization Team
• Identifying and leading the implementation of quality and process improvements
• Resolving customer complaints regarding defective material
• Ensuring compliance with all regulatory and customer quality requirements
• Coordinating disposition of defective material
• Working with lab associates to meet plant and company objectives

Skills:

• 5+ years’ experience of applicable quality and manufacturing management, a Bachelor’s degree (Engineering or Chemistry is preferred)
• Proven ability to identify and lead the implementation of meaningful quality and process improvements
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work with all levels of the organization and also with suppliers and customers
• Experience in achieving and maintaining ISO certification is desired
• Total Quality Management, High-Performance Work Systems, Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma experience
• ASQ Certification and experience in an FDA-regulated environment is desired
• Excellent interpersonal skills a must
• Previous supervisory experience is a must
• Ability to use computers including Quality Windows, Excel, Access, etc.
• Ability to conduct all businesses in a planned, professional, and ethical manner
• Ability to treat people respectfully as individuals in a manner that is fair to both the individual and the Company
• Ability to demonstrate personal commitment to continuous improvement
• Ability to enhance interpersonal relations as part of the team concept