Manufacturing Quality Manager

What You'll Love About This Job

People Leader | Quality Focused Factory Environment | Team Oriented | Exemplary 401(k) | Bonus Program

This is Energizer Holdings, Inc.

Energizer Holdings responsibly creates products to make lives easier and more enjoyable. To do this, we lean into our culture as an organization - we win together, while serving each other, with a willingness to act boldly, all while doing right. Our colleagues hail from all backgrounds, nationalities and walks of life, but our shared mission and purpose make us one team. Because we’re a global organization, you will always have opportunities to learn, grow and develop in your career. We support flexible working arrangements wherever possible.

Position Summary

As the Quality Manager for Energizer’s Global Auto Care business, you will be responsible for managing and ensuring the outstanding quality of products, provide support to Dayton Plant and product teams in translating and integrating improvements into our operations seamlessly. You will sustain and improve foundational quality competencies and capabilities by utilizing Chemical Engineering, Quality principles and tools, and apply our manufacturing processes, product requirements, manufacturing equipment and quality systems to prevent and resolve manufacturing technical problems, and product quality issues.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead a staff of quality engineers & technicians responsible for quality control of products produced or received at our facilities
• Communicate product issues and changes across functions, facilities and managerial levels
• Apply quality and chemical engineering principles and design intent knowledge in proposing/revising/approving changes to current plant processes, product and equipment and quality systems (chemical/physical analysis, document control, change management, manufacturing testing, traceability, SPC)
• Analyze data of various types to identify trends or concerns and relate to underlying system or process issues
• Champion risk mitigation and change management through temporary change authorization, potential problem analysis and failure mode effects analysis
• Develop metrics and strategies for improvement of product quality and minimizing quality-related downtime or rework
• Participate and/or lead, as assigned, teams to remove roadblocks to operational teams related to improving process, products, and equipment as well as achieving cost savings
• Lead plant troubleshooting efforts as needed to maintain compliance with process and product specifications
• Participate in capital projects and provide quality related feedback to engineers and Value Stream Manager
• Update process control system as needed via administration of computerized SPC software program for the plant
• Partner with RD&E to ensure documentation of test methods, material and product specifications, and other plant procedures is accurate and complete
• Contribute to new product development teams to ensure quality is built into the design of our products
• Promote and establish partnerships with suppliers and contract manufacturers to ensure acceptable quality of raw materials, components, and externally sourced products
• Apply quality tools to identify deficiencies and drive to root cause to keep projects on track
• Coordinate or lead as appropriate efforts to understand and remedy customer complaints
  
  

What we are looking for

• 5 years of experience Supervisory/Management role
• Bachelor's degree; preferably in a Chemical or Process Engineering technical field
• 5 years of experience in Chemical Engineering, chemical blending, or Supplier Quality improvement processes
• Quality assurance experience - systems and projects
• Experience with chemical manufacturing process, control systems, and Quality Management Systems in a chemical manufacturing, packaging or bottling environment
• Financial acumen related to operation & capital projects
• Demonstrate strong leadership, managerial, communication and interpersonal skills to work in a collaborative team environment
• Excellent problem solving and decision-making skills
• Work with multifunctional teams and effectively interface with external partners
  
  

What we prefer

• ISO Certification experience
• SMETA 4 or Pillar experience
• GMP Certified experience
• Six Sigma Certification
  
  

Come join us!

Energizer is an equal opportunity employer, and we prohibit discrimination based on age, color, disability, marital or parental status, veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.