Sr. Manager, Quality/Hygiene

At Henkel, you can build on a strong legacy and leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses to reimagine and improve life every day. If you love challenging the status quo, join our community of over 47.000 pioneers around the globe. Our teams at Henkel Consumer Brands continuously drive the evolution in dynamic categories: Laundry & Home Care and Hair. With our trusted brands, including Persil and Schwarzkopf, our cutting-edge technologies and our disruptive solutions, you will have countless opportunities to explore new paths and develop your skills. Grow within our future-led businesses, our diverse and vibrant culture and find a place where you simply belong. All to leave your mark for more sustainable growth.

The Henkel Bowling Green, KY manufacturing facility is looking for top talent to lead our facility to Best in Class performance levels and culture. We have a clear 3-5 yr journey laid out to build capability and drive to ZERO losses using world class processes. If you enjoy working with others and have a passion for improvement, come join our winning team! 

Dare to make an impact?

YOUR ROLE

The Quality and Hygiene Senior Manager position is responsible for all aspects of Quality and Hygiene for the Bowling Green Plant. The QH manager is the leader and point of contact for internal audits and external 3rd party regulatory and customer audits. This role has responsibility for all quality and hygiene, including the QC laboratory. The role oversees development of staff to ensure each individual contributes to their full potential.

• 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 in implementing Quality and Zero Defect thinking in large scale company environments. 
• Primary site contact for external customer quality audits, including action plan creation and execution based upon findings. 
• Leads strategic initiatives locally to improve and develop capabilities within the Quality organization. 
• Leads implementation of integrated management system ISO certification 
• Provide support, assistance, and advice to the regional Quality teams by providing individual expert Quality knowledge and by leveraging and connecting to the global Quality network.
• Design, develop and improve facility standards, Quality methods, practices, tools. 
• Ensure proper change management and qualification for all innovation and change projects within the site 
• Support strategic initiatives through design, implementation and final effectiveness check. 
• Support definition, design and implementation of required extensions, enhancements, and maintenance of IT/ digital tools relevant for HCB Quality specific needs. 
• Develop and lead site internal audit program to drive continuous improvement

YOUR SKILLS

• We explicitly encourage applications of non-standard profiles with experience/exposure in Quality-relevant fields, including Hygiene, 10+ years of work experience 
• Project Management, Presentation & Training, Data literacy, data analysis 
• Problem solving, Root-cause-analysis, logical thinking Lean, continuous improvement methods 
• Statistical methods SQC, SPC, MSA SAP data structure, Quality BI, ADAP Quality control, test methods, quality lab management, equipment 
• Solving conflicts, Agility, Enthusiasm and creativity 
• Interpersonal communication in various media and to various levels of internal and external organization
• 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 
• Quality certifications preferred.

The salary for this role is $120,000.00 - $160,000.00. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range.  This salary range may also be modified in the future.

Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral. At Henkel's request only, preferred vendors may be invited to refer talent for specific open positions. In these cases, a fully-executed agreement with Henkel must be in place and current.

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and other legally protected characteristics. We welcome all applications.