Quality Systems Leader

Quality Systems Leader

Summary:

• Quality Systems Leader
  role supports the implementation of Unilever specifications, standards and
  Quality Management System (QMS) for quality assurance and controls in alignment
  with applicable regulatory requirements.

• The incumbent is
  responsible for managing the QA function by providing the Plant with technical
  support to insure that systems, processes, components, and finished products
  comply with quality standards and customer service levels in alignment with
  regulatory agencies requirements.

• This key Quality role
  ensures systems are in place to comply with local and international regulatory
  requirements and drives site Quality improvement activities to ensure product
  consumer safety & overall quality and address consumer / customer issues.

• Decision making directly
  impacts consumer safety and quality of UL products in the market place with
  implications on UL reputation and brand equity.

• Is a key role in
  mitigation and management of UL Corporate Operational Risk (Design and
  production of products that meet our environmental, consumer safety and quality
  standards).

• Supports implementation
  of Unilever QMS in the site to assure consumer safety and overall quality of
  final product being manufactured.

• Supports implementation
  of Unilever QMS in the site to assure consumer safety and overall quality of
  final product being manufactured.

• Leads efforts to
  complete and maintain internal and external audits and certifications.

• Manage the site’s change
  management process.

• Key owner.

• Quality Leader for all
  innovations, including all in-line trials for new products and new or improved
  process equipment.

• Quality leadership
  includes ensuring all standards are received and reviewed prior to trials,
  BOM’s are reviewed, QMS standards are followed, innovations meet customer
  expectations (CRQS, etc.) and validations are completed using IQ, OQ, PQ.

• Leads efforts to verify
  and document the traceability of materials, packaging and products e.g.
  includes annual dummy or mock recall exercises.

• Utilizes SAP QM and
  Unilever specifications including InterSpec system and supports verification of
  use for quality purposes. SAP-QM Superuser.

• Supports and
  participates in Quality Pillar activities for WCM program.

• Drives quality focused
  improvement activities through the use of advanced statistical tools (SPC and
  Capability analysis).

• Utilizes advanced
  knowledge of category and technology details and requirements to support site
  innovation and changes.

• Supports preparation of
  local procedure and work instructions that ensure Unilever and other applicable
  standards are accurately represented in local procedures and work instructions.

• Utilizes SAP QM and Unilever
  specifications including InterSpec system and supports verification of use for
  quality purposes.

• Supports the
  implementation and maintenance of system where key quality data and information
  are recorded and preserved.

• Supports ensuring
  Unilever required IT systems, practices, loss trees and improvement tools are
  used to reduce / eliminate quality losses.

• Supports / participates
  in structured quality improvement activities related to customer, consumer
  issues and CRQS gaps.

• Supports process capability
  studies to maintain alignment between process capability and specification
  limits in processing and filling operations.

• Applies current tools
  and practices to support management of quality related projects.

• Supports VIP projects as
  appropriate for Site Quality.

Essential:

• University degree in technical discipline or general sciences.

Preferred:

• Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Food Science
or Microbiology degree.

Experience Required:

(Please detail essential and desirable experience, including no. of years.)

Essential:

• 3 years’ experience in Quality or Manufacturing
• FDA Experience

Preferred / Desirable:

• Manufacturing experience
• QA exposure in plant environment
• Proven SPC capabilities
• Strong Analytic & technical thought process.
• Excellent oral, written communication and effective interpersonal skills; and
be able to communicate business results, changes and the relationship between
individuals, their job, and the company.

Unilever offers a competitive compensation package which includes: Medical & Dental Plans, Life Insurance, including eligible spouses, domestic partners & children; Health Care Flexible Spending,
Dependent Care, 401k Savings Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Paid Vacation and Holidays.

Please apply for this position at

https://unilever.taleo.net/careersection/external/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=16000E25

Or call Unilever Enterprise Support HR Services 888.775.0389

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on
the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin,
age, disability, protected veteran status, or other protected class in
accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Unilever takes affirmative action in support
of its policy to and advance in employment individuals who are minorities,
women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-employment drug-screening results and background
investigation.

Unilever
is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care
products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a
day. It has 172,000 employees and generated sales of €48.4 billion in 2014.
Over half (57%) of the company’s footprint is in developing and emerging
markets. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world,
including Persil, Dove, Knorr, Domestos, Hellmann’s, Lipton, Wall’s, PG Tips,
Ben & Jerry’s, Marmite, Magnum and Lynx.



Unilever’s Sustainable Living Plan (USLP) commits to:



• Decoupling growth from environmental impact.

• Helping more than a billion people take action to improve their health and
well-being.

• Enhancing the livelihoods of millions of people by 2020.



Unilever was ranked number one in its sector in the 2014 Dow Jones
Sustainability Index. In the FTSE4Good Index, it achieved the highest
environmental score of 5. It led the list of Global Corporate Sustainability
Leaders in the 2014 GlobeScan/SustainAbility annual survey for the fourth year
running, and in 2015 was ranked the most sustainable food and beverage company
in Oxfam’s Behind the Brands Scorecard.



For more information about Unilever and its brands, please visit
www.unilever.com. For more information on the USLP: www.unilever.com/sustainable-living/