Quality Manager Rancho Dominguez, CA, Adhesive Technologies

Adhesive Technologies Quality
United States, Rancho Dominguez, CA
Full Time Regular

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting‑edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow.

This position is with our Adhesive Technologies business unit – where we empower our people to transform industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings.

Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.

The Quality Manager provides strategic leadership for all quality functions at the site, ensuring compliance, customer satisfaction, and operational excellence. This role owns the end‑to‑end Quality Management System while driving a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and data‑driven decision‑making. The position plays a critical role in aligning quality with business performance and digital transformation initiatives.

• Own the Quality Management System, ensuring compliance with ISO, IATF, CMMC, and customer‑specific requirements
• Provide executive oversight of Non‑Conforming Material Management (NCMR), customer complaints (CCMS), and supplier quality (SCMS) processes
• Ensure disciplined problem‑solving (FRPS/A3/8D), effective containment, and sustainable corrective actions
• Champion quality related continuous improvement using Lean, Six Sigma, and advanced statistical methods (SPC/SQC) and principles.
• Ensure and support robust quality planning through FMEA, Control Plans, PPAP, and change management (MOC)

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field
• Extensive experience in quality leadership within a manufacturing environment
• Experience on non‑conformance, customer complaint, and supplier quality systems
• Root cause analysis and structured problem solving (FRPS, A3, 8D) experience
• Experience with Statistical methods (SPC/SQC) and quality core tools (FMEA, PPAP, Control Plans)
• Capacity to comply with the federally mandated requirements of U.S. export control laws

• Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
• Work‑Life Balance:
  Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, and vacation buy / sell program
• Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
• Family Support: 12‑week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships
• Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement

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.

Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.