Quality Manager

Overview

Manufacturing Quality Manager

You will manage the Manufacturing Quality, Batching, and Sanitation processes across the Northlake site's operations. You will be responsible for assuring product conformance to specifications, plant and process conformance to certification requirements and general support of established weekly production schedules from a Quality support standpoint. You will also work with all site and multi-site functions to foster a world class culture of quality and achieve defined business goals.

Location:

Northlake, IL

• Develop and support a team of direct reports across Quality, Sanitation, & Batching to deliver quality excellence to all functions.
• Manage the collection, analysis and reporting of performance and product conformance quality data to inform production department manager on status and priorities of quality issues.
• Manage Plant Quality personnel (QC specialists, technicians, and sanitation team) to help direct prioritization and focus on data analysis and reporting, sanitation program and process improvements.
• Responsible for supporting new product, new materials, and new supplier qualifications, working with R&D, and Purchasing.
• Drive improvements to positively impact the achievement of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Manage Dashboards, and Scorecards relative to quality, cost and on-time delivery.
• Build and reinforce quality acumen with the plants partnering deeply with the production and maintenance teams.
• Responsible for managing certifications, including the completion of process documentation, product specifications, process auditing, and reporting systems that clearly track the status of our product conformance.
• Provide daily dispositions and resolutions to production quality issues.
• Develop tools to acquire, trend and analyze quality data in the course of product production.
• Responsible for food safety reporting, quality and regulatory compliance to plant or division personnel with authority to initiate action.
• Ensure the staff is aware of their responsibility to report food safety, quality and regulatory compliance to plant or division personnel with authority to initiate action.
• Resolve any quality issues with third party auditors with direct communication.
• Regularly inspect and monitor the facility to ensure that the plant is fully operating in compliance with KDP Policy & Procedures, FSMA, FDA GMP, and GFSI guidelines.
• Ensure all Quality reports are collected regularly, reported monthly to Corporate Quality and Continuous Improvement.
• Collaborate and support enterprise QFS initiatives as part of network Quality Team
• Follow all policies, ergonomic standards and safety requirements directed by Keurig Dr Pepper and the quality department.

Ensure high performance results of your team by:

• Fostering a culture of trust and wellbeing that prioritizes the team and values employee contributions
• Driving a shared vision with clear goals and accountability, supported by regular conversations to maximize talent
• Embracing diverse perspectives to foster innovation, learning from both successes and failures
• Establishing a safe environment where team members are motivated, heard, and aligned with clear expectations

Total Rewards:

• Salary Range: $96,800 - $125,000
• Actual placement within the compensation range may vary depending on experience, skills, and other factors
• Benefits, subject to election and eligibility:
  Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Paid Time Off (including paid parental leave, vacation, and sick time), 401k with company match, Tuition Reimbursement, and Mileage Reimbursement
• Annual bonus based on performance and eligibility
• Benefits eligible Day 1!

Requirements:

Ideal

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree highly preferred, with 5-10 years of quality experience leading Best-in-Class F&B manufacturing quality program applying a comprehensive, hands-on knowledge of statistical process control, design of experiments, TQM, TPM, Six Sigma etc. Experience with introducing new products, materials, and processes
• At least 3-5+ years of experience successfully building and leading teams of 20+ technical associates
• Able to build and reinforce quality acumen while…