Quality Manager

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People Leader | Quality Focused Factory Environment | 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.

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

• 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
• 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 as well as issue Supplier CAR's as appropriate
• Apply quality tools to identify deficiencies and drive to root cause to keep projects on track
• Coordinate or lead as appropriate efforts to understand, remedy, and respond corrective actions to customer complaints
• Lead 2 shift operations department for chemical blending production process / team
• Lead ISO 9001 Internal / External audits as well as be the Quality representative for any additional plant certificates

• 5+ years of experience Supervisory / Management role
• Experience with chemical manufacturing process, control systems, and Quality Management Systems in a chemical manufacturing, packaging or bottling environment
• Bachelor's degree preferably in a Chemical or Process Engineering or appropriate experience in lieu of degree
• 5+ years of experience in Chemical Engineering, chemical blending, or Supplier Quality improvement processes
• Quality assurance experience – systems and projects
• Financial acumen related to operation & capital projects
• Demonstrate strong leadership, managerial, communication and interpersonal skills to work in a…