Supplier Quality Engineer

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground‑breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.

It starts with YOU.

The role will provide Supplier Quality leadership for assigned critical and complex quality systems, developing and improving those systems to deliver business results, routinely checking for compliance with standards, and providing training to customers/stakeholders.

• Demonstrate safety as a value by performing all job functions safely, while also complying with corporate policies and departmental procedures, in an effort to reduce risk and eliminate loss.
• Ensures activities are in compliance with both company quality assurance standards and applicable regulations, such as FDA, CPSC, GMPs and ISO.
• Ensures the receipt of material process meets established acceptance requirements from the vendors and contains appropriate documented evidence of conformance.
• Performs production and quality system audits of vendors and the plant;
  Develops and implements support systems and processes for managing quality records and documents that meet both internal and external requirements.
• Maintain and demonstrate a high degree of knowledge and skill in raw material product forms, processes, and regulations;
  Establish and maintain good customer rapport, while driving solutions to meet business needs;
  Develop and maintain a strong spirit of partnership;
  Conduct all communications and transactions with the utmost integrity. Communicate fully with superiors, teammates, and others who have a need to know.
• Initiates and executes continuous improvement activities for established processes, and supports development of new processes;
  Provides Quality System technical expertise and/or support to business, suppliers and other functional teams.
• Assists in the development and implementation of new quality concepts to improve the way business, facilities, and support functions perform duties to achieve Quality objectives;
  Builds and maintains capability in QMS, ISO, and GMPs to support objectives.
• Provides Supplier Quality training plant‑wide. This includes, but is not limited to, providing strategic guidance and coaching to the system skill roles responsible for supporting plant quality systems and standards.
• Manage yourself and your interactions with others in accordance with the principles and tenets of the plant’s High Performance Work System and expected K‑C Values:
  We Care, We Own, We Act and Ways of Working:
  Focus on Consumers, Play to Win, Move Fast and Grow our People.

• Travel up to 25% of the work time primarily to other K‑C site locations and suppliers.
• This role is located at the Warren Facility in Warren, OH which is a manufacturing facility with a mix of an office environment and manufacturing floor. Proper personal protective equipment (PPE) must be worn at all times. (may include safety shoes, safety glasses, ear protection, hair nets, bump caps, and beard bags).

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years broad experience in engineering, operations, science or related discipline.
• Incumbent should have experience influencing multi‑functional teams and support functions and should have or be able to quickly develop working knowledge of process tools, EtQ, GMPs, ISO standards, CAPA, SCAR, Acceptance Standards, Audit Readiness and Process Controls.
• Working knowledge and experience with products requiring compliance to FDA medical device and Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) regulations is a plus.

• A recognized quality management qualification is desirable such as ASQ Certified Quality Engineer / Auditor / LSS Black or Green Belt.

Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly‑Clark. For a…