Quality Manager

• ◆You’re a born leader: Your success will be based on the success of your team, the extended factory team, and the efforts they lead.
• ◆You’re a dot connector: You will educate employees at all levels on Food Safety Programs, Regulatory requirements, and connect our programs to the everyday activities and actions of the team.
• ◆You’re a changemaker: You will deliver new levels of Quality performance through continuous improvement, benchmarking globally and regionally.
• ◆You’re a culture & change champion: You will inspire a culture where employees are passionate about the consumer experience and find ways to infuse quality and food safety into their work.
• ◆Establish, lead, and deliver Quality systems for the site
• ◆Act as the subject matter expert on decisions related to quality programs and processes
• ◆Provide technical information/feedback related to product inquires or complaints
• ◆Manage microbiological concerns.
• ◆Ensure all products meet or surpass defined quality standards.
• ◆Drive continuous improvement
• ◆Collaborate with production departments on awareness and training
• ◆Ensure good manufacturing practices are in place at all times; set example and champion Quality initiatives.
• ◆Responsible for food safety programs
• ◆Participate as part of site leadership team
• ◆Hire, develop, and manage quality team
• ◆Builds Quality talent (recruitment, coaching, training)
• ◆Participates in developing, maintaining and implementing Quality learning frameworks, Quality skills dictionary and Job skill profiles
• ◆Support regional and export markets to ensure quality standards and regulatory

are met

• ✓Participates in developing and operationalizing of Unilever Quality strategy, governance, ways of working, organization model, resource levels, roles &

• ◆Supports ensuring consumer needs and expectations are linked into Unilever objectives
• ◆Supports ensuring a balanced approach between satisfying customer needs and expectations and internal interests
• ◆Provides expertise, leadership and support in Quality management and deep expertise areas for implementation of Quality standards, resolution of Quality issues across end-to-end SC
• ◆Participates in defining relevant KPIs, building scorecards & reports for Quality KPIs, analyzing data and drawing insights to drive Quality improvement
• ◆Participates in developing and deploying new approaches, processes and tools to “raise the ceiling” and develop future capability for Quality
• ◆Participates in obtaining, maintaining and using insights from external benchmarks, assessment tools, standards, and knowledge about what other organizations are doing to manage Quality
• ◆Participates in managing, advising and coordinating Quality Incident Management process (including recalls) using project management approaches, contacting with experts (SEAC), providing guidance on action resolution, and the reporting and replication of lessons learned
• ◆Influences development and drives use of the Unilever quality improvement process and toolkit
• ◆Provides Quality leadership to influence Quality culture through visibility and coaching of cross-functional leadership across the business

• ✓Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science, Microbiology, or other applicable field required
• ✓Must have a minimum of 5 years of supervisory/lead experience in manufacturing environment; food manufacturing preferred
• ✓Ability to work with people from differing backgrounds collaboratively is required
• ✓Must have a minimum of 5 years of quality assurance experience
• ✓Demonstrated knowledge, skills and abilities through experience in production, quality, or materials management is required
• ✓Must have experience in WCM, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, or other continuous improvement program
• ✓Strong communication skills with the ability to influence others through a matrixed environment is required
• ✓Must have the ability to manage project and project teams from inception to completion including hitting deadlines and documenting progress
• ✓Working knowledge of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and ability to drive improvements using the Loss Tree is required
• ✓Familiarity with HAACP and other QA regulations preferred.
• ✓Food manufacturing experience preferred.