Job Description

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

Responsibilities

• 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
• Update process control system as needed via administration of computerized SPC software program for the plant
• 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
• Apply quality tools to identify deficiencies and drive to root cause to keep projects on track
• Coordinate or lead as appropriate efforts to understand and remedy customer complaints

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