Ecolab Healthcare
Discover the combined impact of cuttingedge technology realtime information personally delivered service and bestpractice training. Ecolab Healthcare delivers infection prevention solutions to ensure healthy environments for patients and healthcare providers. We provide solutions from hand and skin hygiene to patient and operating room environmental hygiene leading to improved outcomes operating efficiencies and increased patient satisfaction.
Middleton is a Healthcare Site producing wipes and nonwoven fabrics located in the periphery of Manchester with around 60 FTE and 23 Quality associates reporting to this role.
This role is anticipated to be a twoyear assignment
No visa sponsorship available for this role
LOCATION: This role is ideally for candidates living around Manchester the Middleton site is 1 hour from Manchester Airport.
Expect to be 5 days per week on site
What you will do:
- Ensure that Quality System is implemented in the plant per Ecolab standards.
- Leads Plant QC team. Performs annual PPD & Goal Setting.
- Empower delegate develop and mentor associates in group in line with Ecolab standards. Develops multiskilled associates and create a succession plan.
- Coach and develop effective coaching and development plans for direct team
- Provide overall leadership for ISO 9001 & 13485 compliance at plant. Trains associates.
- Ensure that raw materials packaging materials finished goods and distribution activities meet specifications.
- Follow the Celebrate RED concept with the right Metrics in place trends analysis PDCA and Close the loop methodology.
- Generate Plant Quality objectives in conjunction with SC and division. Deploys the loss analysis and Drives the TPM Quality Pillar Implementation and ongoing maintenance.
- Promote and take ownership to build Quality First Time Right culture at the plant.
- Provide Quality training for Plant associates. Engages Plant LT and ensures Quality Culture initiatives are deployed.
- Implement Quality Alerts Kaizens Operations Owned Quality Defect elimination to improve loss elimination and manufacturing efficiency.
- Challenge statusquo focuses on cost efficiency and seeks crossfunctional collaboration especially with Regional SC supplier quality team and the Division (Sales RA RDE Marketing) to proactively solve potential issues (link to Early Management) and solve problems.
- Support the investigation of the specific TOP Customer Quality Concerns and Liaison with the Quality Management Systems Team to achieve sustainable quality improvements.
- Work cooperatively with Plants Distribution Engineering Regulatory R&D and Regional Quality to identify root causes of quality issues and implement pro
- Apply sound systematic problemsolving methodologies in identifying prioritizing communicating and resolving quality issues.
- Provide guidance and works closely with allocated division Marketing Sales Quality R&D and local Manufacturing and Distribution on major new product introductions.
- Focus on speed and agility. Simplification of tests and loss eradication with the intention of moving from Quality Control to Quality Assurance.
- Wil be responsible for Quality Budget and actively looks for ways to reduce Cost of Quality while staying in compliance.
What you will need:
- University Degree or equivalent in Chemistry Engineering Food Science or related field with strong Chemistry component.
- A minimum of ten years experience with three in a related industry with regulated production. This includes health and hygiene products food and beverages pharmaceuticals or other consumerend use specialty chemicals companies.
- The experience should be in Manufacturing Process Engineering Quality Control or R&D.
- Strong drive determination and people management skills to lead from the front and get the best out of the team.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Expertise in project management and in managing supplychain wide improvement projects
- Strong presentation and communication skills
- English fluency
- Potential and interest in career progression
- Demonstrated ability to positively influence groups across the organization to embrace a common objective ability to manage conflict and turn them into winwin solution
- Servant leader very much team oriented and leverages expertise across the enterprise
- Decision maker
- Commercial focus and broader understanding of decisions impact on the business
Nice to have:
- Advanced technical or business degree strongly preferred.
- Experience in a Consumer Products industry.
- Manufacturing management experience.
- Six Sigma/DMAIC trained with demonstrated use in logistics and warehouse process improvement.
- Experience in TPM process validation new product introduction design FMEA.
- 3 years people management experience.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
At Ecolab we believe the best teams are diverse and inclusive and we are on a journey to create a workplace where every associate can grow and achieve their best. We are committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants. We recruit hire promote transfer and provide opportunities for advancement on the basis of individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment compensation benefits working conditions and opportunities for advancement we will not discriminate against any associate or applicant for employment because of race religion colour creed national origin citizenship status sex sexual orientation gender identity and expressions genetic information marital status age disability or status as a covered veteran.
In addition we are committed to furthering the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) through Affirmative Action (AA). Our goal is to fully utilize minority female disabled and covered veteran individuals at all levels of the workforce. Ecolab is a place where you can grow your career own your future and impact what matters.
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Required Experience:
Manager