Quality Leader (99339)

Job Title: Quality Leader

Job Location: Louisville KY

Job type: Full-Time

Type of role: On-Site

About Lubrizol
The Lubrizol Corporation a Berkshire Hathaway company is a specialty chemical company whose science delivers sustainable solutions to advance mobility improve wellbeing and enhance modern life. Founded in 1928 Lubrizol owns and operates more than 100 manufacturing facilities sales and technical offices around the world and has about 8000 employees. For more information visit .

We value diversity in professional backgrounds and life experiences. By enabling a consistent unbiased and transparent recruitment process Lubrizol seeks to create a positive experience for candidates so we can get to know them at their best. We recognize unique work and life situations and offer flexibility ensuring our employees feel engaged and fulfilled in every aspect of life.

Join Our Thriving Team as a Quality Leader

Unleash Your Potential. At Lubrizol were transforming the specialty chemical industry and looking for exceptional talent to join us on this journey. If you are ready to join an international company with talent around the world and want to make a real impact we want you on our team.

What Youll Do:

As a Quality Leader you will be our leader for Quality Control/QMS activities / Quality Systems Support including but not limited to all SWP (Standard Work Process) activities and responsibilities. To provide leadership and influence all QC activities at the site. This includes management of personnel assigned to the QC department and all direct reports. This position directly reports to Plant Manager and indirectly to Corporate QA Manager. This position is also the Champion for the Voice of the Customer.

What Were Looking For:

• Ensures all SWP functional QC activity tasks are value-assessed prioritized in alignment with department objectives deliverables and priorities.
• Ensures resources are optimally staffed to ensure all priorities are addressed in an efficient and timely manner.
• Leads with excellence in the oversight of OE (Operation Expenses) for his department in an intentionally controlled and proficient manner with a continuous improvement mind set.
• Responsible that all QC/QMS activities are executed promptly and effectively while leading in the areas of accountability through actions mentoring and professionalism.
• To Champion the Nonconforming Product and Corrective Action processes for the QC lab.
• Influences and interfaces well with all corporate commercial supply chain customer experience site peers and colleagues.
• Leads and develops self-directed work teams in all areas of influence by coaching enabling developing and mentoring all direct reports.
• Empowers and encourages direct reports to make calculated and well-informed data-based decisions on a regular interval through one-on-one interactions.
• Responsible that all QMS activities are executed promptly and effectively while leading in the areas of accountability through actions mentoring and professionalism.
• Develop and sustain the Quality Management System in line with the required industry standards (including: TS16949 ISO14001 / ISO 9001 / ISO45001 accreditation requirements and business requirements across the organization through existing and new procedures.
• Manage the audit program to ensure that all nonconformities raised against certification bodies during audits are effectively corrected and independently verified.
• Manage all external registration requirements to ensure they are met. Liaise with external bodies on all matters relating to registration. Maintain and improve in line with business needs.
• Leads LIMS design implementation and maintenance for all site activities. A critical role in system selection design and long-term maintenance.
• Supports lab analyst regarding maintenance of LIMS/SAP activities.
• Ensure that all necessary systems and procedures are in place to satisfy all customer requirements and audits.

Skills That Make a Difference:

• Bachelors degree from an accredited university in a related field.
• 5 years experience leading a QMS within the manufacturing industry
• 5 years of demonstrated leadership experience leading/managing cross-functional teams.
• Experience leading audit programs.
• Experience as a liaison to R&D and customers on quality needs.
• ISO 9001 Trained
• Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt is a plus.
• Experience within the chemical industry is a plus

Ready for your next career step Apply today and lets shape the future together!

Its an exciting time to be part of Lubrizol. Lubrizol is not staying put. We are continually learning and evolving. Our passion delivers our success not only for Lubrizol but for those who count on us every day: our employees customers and communities.

We work with a relentless commitment to operate safely and responsibly keeping safety sustainability ethics and compliance at the forefront of everything we do. The well-being of our employees customers and communities is paramount to our culture and in the way we approach our work.

As a diverse global team we work together to solve some of the worlds most pressing challenges. We impact everyday lives through science only Lubrizol can deliver and we never stop pushing to do it better.

One of the founding principles of The Lubrizol Corporation more than 90 years ago was treating every employee with dignity and respect. That same commitment is only stronger today.

More than that we are committed to providing an environment where every employee can be the best they can be no matter their race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability protected veteran status or any other characteristic.

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