Quality Hygienist

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 withYOU. 

Summary:

Provides Quality Hygiene and Sanitary Manufacturing support to assigned Product Platform(s) at a manufacturing site. Support includes site quality tasks such as change management support; investigation and resolution of non-conforming product and material events involving hygiene and environmental monitoring; investigating significant consumer complaints as they may relate to sanitary manufacturing or hygiene or other CAPAs; conducting manufacturing data analysis; conducting quality / hygiene risk assessments; participating in the sanitary manufacturing and hygiene start-up protocol/process validation/verification planning; and conducting routine problem-solving. A significant focus of this role is on sanitary manufacturing support to include the site housekeeping program that oversees the inventory of housekeeping supplies for the  handwash stations, phone zone stations, and the microbiology lab area; orders and monitors the effectiveness  of sanitizers, detergents and test kits; performs cleaning & sanitization validations, create SSOPs to ensure compliance to sanitary manufacturing and hygiene standards; review of changes for sanitary impact; and analyze process and environmental control data and its relationship to microbiological results. Recommends and implements continuous improvement projects that support site quality & organization objectives.

Ensures compliance to established procedures and processes.

 Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• 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.
• Manages self in accordance with the expected behaviors of the Leadership Qualities.
• Effectively achieve results that meet business and individual objectives.
• Ensures activities and items are in compliance with both company quality assurance standards and applicable government regulations, such as GMPs and ISO requirements.
• Ensures that established manufacturing inspection, sampling and statistical process control procedures are followed as applicable.
• Performs production and quality systems audits.
• Maintain and demonstrate a high degree of knowledge and skill in product forms, quality systems, 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.
• Executes continuous improvement activities for established processes and initiates/supports development of new processes.
• Builds and maintains capability in QMS, ISO, and GMPs to support objectives.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering or related discipline and 5+ years of broad experience in a Quality, Manufacturing, Research or Regulatory function.
• Experience should include writing and executing process and/or cleaning & sanitization validation protocols, implementation of cleaning & sanitization and other environmental controls, and close working relationships with Manufacturing and Research functions.
• In addition, the position requires technical quality skills in at least two of the following areas: CAPA/problem-solving, applied statistics, risk management/FMEA, change management, gage R&R, applied microbiology, and/ or demonstrated application of LEAN/ Continuous Improvement skills.
• LEAN Six Sigma Blue belt or higher strongly preferred.

Required Job Functions:

• Initiates and follows up on CAPA and QNC for assigned platforms and site.
• Owns quality risk management activities for the assigned platforms/site, including FMEAs and risk files. Identifies need for, develops, and executes continuous quality improvement plans within the assigned platforms and site.
• Builds and maintains capability for compliance with QMS, FDA Cosmetic GMP Guidelines, and other regulations and GMP's.
• Provide Quality Management support to mill and project teams, including support for change control, design & development transfer to the site, quality protocols & spec verification/validation, supplier quality management, and acceptance sampling, as needed. Provide Sanitary Manufacturing support to mill and project teams, including support for cleaning & sanitization validation, environmental controls, and establishing and auditing cleaning & sanitization, CIP, and environmental control practices and monitoring.
• As required, helps maintain the site Master Validation Plan. Provides feedback for the development of new quality standards and systems to meet business objectives.

Travel Expectations

• Position may require travel of up to 10% to support business requirements. Raw Material supplier locations: Worldwide

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Total Benefits: 

For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com

Additional information about the compensation and benefits for this role are available upon request. You may contact 866-444-4516 for assistance. You must include the six digit Job # with your request.  

 Veterans and members of the Reserve and Guard are highly encouraged to apply. 

 For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world.  We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers.  When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position. 

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check. 

 Kimberly-Clark will support in-country relocation for the chosen candidate for the role. The benefits provided will be per the terms of Kimberly-Clark’s applicable mobility policies. The benefits/policy provided will decided in Kimberly-Clark’s sole discretion.