Site Quality Leader

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What You Will Do

• Build a quality culture through Principled Based Management (PBM). Champion quality as a shared responsibility and empower employees closest to the work to own quality outcomes and drive continuous improvement.Set the quality vision and strategy. Own the site's 5-year quality plan, defining a shared vision, key strategies, and roadmap that move Seaford from reactive response to proactive risk reduction and continuous improvement.Own and advance the Quality Management System. Maintain ISO 9001 and OEKO-TEX certifications, lead management reviews with the site leadership team, and own internal and external audit processes end to end, including findings documentation and corrective action closure.Lead the Seaford Quality Business Team. Collaborate closely with the commercial and technical marketing teams to understand the Voice of the Customer and serve as the primary site point of contact for customer complaints, ensuring investigations are timely, root-cause driven, and effective. Provide regular status updates in leadership and core team meetings.Own the site quality scorecard. Establish measures that align to the site vision, and communicate performance clearly and consistently so that every team can see how their work affects the result.Build site-wide quality capability. Develop and deliver training, coaching, and knowledge-sharing that raise quality fluency across Operations, Technical, and Laboratory teams - including proper use of tools such as FMEA, MSA, RCA, control plans, and process audits.Support laboratory quality systems. Partner with the laboratory team to monitor method reliability, measurement systems, calibration integrity, and oversee the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), ensuring lab practices align with QMS requirements.
• Bachelor's degree in a scientific, engineering, or quality-related field.Three (3) or more years of experience managing a Quality Management System (QMS), including maintaining ISO 9001 certificationExperience leading and/or coordinating internal and external quality audits, and investigating customer complaints with effective corrective action.Experience applying continuous improvement methodologies to measurably improve quality and reduce waste within a manufacturing operation.Experience influencing and driving change across teams you do not directly supervise.
• Five (5) or more years’ experience in a quality lead roleExperience in a fiber, textile, polymer, or continuous-process manufacturing environment.Experience developing and delivering training or coachingWorking knowledge of advanced quality tools: FMEA, control plans, MSA, SPC, and gage R&R.ISO 9001 Lead Auditor certification, ASQ CQE/CQM, Six Sigma, or similar quality credentials.Experience with OEKO-TEX certification and compliance.Technical familiarity with laboratory methods, calibration systems, or Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS).Experience with supplier or vendor management
• This role is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.
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The Experience You Will Bring (Basic Qualifications)

What Will Put You Ahead

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a scientific, engineering, or quality-related field.Three (3) or more years of experience managing a Quality Management System (QMS), including maintaining ISO 9001 certificationExperience leading and/or coordinating internal and external quality audits, and investigating customer complaints with effective corrective action.Experience applying continuous improvement methodologies to measurably improve quality and reduce waste within a manufacturing operation.Experience influencing and driving change across teams you do not directly supervise.