Senior Manager, Quality

About the role

Avantor is looking for a dedicated and passionate Sr. Quality Manager to oversee our Manufacturing Quality organization at our Phillipsburg, NJ site, advocating for customers and collaborating with internal and external partners to achieve business and operational metric success. You will have the opportunity to lead continuous improvement activities to achieve a compliant, effective, and efficient Quality Management System. The position scope includes all elements of the Quality Management System, Quality Assurance, and the Quality Control Laboratory throughout the product lifecycle. If you have experience managing and upholding quality and cGMP compliance of products manufactured and distributed - let's talk! This role will be a full-time position based out of our Phillipsburg, New Jersey site with ~10% travel to our Bridgewater, NJ site.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's Degree required
• Experience: Minimum 8 years of Quality experience in a cGMP (Part 210/211, ICHQ7, IPEC) chemical manufacturing environment is required
• Minimum 5 years of experience managing people
• Minimum 5 years of experience leading Quality transformational change or continuous improvement
• Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, Life Science(s), Quality, or related field
• People management in a union environment
• Membership in Quality related industry associations (e.g. American Society for Quality)
• Certification in - ISO 9001 Lead Auditor, ASQ, iPEC, Lean, Six Sigma
• How you will thrive and create an impact
• Strong Quality leadership, management, and knowledge
• Strong people, systems, and process leadership skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills, peer collaboration, negotiation and influencing skills
• Ability to make sounds Quality decisions, with a significant impact, based on data analysis, facts and associated risk
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, sophisticated, and regulated manufacturing environment with competing priorities
• Lead the deployment of Quality philosophies, principles, methods and techniques ((TPC, LSS, TQM, PFMEA, SPC, PLA, etc.)
• Technical adept in chemical manufacturing processes
• Ability to outcome challenges
• Transformational leadership skills
• Demonstrates a strong drive for results
• Demonstrates the ability to maintain good emotional control in difficult circumstances
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Ability to clearly and crisply communicate
• Demonstrated commitment to quality
• Discernment for business
• Disclaimer:
• Why Avantor?
• Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science.
• Pay Transparency:
• The expected pre-tax pay for this position is
• $122,000.00 - $196,075.00
• Actual pay may differ depending on relevant factors such as prior experience and geographic location.
• EEO Statement:
• If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at recruiting@avantorsciences.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered

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