Plant Hygiene Manager

Consumer Brands Quality United States, Bowling Green, KY, KY Full Time Regular
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About this Position

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow. 

This position is with our Consumer Brands business unit – where we empower our employees to bring the best Laundry & Home Care and Hair products to people around the world. 

Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.  

What you´ll do

  • Drive quality strategy and objectives for areas of responsibility using appropriate reporting tools.
  • Lead Good Manufacturing Practices and Risk Assessments, develop corrective actions based on incident investigations.
  • Attend seminars and keep updated.
  • Maintain training materials and train associate's in microbiology procedures and hygiene processes.
  • Monitor quality KPIs and report monthly on the status of KPIs.
  • Work with operations staff to define quality procedures and establish and maintain control and documentation procedures.
  • Pest control own and manage the overall process and documentation.
  • Effectively manage customer and supplier complaints and actively monitor supplier quality complaints and issues.
  • Own reporting, trending, and analysis of micro results and metrics.
  • Take appropriate actions on trends.
  • Develop and lead design solutions and influence operational solutions.
  • Develops and maintains the quality strategy in line with KPIs and global initiatives.
  • Raise awareness of customer requirements across the manufacturing site and lead cross-functional quality improvement teams/projects.
  • Support global audit management including leading internal audits, and Hygiene audits (system, process, product, customer and external certification audits).
  • Ensure compliance Instruct and organize quality training for stakeholders and local quality organization.
  • Manage the quality control lab and team, develop continuous improvement plans for the plant and production line Input requirements the design of new plant systems.
  • Verify and validate for hygienic design requirements and outcomes.
  • Interface with R&D and others on new innovation, trials, and analytical method development.
  • Lead the investigation of out of specification microbiological and related results.
  • Culture and identify microorganisms and lead corrective action development.

What makes you a good fit

  • Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, biology, microbiology or any other related field.
  • Five or more years’ experience in an Industrial Microbiology Field, preferably with a CPG- Consumer Packaged Goods-company.
  • Experience in managing microbial laboratories is a plus.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of Hygienic Manufacturing,
  • Equipment Design to assist in troubleshooting plant hygiene issues.
  • The identification of microorganisms using traditional and automated technology preferred.
  • Knowledge of chemistry and ability to carry out test methods relevant to the department.
  • Demonstrated influential leadership and collaboration skills.

Some benefits of joining Henkel

  • Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1 
  • Work-Life Balance: Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program 
  • Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement 
  • Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships 
  • Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement

The salary for this role is $90,000.00 - $123,000.00. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.

Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.

Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.

JOB ID: 26093483

Job Locations: United States, KY, Bowling Green, KY

Contact information for application-related questions: talent.acquisition@henkel.com

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Über Henkel

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