Assistant Manager_QA

Assistant Manager_QA

Job Description

As a person, you’re a learner – a natural leader – someone who is always taking initiative to make things better and bring others along with you. You live your life in alignment with the highest values of integrity and quality, always ensuring your responsibilities become a long-term success story. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU. 

In this role, you will:

• Drive and disseminate quality agenda throughout the mill by:

• Closely actioning on quality culture improvement activities

• Lead continuous quality improvement projects.

• Work to reduce critical quality issues through Problem solving projects.

• Engage in people upskilling through trainings

• Ensure seamless coordination of QA with different stakeholders in during trials/change events

• Facilitate risk assessments before new product developments/product changes

About Us

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth, and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

About You

You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results.

In one of our Manufacturing roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• Primary interface between QA and all other stakeholders for quality related activities

• Manage all QA routine activities like RFT Make, Quality Non-Conformance reporting, RCA & CAPA follow up and closure, PASS data entry compliance, EtQ system compliance, etc.

• Responsible for analyzing the data with use of quality tools and present in a meaningful form which helps in product/process improvement.

• Coordinate with other KC mills to benchmark practices and roll out pertinent ones in Pune mill.

• Cascade down consumer/customer complaints, product defects on shop floor and ensure active involvement of people in discussions.

• Conduct periodic and ad hoc trainings on GMP, personal hygiene, product safety, etc.

• Assist quality manager by handling routine issues related to people management.

• Single point contact for QA related procurement

• Lead system verification processes like micro testing, audits (process, GMP, QMS), etc.

• Conduct process health check audits like Process audit, GMP audit, QMSR audits as per frequency.

• Work closely with other stakeholders in mill to ensure effectiveness of corrective actions implemented for product/process improvement.

• Ensure compliance towards implementation of new quality systems/initiatives.

• Initiate and coordinate training activities.

• Take a lead in risk assessment/FMEA during product changes.

• Planning/organizing Quality initiatives/programs to enhance quality culture in organization.

• Manage and adhere to lab certification, tester certification related activities.

• Implement and follow new regional/global standards, procedure with effective training/communication to related stake holders.

• Tracking of SQE & major consumer complaints and planning to prevent/eliminate recurrence of same with effective system, process improvement.

• Ensure adherence to all legal/regulatory requirements for BCC & AFC product category.

To Be Considered
Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.

In the meantime, please check out the careers website.

And finally, the fine print….

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.

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Primary LocationPune Sanaswadi Mill

Additional Locations

Worker TypeEmployee

Worker Sub-TypeRegular

Time TypeFull time