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Manufacturing Quality Manager
CA - Porterville
Opportunity Snapshot
"Quality means literally providing something that's better than the best, not just better than most." -- Jack Welch
If you're passionate about quality and have a track record of driving organizational change as you foster a galloping sense of accountability and quality excellence within your team, consider this high visibility opportunity at a biomedical testing company with a legacy of innovation and integrity...
Spanning the biomedical testing continuum -- from pioneering medical research and clinical trials to laboratory diagnostics and point-of-care testing -- Beckman Coulter's 200,000 installed systems provide essential biomedical information to enhance health care around the world. Our Porterville site is a fast-paced operation that manufactures printed circuit boards with over 2,000 finished items and we're currently in the midst of an exciting transformation, moving towards a Six Sigma-centric problem-solving culture.
With new leadership at the helm, we are committed to making Porterville a world-class PCBA site and towards that end, we're now seeking a Manufacturing Quality professional who can come in with a "fresh set of eyes", challenge existing paradigms and take quality to a whole new level. You'll position yourself as a key quality authority, leading product development/process improvement teams for multiple internal manufacturing sites and not only help develop our quality strategy but also ensure alignment with overall corporate objectives.
What You'll Bring to the Table
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Statistics or related discipline.
- Minimum 5+ years of Quality management experience; preferably in a regulated environment, such as ISO or FDA.
- Strong leadership, project management and tracking skills coupled with the ability to lead and facilitate cross-functional project teams to drive improvements in quality and operations.
- Demonstrated ability to lead the organization through incremental change.
- Deep knowledge of ISO (9001 & 13485), FDA and GMP requirements.
- Proven ability to integrate customer needs and functional unit objectives to achieve business unit objectives.
- Solid analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities.
- Familiarity with major ERP system, such as SAP or Oracle.
Preferred but not required:
- Contract manufacturing background.
- Knowledge of PCBA guidelines and/or electronics background.
- Green Belt training in Six Sigma.
- ASQ certification.
What's In it for You
- High impact & visibility - you'll spearhead quality programs and drive continuous improvement principles and the quality initiatives you'll help drive today will become the way we do business tomorrow.
- Career development -- advancement opportunities and diverse career paths are trademarks of the Beckman Coulter experience, and as you master your accountabilities, you'll be ideally positioned to evolve along multiple career paths.
- A terrific quality of life -- Porterville is the gateway to many of Southern California's scenic national parks. Out here in the country you can enjoy hiking, fishing, hunting, camping and everything the great outdoors has to offer. Our cost of living is significantly lower than most other areas of California, yet all the benefits of the city are just minutes away with brand-name outlet shopping, restaurants and entertainment. Even better, San Francisco and the Wine Country are only a few hours away for convenient weekend getaways.
- Pride -- you'll join an established, profitable and highly successful global leader that has proven itself capable of evolving to meet the needs of the marketplace and maintaining a healthy growth rate throughout.
- Excellent benefits -- in addition to a very competitive salary and bonus opportunity, we offer a robust benefits package that includes low-cost health insurance coverage for you and your family; matching 401(k) as well as a retirement account plan; stock purchase options; paid vacation and holidays; tuition assistance; and more.
More About Your Role
You will report directly to the Director of Quality--with a dotted line to the Porterville Site Manager-and supervise a team of 14 Quality personnel including a Quality Supervisor and Quality Inspectors.
As the leader handling a change initiative, you won't avoid the resistance and emotions that accompany the change process; in fact you will set a positive tone, energize the team around a unified vision--almost like a transfusion into the team's arteries--as you build trust and create productive partnerships in which everyone can offer their unique knowledge and talents.
This is a hands-on leadership role and you'll be required to "wear many hats", including both strategic and tactical roles. Your main accountabilities are to:
- Oversee inspection and testing of products for compliance with applicable regulations and ensure quality standards are incorporated into project plans, schedules and budgets.
- Work closely with team to define needs for effective performance; set performance objectives and ensure skills are developed and maintained on a continual basis to drive cost-effective operations.
- Improve quality policies and procedures and assure all functions are in compliance.
- Interface with Customer and Regulatory representatives concerning quality related issues.
- Establish quality standards, procedures, performance levels, and documentation requirements.
Keys to Success
You will inherit a long-tenured team that is set in their ways and pivotal to your success in this role is your ability to harness the power of change as you soothe ruffled feathers and energize and inspire the team to embrace this new quality vision and drive it to completion. You'll also rely on your interpersonal finesse to build consensus across department lines in a matrix style organization and influence those over whom you have no direct authority to perform at a higher level.
Other facets of success are to:
- Strike an appropriate balance between taking care of day-to-day quality activities and bringing forward new ideas and concepts for improving efficiency and productivity.
- Maintain a high energy level and energize others as you hold them accountable to their goals and continually raise the bar to achieve higher standards of quality excellence in our PCBA products.
- Continually survey customer needs and the competitive quality landscape to stay abreast of what is new and successful and make the tough decisions to quickly determine if and how this knowledge can be harnessed at Beckman Coulter. For example, we'll look to you to determine if there is a need for a Quality Engineering function.
- Achieve your objectives independently while keeping your supervisor (who works 300 miles away at our Brea facility) in the loop.
- Remain adaptive and ready to shift priorities as the need arises.
If this sounds like the right mix of challenge and opportunity for you, and you meet the minimum qualifications, we want to hear from you!
Who We Are
From complex DNA sequencing to simple diagnostic screening kits, Beckman Coulter (NYSE:BEC) is one of the world's largest companies devoted solely to biomedical testing. The company, based in Fullerton, California, reported 2007 annual sales of $2.76 billion with 75 percent of this amount generated by recurring revenue from supplies, test kits and services.
With operations in more than 130 countries, we employ over 11,000 employees including research scientists, engineers, manufacturing associates and other professional and technical staffs. We offer opportunities for every employee to make an impact at Beckman Coulter -- and on the health of people worldwide through our products which support advances in patient care. For additional information, please visit www.beckman.com.
Opportunity Snapshot
"Quality means literally providing something that's better than the best, not just better than most." -- Jack Welch
If you're passionate about quality and have a track record of driving organizational change as you foster a galloping sense of accountability and quality excellence within your team, consider this high visibility opportunity at a biomedical testing company with a legacy of innovation and integrity...
Spanning the biomedical testing continuum -- from pioneering medical research and clinical trials to laboratory diagnostics and point-of-care testing -- Beckman Coulter's 200,000 installed systems provide essential biomedical information to enhance health care around the world. Our Porterville site is a fast-paced operation that manufactures printed circuit boards with over 2,000 finished items and we're currently in the midst of an exciting transformation, moving towards a Six Sigma-centric problem-solving culture.
With new leadership at the helm, we are committed to making Porterville a world-class PCBA site and towards that end, we're now seeking a Manufacturing Quality professional who can come in with a "fresh set of eyes", challenge existing paradigms and take quality to a whole new level. You'll position yourself as a key quality authority, leading product development/process improvement teams for multiple internal manufacturing sites and not only help develop our quality strategy but also ensure alignment with overall corporate objectives.
What You'll Bring to the Table
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Statistics or related discipline.
- Minimum 5+ years of Quality management experience; preferably in a regulated environment, such as ISO or FDA.
- Strong leadership, project management and tracking skills coupled with the ability to lead and facilitate cross-functional project teams to drive improvements in quality and operations.
- Demonstrated ability to lead the organization through incremental change.
- Deep knowledge of ISO (9001 & 13485), FDA and GMP requirements.
- Proven ability to integrate customer needs and functional unit objectives to achieve business unit objectives.
- Solid analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities.
- Familiarity with major ERP system, such as SAP or Oracle.
Preferred but not required:
- Contract manufacturing background.
- Knowledge of PCBA guidelines and/or electronics background.
- Green Belt training in Six Sigma.
- ASQ certification.
What's In it for You
- High impact & visibility - you'll spearhead quality programs and drive continuous improvement principles and the quality initiatives you'll help drive today will become the way we do business tomorrow.
- Career development -- advancement opportunities and diverse career paths are trademarks of the Beckman Coulter experience, and as you master your accountabilities, you'll be ideally positioned to evolve along multiple career paths.
- A terrific quality of life -- Porterville is the gateway to many of Southern California's scenic national parks. Out here in the country you can enjoy hiking, fishing, hunting, camping and everything the great outdoors has to offer. Our cost of living is significantly lower than most other areas of California, yet all the benefits of the city are just minutes away with brand-name outlet shopping, restaurants and entertainment. Even better, San Francisco and the Wine Country are only a few hours away for convenient weekend getaways.
- Pride -- you'll join an established, profitable and highly successful global leader that has proven itself capable of evolving to meet the needs of the marketplace and maintaining a healthy growth rate throughout.
- Excellent benefits -- in addition to a very competitive salary and bonus opportunity, we offer a robust benefits package that includes low-cost health insurance coverage for you and your family; matching 401(k) as well as a retirement account plan; stock purchase options; paid vacation and holidays; tuition assistance; and more.
More About Your Role
You will report directly to the Director of Quality--with a dotted line to the Porterville Site Manager-and supervise a team of 14 Quality personnel including a Quality Supervisor and Quality Inspectors.
As the leader handling a change initiative, you won't avoid the resistance and emotions that accompany the change process; in fact you will set a positive tone, energize the team around a unified vision--almost like a transfusion into the team's arteries--as you build trust and create productive partnerships in which everyone can offer their unique knowledge and talents.
This is a hands-on leadership role and you'll be required to "wear many hats", including both strategic and tactical roles. Your main accountabilities are to:
- Oversee inspection and testing of products for compliance with applicable regulations and ensure quality standards are incorporated into project plans, schedules and budgets.
- Work closely with team to define needs for effective performance; set performance objectives and ensure skills are developed and maintained on a continual basis to drive cost-effective operations.
- Improve quality policies and procedures and assure all functions are in compliance.
- Interface with Customer and Regulatory representatives concerning quality related issues.
- Establish quality standards, procedures, performance levels, and documentation requirements.
Keys to Success
You will inherit a long-tenured team that is set in their ways and pivotal to your success in this role is your ability to harness the power of change as you soothe ruffled feathers and energize and inspire the team to embrace this new quality vision and drive it to completion. You'll also rely on your interpersonal finesse to build consensus across department lines in a matrix style organization and influence those over whom you have no direct authority to perform at a higher level.
Other facets of success are to:
- Strike an appropriate balance between taking care of day-to-day quality activities and bringing forward new ideas and concepts for improving efficiency and productivity.
- Maintain a high energy level and energize others as you hold them accountable to their goals and continually raise the bar to achieve higher standards of quality excellence in our PCBA products.
- Continually survey customer needs and the competitive quality landscape to stay abreast of what is new and successful and make the tough decisions to quickly determine if and how this knowledge can be harnessed at Beckman Coulter. For example, we'll look to you to determine if there is a need for a Quality Engineering function.
- Achieve your objectives independently while keeping your supervisor (who works 300 miles away at our Brea facility) in the loop.
- Remain adaptive and ready to shift priorities as the need arises.
If this sounds like the right mix of challenge and opportunity for you, and you meet the minimum qualifications, we want to hear from you!
Who We Are
From complex DNA sequencing to simple diagnostic screening kits, Beckman Coulter (NYSE:BEC) is one of the world's largest companies devoted solely to biomedical testing. The company, based in Fullerton, California, reported 2007 annual sales of $2.76 billion with 75 percent of this amount generated by recurring revenue from supplies, test kits and services.
With operations in more than 130 countries, we employ over 11,000 employees including research scientists, engineers, manufacturing associates and other professional and technical staffs. We offer opportunities for every employee to make an impact at Beckman Coulter -- and on the health of people worldwide through our products which support advances in patient care. For additional information, please visit www.beckman.com.
