Director of Quality

Univar Solutions; The Woodlands (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Time off

Job summary

Univar Solutions is seeking a Director of Quality to direct the quality discipline across USA and Canada, ensuring regulatory compliance and strong customer support. You will shape strategy, drive continuous improvement, and lead cross-functional teams to meet quality objectives.

The role emphasizes collaboration with Commercial, Field Operations, and Planning, and may involve 25% travel. The position requires a 4-year degree in a physical science or chemical engineering and 10+ years’

Qualifications

• 4-year degree in physical science, Chemical Engineering, or related subject, and/or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years’ practical experience with Quality and regulatory compliance, preferably within the chemical, pharmaceutical or related industry
• Demonstrated ability to lead program compliance and continuous development
• Experience in managing direct reports including USA Regional Quality Manager and Center of Excellence personnel
• Maintain knowledge of all applicable corporate, federal, state and local regulatory and quality requirements. Stay abreast of developing regulatory requirements, particularly at the federal, state, and local level.

Responsibilities

• Implement the Quality Management System to ensure compliance with regulations, procedures, and quality assurance standards.
• Facilitate external regulatory body audits.
• Responsible for Quality policy and performance metrics.
• Lead monthly global Quality meetings.
• Provide leadership to Regional Quality Managers and internal staff in EHSQ and external functions; collaborate to ensure continued compliance with regulations.
• Accountable for customer complaint system including investigation, root cause and corrective and preventive actions.
• Support management of change process.
• Point person for Quality needs of key corporate accounts.
• Drive continuous improvement in key Quality areas including on-time delivery, product and container quality, and customer responsiveness.
• Support the investigation of mis-delivery incidents.
• Ensure laboratory testing procedures are fit for purpose.
• Accountable for facility compliance with drug enforcement administration (DEA) licenses.
• This role requires travel 25% of the time to conduct field evaluations/training.

Skills

Quality leadership

Regulatory compliance

Process improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory audits

Education

4-year degree in physical science / chemical engineering or related field

Job description

A Place Where People Matter.

Start your career journey with Univar Solutions! Here you can make an impact on the world around you and accelerate your career in areas that energize and excite you.

The Director of Quality plans, directs and manages the Quality discipline across Univar Solutions USA and Canada. The role develops and executes the strategy to drive the customer experience, comply with applicable regulations and standards, and supports commercial growth. The overall objective is to ensure compliance and quality customer support to assist in preserving and increasing Univar Solutions competitiveness. This position works collaboratively with Commercial, Field Operations, Transportation, Customer Solutions, and Planning to collectively support the strategic initiatives designed to improve quality performance.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Implement the Quality Management System to ensure compliance with regulations, procedures, and quality assurance standards.
• Facilitate external regulatory body audits.
• Responsible for Quality policy and performance metrics.
• Lead monthly global Quality meetings.
• Provide leadership to Regional Quality Managers and internal professional staff in EHSQ and external functions. Collaborate with all affected areas of the organization to ensure continued compliance with regulations.
• Accountable for customer complaint system including investigation, root cause and corrective and preventive actions.
• Support management of change process.
• Point person for Quality needs of key corporate accounts.
• Drive continuous improvement in key Quality areas including on-time delivery, product and container quality, and customer responsiveness.
• Support the investigation of mis-delivery incidents.
• Ensure that laboratory testing procedures are fit for purpose.
• Accountable for facility compliance with drug enforcement administration (DEA) licenses.
• This role requires the ability to travel 25% of the time to conduct field evaluations/training.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

• 4-year degree in physical science, Chemical Engineering, or related subject, and/or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years’ practical experience with Quality and regulatory compliance, preferably within the chemical, pharmaceutical or related industry
• Demonstrated ability to lead program compliance and continuous development
• Experience in managing direct reports including USA Regional Quality Manager and Center of Excellence personnel.
• Maintain knowledge of all applicable corporate, federal, state and local regulatory and quality requirements. Stay abreast of developing regulatory requirements, particularly at the federal, state, and local level.

WHERE YOU'LL WORK:

This is a hybrid position that can be based out of our offices in The Woodlands, TX, Chicago, IL, Atlanta, GA, or Morrisville, GA

PAY & BENEFITS:

• The salary range for this position is $150,430 - $180,000 annually.
• The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate’s relevant experience, education, training, certifications, qualifications, and work location
• Available employee benefits include health, vision, dental coverage, along with industry-leading retirement and time off programs.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT:

• Strong work/life flexibility
• To be surrounded by an inclusive team who is collaborative and committed to the achievement of the company
• To be rewarded for your contributions with a targeted annual company bonus (if applicable to your role) and annual salary reviews.
• Competitive pay and benefits

Univar Solutions is a leading, global distributor of chemicals and ingredients essential to the safety, health, and wellbeing of our daily lives from life-saving medicines and vitamins to hand sanitizers and industrial materials used for cleaning, construction, and more. Our global team of more than 9,500 employees support our vision to redefine distribution and be the most valued chemical and ingredient distributor on the planet! We offer a Total Rewards package that includes market aligned pay and incentives as well as a diverse benefits offering to support our employees’ physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. Univar Solutions supports sustainable solutions for the world around us so that we can do our part to help keep our communities healthy, fed, clean, and safe! We are committed to a diverse workforce and a culture of inclusion. Together, we are building a culture that acknowledges the unique experiences, perspectives and expertise of individuals and provides the development and growth opportunities to empower us to redefine our industry. Univar Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on their race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected classification. We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the hiring process, please contact us at [e-mail].