Director of Quality & QMS Transformation

Kanto-Corporation; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Paid holidays

Medical/dental benefits

Tuition/education reimbursement

Job summary

Kanto Corporation in the United States is seeking a Director of Quality to lead QA, QC, and QMS across high-purity chemical manufacturing. You will shape the quality culture, embed process discipline, and drive a robust system that ensures products meet the highest standards.

As a strategic yet hands-on leader, you will develop audits, KPIs, change control, and continuous improvement initiatives, coaching teams to perform consistently 'the same way, every time,' while ensuring ISO and SEMI

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive quality experience in manufacturing/chemical processing.
• 5+ years in leadership.
• Proven success in QMS implementation and change management.

Responsibilities

• Lead ongoing quality transformation.
• Establish & Sustain Process Discipline (Embedding SOP-Centered Practices).
• Continue strengthening and evolving SOPs to ensure they remain robust, compliant, and effective.
• Drive consistency, safety, and operational excellence through disciplined procedures.
• Seamlessly connect laboratory precision with execution on the production floor.
• Partner closely with all Kanto operations and materials teams to embed a culture where every critical task is performed the same way, every time.
• Serve as the hands-on architect of a cultural and procedural shift in quality.
• Drive change management initiatives across the business.
• Oversee QA & QC.
• Direct all testing, inspection, and verification activities for high-purity chemical products—up to and including consistent part-per-trillion and beyond manufacturing growth.
• Ensure documentation meets internal, customer, and regulatory standards.
• Act as the escalation point for non-conformances, CAPAs, and deviation management.
• Lead root cause analysis and resolution of high-stakes quality issues.
• Strengthen the QMS.
• Develop, refine, and maintain an audit-ready Quality Management System.
• Ensure compliance with ISO, SEMI, NFPA, OSHA, and chemical manufacturing standards.
• Establish KPIs, dashboards, and reporting mechanisms for proactive quality oversight.
• Identify trends early and take preventive action before issues escalates.
• Manage Change Control.
• Oversee the entire lifecycle of change in a complex chemical production environment.
• Lead impact assessments and risk mitigation planning.
• Manage validation, training, and post-implementation monitoring.
• Chair cross-functional change review meetings to address operational, safety, and regulatory impacts.
• Foster a Culture of Quality.
• Lead from the floor, modeling hands-on leadership for quality and production teams.
• Coach and mentor staff on the “why” behind procedures and standards.
• Use deep chemical engineering expertise to connect technical requirements to day-to-day execution.
• Inspire accountability and ownership for quality at every level of the organization.

Skills

Leadership

Quality Assurance

QMS

ISO 9001

Process Standardization

Change Management

Cross-functional

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering/Sciences

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Kanto Corporation in the United States is seeking a Director of Quality to lead QA, QC, and QMS across high-purity chemical manufacturing. You will shape the quality culture, embed process discipline, and drive a robust system that ensures products meet the highest standards.

As a strategic yet hands-on leader, you will develop audits, KPIs, change control, and continuous improvement initiatives, coaching teams to perform consistently 'the same way, every time,' while ensuring ISO and SEMI