Quality GPS Lead: Drive Continuous Quality Excellence

Baxter; Round Lake Beach (IL); On-site; USD 112,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) Plan with company match

Paid time off 20–35 days

Job summary

Baxter is seeking a Quality GPS Lead in Round Lake, IL to drive operational excellence within the Drug Delivery Quality organization. You will deploy GPS, build dashboards, and coach teams to identify and solve issues while ensuring compliance in a regulated pharma setting.

With a focus on sustaining improvements, you will connect frontline activities to leadership and lead Kaizen events to enhance quality and flow. Strong collaboration and change leadership are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Pharmacy, Quality, Operations, Business, or related field.
• Eight+ years in quality, manufacturing, engineering, or related functions within a regulated industry.
• Experience implementing tiered daily management, visual management systems, and leader standard work.
• Expertise in root cause analysis, structured problem solving, and coaching teams.
• Experience leading Kaizen events and cross-functional transformation with measurable outcomes.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical quality systems (CAPA, change control, data integrity).
• Strong facilitation, communication, and change leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead deployment of Baxter GPS across Quality, building operating systems to improve performance.
• Develop tiered daily management processes linking frontline activities with site leadership.
• Create visual dashboards to identify risks and enable timely decisions.
• Coach leaders in problem-solving, strengthening RCA and recurrence prevention.
• Ensure continuous improvement aligns with remediation objectives and compliance.
• Drive high-impact initiatives, reduce cycle times, and improve quality systems.
• Build organizational capability by growing internal coaches and facilitators.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Structured problem solving

Facilitation

Change leadership

Kaizen events

Coaching teams

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree (Engineering/Science/Pharmacy/Quality/Operations)

Tools

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Job description

Baxter is seeking a Quality GPS Lead in Round Lake, IL to drive operational excellence within the Drug Delivery Quality organization. You will deploy GPS, build dashboards, and coach teams to identify and solve issues while ensuring compliance in a regulated pharma setting.

With a focus on sustaining improvements, you will connect frontline activities to leadership and lead Kaizen events to enhance quality and flow. Strong collaboration and change leadership are essential for success.