Quality Manager

Henkel; Compton (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Paid time off

401k matching

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Henkel is seeking a Quality Manager for the Adhesive Technologies unit in the United States. The role leads all quality functions at the site, ensuring compliance, customer satisfaction, and operational excellence, while driving data-driven decisions and digital transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities include managing QMS, NCMR, CCMS, and supplier quality, plus championing Lean, Six Sigma, and advanced statistics to drive continuous improvement and robust quality planning (FMEA/PPAP).'

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field is required.
• Extensive quality leadership experience in manufacturing.
• Experience with non-conformance, customer complaints, and supplier quality systems.
• Root cause analysis and structured problem solving (FRPS, A3, 8D) required.
• Experience with SPC/SQC and quality core tools (FMEA, PPAP, Control Plans).
• Compliance with U.S. export control laws is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Own the Quality Management System and ensure ISO, IATF, CMMC compliance.
• Oversee Non-Conforming Material Management (NCMR), CCMS, and SCMS.

Skills

Quality leadership

Statistical methods

Root cause analysis

Problem solving

Lean Six Sigma

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

FMEA

PPAP

Control Plans

Job description

About this Position

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow. This position is with our Adhesive Technologies business unit – where we empower our people to transform industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings.

Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.

What you´ll do

The Quality Manager provides strategic leadership for all quality functions at the site, ensuring compliance, customer satisfaction, and operational excellence. This role owns the end-to-end Quality Management System while driving a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and data-driven decision-making. The position plays a critical role in aligning quality with business performance and digital transformation initiatives.

• Own the Quality Management System, ensuring compliance with ISO, IATF, CMMC, and customer-specific requirements
• Provide executive oversight of Non-Conforming Material Management (NCMR), customer complaints (CCMS), and supplier quality (SCMS) processes
• Ensure disciplined problem-solving (FRPS/A3/8D), effective containment, and sustainable corrective actions
• Champion quality related continuous improvement using Lean, Six Sigma, and advanced statistical methods (SPC/SQC) and principles.
• Ensure and support robust quality planning through FMEA, Control Plans, PPAP, and change management (MOC)

What makes you a good fit

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field
• Extensive experience in quality leadership within a manufacturing environment
• Experience on non-conformance, customer complaint, and supplier quality systems
• Root cause analysis and structured problem solving (FRPS, A3, 8D) experience
• Experience with Statistical methods (SPC/SQC) and quality core tools (FMEA, PPAP, Control Plans)
• Capacity to comply with the federally mandated requirements of U.S. export control laws

Some benefits of joining Henkel

• Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
• Work-Life Balance: Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, and vacation buy / sell program
• Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
• Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships
• Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement

The salary for this role is $125,000.00- $145,000.00. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.

Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.