Quality Supervisor Chicago, Illinois

Unilever Deutschland Holding GmbH; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 68,000 - 102,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in consumer goods is seeking a Quality Supervisor in Chicago. This role is crucial for ensuring product quality and compliance, leading a team to foster a culture of quality. The ideal candidate will have a background in engineering and experience in quality management, contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Retirement Savings Benefits

Paid Vacation

Parental Leave

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience in statistics and process control tools.
• People leadership experience.
• 1-3 years of experience working with quality labs.

Responsibilities

• Leads a team of quality analysts to troubleshoot quality issues.
• Develops and implements testing and inspection procedures.
• Maintains effective communications with internal and external customers.

Skills

Data Analysis

Process Control

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Food, Mechanical, Industrial or Chemical Engineering

Tools

Quality Lab Equipment

SAP

Job description

ABOUT UNILEVER

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our, collaborative, and flexible working environment. Our organizational ambition centers around creating workplaces that foster equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging across all aspects of our business.We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

The Quality supervisor role is critical to the development of our factories to World Class, which means zero defects, zero waste and zero losses. The role will apply extensively the full range of Focused and Quality Improvement methods and tools to counter losses identified in quality as well as support in other functions. This role is instrumental in creating the connection between production, quality, and logistics, ensuring the end-to-end operation meets the highest quality standards.

JOB PURPOSE

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. If you are then this role is just for you!

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

Quality Supervisor leads a team of quality analysts that works hand in hand with production and logistics supervisors to guide and troubleshoot issues related to quality on a day-to-day basis.
Among other responsibilities, Unilever Quality Supervisor:
- Develops knowledge of operations to act as a reference for other departments and develop a culture of quality driven mindset. Provides QA technical support to all site departments including production, maintenance, facilities as required to achieve business goals.

- Is the subject matter expert (SME) on quality lab testing equipment.

- Develops and implements validations, testing, inspection procedures and statistical analysis to incoming materials, in process, and finished products to ensure product compliance with GMPs, food safety, and company specifications. Researches product defects recommending modifications in products or standards and prepares necessary reports and action plans.

- Maintains effective communications and appropriate working relationships with internal and external customers such as Supply Chain Planning, Purchasing, Development, R&D and others as applicable.

- Maintains and organizes D-Incident investigations and tracks issues using SAP, coordinating D-Incident management with production, and managing business waste budget. Maintains Laboratory testing equipment and quality related digital solutions.

- Upgrades of employee population skills and competencies. This will require to facilitate through WCM the correct QA skills and competencies to employees to drive the continuous improvement agenda.

What You’ll Need To Succeed

- Bachelor’s Degree in Food, Mechanical, Industrial or Chemical Engineering, or related field of study

- at least 1-3 years of experience in statistics and process control tools, Data Analysis and stratification processes.

- People leadership experience

- at least 1-3 years of experience working with quality labs and quality lab equipment

Leadership

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
  • PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
  • PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
  • CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
  • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
  • AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

Pay: The pay range for this position is $68,000 to $102,000. Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs.

Bonus: This position is bonus eligible.
Long-Term Incentive (LTI): This position is LTI eligible.

Benefits: Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.

What We Can Offer You

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Unilever is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion to drive our business results and create a better future every day for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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