Quality Supervisor – Solution Operations

Baxter Healthcare; Cleveland (MS); On-site; USD 68,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive bonus

Job summary

Baxter Healthcare in Cleveland, MS is seeking a Quality Supervisor to lead the Solution department, ensuring robust quality systems and continuous improvement across processes. You will guide technicians, support training, and partner with cross-functional teams to sustain operational excellence in a fast-paced medical manufacturing environment.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in a science or engineering field, knowledge of quality systems, and preference for Six Sigma/Lean qualifications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology, Biology, Chemistry or Engineering required.
• Good knowledge of quality systems and procedures.
• FDA manufacturing preferred.
• Six Sigma Green Belt Certification or industry standard equivalent is preferred.
• Lean Manufacturing skills and experience are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for quality supervisory oversight for the Solution areas.
• Responsible for implementing, maintaining, and improving the quality systems, processes and procedures in the Solution departments.
• Manage and support all area technicians, assuring a teamwork environment.
• Oversee training and cross training of technicians.
• Train and integrate new associates.
• Support process validation, process capability, and process control studies for assigned areas.
• Perform customer complaint investigation activities (defect/failure analysis) on product as required.
• Conduct nonconformance investigations and implementing corrective actions for product/process defects or failures.
• Trending key quality performance metrics for the Solution departments.
• Capable of making independent decisions regarding product conformance and handle issues as they arise.
• Communicate activities and occurrences from the shift to appropriate persons in an organized and clear manner.
• Must interface with other plant functions and functions globally.
• Support quality/manufacturing projects utilizing Lean, problem solving, process control, and project management tools to achieve and sustain operational excellence.
• Maintain good working knowledge of plant systems, processes, procedures, documentation, and products.
• Evaluates change to systems and ensures changes are assessed and executed appropriately per Baxter procedures for implementation.
• Manage and prioritize multiple tasks and projects.
• Ability to function effectively as a member of a team.
• Ability to communicate effectively in written and verbal form.
• Benchmark new technologies and methodologies for use in the facility.
• Perform tasks independently with minimum supervision
• Travel as needed to perform duties.
• Ability to sit, stand and/or walk for long periods of time
• Ability to reach above the shoulder
• Ability to bend/stoop
• Occasionally carry out duties of Quality Manager as needed
• Must meet visual acuity requirements as documented in Baxter Cleveland Human Resources Procedure 1.04.
• Must have knowledge of both plant and department environmental health and safety regulations and comply with said regulations accordingly.
• Must perform other duties and responsibilities as determined by supervision/management.

Skills

Quality systems

Leadership

Process improvement

Cross-functional teamwork

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology, Biology, Chemistry or Engineering

Six Sigma Green Belt

Tools

Lean Manufacturing

Job description

Baxter Healthcare in Cleveland, MS is seeking a Quality Supervisor to lead the Solution department, ensuring robust quality systems and continuous improvement across processes. You will guide technicians, support training, and partner with cross-functional teams to sustain operational excellence in a fast-paced medical manufacturing environment.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in a science or engineering field, knowledge of quality systems, and preference for Six Sigma/Lean qualifications.