Customer Quality Manager - Kennesaw, GA

Job Description

Customer Quality Manager - Kennesaw, GA

Job Summary:
The Customer Quality Manager within the Quality Center of Excellence platform is an experienced role that will lead the Health and Wellness Customer Quality team of Representatives. This role will have exposure to all aspects of quality related matters for the ADM commercial, sales, customer service, and production teams as well as interact with existing and potential ADM customers. Participation and leadership are required to define, develop, and implement improvements and meet best in class production and food safety expectations globally. A commitment to collaborate closely with the Technical Quality Manager is critical. Mentoring the Customer Quality Specialists and Representatives to promote knowledge of quality and food safety topics, products, cross-functional collaboration, and customer interaction is necessary to ensure career growth. This position reports to the H&W Global Quality and Food Safety Director.

Essential Job Functions:

• Lead Customer Quality direct reports in providing quality support for ADM CoE BU associated products
• Accountable for setting team expectations of enhancing brand equity through excellence in all customer quality activities including, but not limited to, complaint handling, documentation requests, quality and supplier agreements, customer questionnaires/portals
• Support documenting, management, and monitoring of customer complaints, assuring consistency in proper categorization and process
• Assist direct reports in partnering with commercial and sales in communicating technical details, product details, other information requested to customers
• Monitor direct reports to ensure the handling of customer, commercial and sales requests meets defined expectations, aiming for a high level of customer satisfaction
• Demonstrate and support the interaction between the Customer Quality team and customers, manufacturing sites, warehouse, and other internal departments
• Provide training/guidance to handle customer expectations with a customer-centric mindset
• Support sales with review of customer product and quality requirements, communication to production and commercial teams – NDA’s, supply agreements, quality expectations, etc.
• Participate in and lead customer facing meetings and events
• Participate/lead cross functional teams to resolve customer issues
• Ensure timely communication and follow through, both internal and external, for key account concerns
• Make effective decisions in a fast-paced business environment while accepting the responsibility to explain the business logic
• Assist with determining and documenting cost of issues for metric reporting
• Understand strategic goals of the business unit and align personal goals accordingly
• Excellent understanding of internal business processes
• Perform other duties as required

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in a science discipline
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in quality or technical related field
• Prefer formally trained Preventative Control Qualified Individual with production, R&D or commercial experience
• Ability to problem solve and negotiate within high risk, fast-paced environment
• Strong organizational skills, including excellent written and communication skills
• Proven ability to assess business and financial risk and exercise sound judgment in making decisions
• Developed interpersonal techniques for handling internal and external communication with a customer focused approach
• Ability to work independently and without supervision; effectively plan, organize, and execute own activities

Before applying for an exempt, non-exempt or hourly job opportunity, you are expected to initiate a discussion and share your intentions with your supervisor.  * If you’ve been in your current position for more than 18 months, supervisor approval is not required.  * If you’ve been in your current position for less than 18 months, verbal supervisor approval is required.  
​Hiring Manager-  Stephanie Tanksley   ​
Recruiter-  Ashley Medina

City

Kennesaw

State

GA - Georgia

Location Country

United States

About ADM

At ADM, we unlock the power of nature to provide access to nutrition worldwide. With industry-advancing innovations, a complete portfolio of ingredients and solutions to meet any taste, and a commitment to sustainability, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional challenges of today and tomorrow. We’re a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world’s premier agricultural origination and processing comp