Quality Manager

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.

• Drives Quality strategy and targets in area of responsibility and uses appropriate reporting tools
• Set & Execute Quality Strategy
• Define and deploy site quality strategy aligned with global standards and business objectives
• Establish KPIs, reporting systems, and governance to drive performance and accountability
• Lead Quality Systems & Compliance
• Own the Quality Management System, ensuring compliance with ISO, IATF, CMMC, and customer-specific requirements
• Ensure audit readiness and help manage internal, external, and customer audits
• Govern Management Review to align leadership on quality performance and risks
• 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
• Lead response to major quality events, including product escapes, recalls, and customer escalations
• Champion quality related continuous improvement using Lean, Six Sigma, and advanced statistical methods (SPC/SQC) and principles.
• Reduce waste, improve capability across the quality laboratory operations.
• Ensure and support robust quality planning through FMEA, Control Plans, PPAP, and change management (MOC)
• Oversee specification and customer requirement review and integration into operations
• Ensure effective laboratory operations, testing protocols, and release systems
• Manage calibration, MSA, document control, and training systems to sustain compliance and capability
• Oversee critical equipment reliability and quality-related capital planning
• Build and lead a high-performing quality team
• Drive training, competency development, and a culture of quality ownership across all functions
• Support digital transformation initiatives (e.g., MES/Smart Factory) to enhance data integrity, traceability, and real-time quality control

What makes you a good fit

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field
• Extensive experience in quality leadership within a manufacturing environment
• Experience with Quality Management Systems (ISO, IATF 16949, HACCP)
• 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)
• Experience with Management of Change
• Six Sigma certification (Green/Black Belt) preferred
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, influence senior stakeholders, and drive measurable business results

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, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), 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 $115,000.00- $160,000.