Quality Manager

Thank you for your interest in working for our Company. Recruiting the right talent is crucial to our goals. On April 1, 2024, 3M Healthcare underwent a corporate spin-off leading to the creation of a new company named Solventum. We are still in the process of updating our Careers Page and applicant documents, which currently have 3M branding. Please bear with us. In the interim, our Privacy Policy here: https://www.solventum.com/en-us/home/legal/website-privacy-statement/applicant-privacy/ continues to apply to any personal information you submit, and the 3M-branded positions listed on our Careers Page are for Solventum positions. As it was with 3M, at Solventum all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Job Description:

Site Quality Leader (Solventum)

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
As the Site Quality Leader for the Monrovia, California facility within the Dental Solutions Business, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Serving as the manufacturing site Quality Management Representative and leading the site Quality team by providing expert-level Quality function leadership, guidance, and direction to your team on the Quality Body-of-Knowledge for end-to-end product and process quality assurance programs, procedures, and controls from new product development through post-market improvements for medical devices
• Leading the Monrovia Site Quality team by directly supervising quality engineering professionals and supervisors (including objective setting and performance management) as your team effectively and efficiently interprets product and performance data and trends, responds to customer needs and requirements, resolves nonconformances, and interprets and supports business objectives to drive continuous improvement by defining guidelines, methods, and priorities, initiating and approving improvement projects to enhance product and process capabilities, and creating solutions for complex and multi-faceted problems
• Identifying and leading improvement opportunities to proactively ensure compliance to all applicable internal, domestic, and international quality regulations and competent authority requirements, including but not limited to, FDA-US 21 CFR 820, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, EU MDR, Health Canada, ANVISA, COFEPRIS, MHRA, TGA, NMPA, PMDA, etc.
• Providing guidance to internal teams and cross-functional personnel in the development and implementation of quality strategies for regulated medical devices, while maintaining effective Quality metric performance by defining and executing activities to enhance product quality, reduce process variances, and resolve signals and decreases in performance
• Providing influential peer leadership as part of the Site Leadership Team to drive improvements in compliance, risk management, product and process quality, quality culture, and predictive quality using industry-leading technologies, systems, and improvement tools for process control & monitoring, structured problem solving, and trend analysis with timely and effective signal resolution

 
To set you up for success in this role from day one, Solventum requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher AND seven (7) years of Medical Device, Pharmaceutical, or Combination Product experience in a Quality management function in a private, public, government or military environment.

In addition to the above requirements, the following are also required:

• (3) years of quality management experience demonstrating team leadership, compliance excellence, value improvement, and risk reduction.

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, ASQ Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence, or Certified Six Sigma Black Belt
• Skills including, but not limited to, Competent Authority Interaction and Influence, External Audit Readiness & Management, Medical Device, Nonconforming Material Control, Customer Interaction and Support, Quality Engineering, Process Validation, Process Control & Monitoring, Risk Reduction, Continuous Process and Product Improvement, Field Actions & Recalls, and Organizational Leadership
• Demonstrated successful organizational influence in areas including, but not limited to, compliance excellence, continuous improvement, product-related risk mitigation, and process capability and efficiency enhancement
• Verbal and written communication skills with the ability to provide diligent, concise, and fact-based communication to Executive Management, cross-functional peers, and your direct report team
• Leadership, decision-making, problem-solving, continuous improvement, and management skills with the demonstrated ability to create momentum and deliver results in a timely manner by prioritizing personal workloads, as well as providing guidance, direction, and oversight to others

Work location: Onsite – Monrovia, California

Travel: May include up to 15% Domestic & International

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being

Solventum offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, Solventum regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $183,301 - $224,034, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: https://www.solventum.com/en-us/home/our-company/careers/#Total-RewardsResponsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties.

Solventum is committed to maintaining the highest standards of integrity and professionalism in our recruitment process.  Applicants must remain alert to fraudulent job postings and recruitment schemes that falsely claim to represent Solventum and seek to exploit job seekers.

Please note that all email communications from Solventum regarding job opportunities with the company will be from an email with a domain of @solventum.com. Be wary of unsolicited emails or messages regarding Solventum job opportunities from emails with other email domains.

Solventum is an equal opportunity employer.  Solventum  will not discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.

Please note: your application may not be considered if you do not provide your education and work history, either by: 1) uploading a resume, or 2) entering the information into the application fields directly.

Solventum Global Terms of Use and Privacy Statement

Carefully read these Terms of Use before using this website. Your access to and use of this website and application for a job at Solventum are conditioned on your acceptance and compliance with these terms.

Please access the linked document by clicking here, select the country where you are applying for employment, and review. Before submitting your application you will be asked to confirm your agreement with the
terms.