Job Title: Quality Assurance Specification Manager

Job Location: Brecksville or Wickliffe, Ohio

Job type: Full-time

Type of role: Hybrid

 

About Lubrizol

The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a specialty chemical company whose science delivers sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol owns and operates more than 100 manufacturing facilities, sales, and technical offices around the world and has about 8,000 employees. For more information, visit www.Lubrizol.com.

We value diversity in professional backgrounds and life experiences. By enabling a consistent, unbiased, and transparent recruitment process, Lubrizol seeks to create a positive experience for candidates so we can get to know them at their best. We recognize unique work and life situations and offer flexibility, ensuring our employees feel engaged and fulfilled in every aspect of life.

Join Our Thriving Team at Lubrizol as a Quality Assurance Specification Manager

Unleash Your Potential. At Lubrizol we're transforming the specialty chemicals market and looking for exceptional talent to join us on this journey. If you are ready to join an international company with talent around the world, and want to make a real impact, we want you on our team.

 

What You'll Do:

Quality is a critical element of the Lubrizol Vision and a long-term customer commitment. Our mission is to reliably deliver products that consistently meet our customers’ quality expectations. The Quality Assurance Specification Manager is accountable for management of specification setting and quality assurance processes, projects, and activities that drive continual improvement and sustainable quality in Lubrizol operations and manufacturing.  This key role in the operations quality group interfaces directly with customers, the LZAM business technology and commercial groups, sales, supply chain, blend test services, R&D, data science and the LZAM manufacturing plants along with global quality professionals to develop and align specification processes and activities to assure quality in intermediates, products, and testing.

 

What We're Looking For:

Own and administer processes for specification setting on all LZAM finished products and components, including customer specification management. Set and manage specifications on new LZAM finished products. Participate on a team of global customer specification managers Provide oversight and act as final decision maker in all customer specification negotiations. Participate in specification management for LZAM products and raw materials. Focal point and product quality incident team coordinator or leader for Quality of Product (QP) customer complaints. Consult in disposition of non-conforming materials (NCM). Lead and execute continual improvement projects based on global QP complaint and NCM data related to specifications. Drive utilization of quality data systems for RCA and CAPA across LZAM plants globally Drive conformance to Lubrizol quality standards across the enterprise.

 

Skills That Make a Difference:

Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, chemical engineering or a field technically relevant to the chemical industry. 5 years minimum experience in chemical industry project management, technology management, or manufacturing quality management. Experience at influencing people to achieve results. Practical experience at leading change, understanding of the challenges and culture within operations. Awareness and understanding of relevant quality management systems and standards (ISO, GMP, FDA). Working knowledge of statistical and problem-solving tools. Capable of being perceived as a leader for quality across operations and the businesses. Strong presentation skills to deliver key messages to senior management or customers. Ability to communicate and interact successfully at all levels. Able to influence others to catalyze cultural change. Empathizes with and listens to others perspective on quality. Willingness to own it, take responsibility and work across the organization to achieve results. Collaboration and team-building skills. SAP, BOBJ, LIMS or equivalent enterprise management software considered a plus. Experience with statistical analysis and tools

Perks and Rewards That Inspire:

Competitive salary with performance-based bonus plans 401K Match plus Age Weighted Defined Contribution Competitive medical, dental & vision offerings Health Savings Account Paid Holidays, Vacation, Parental Leave Flexible work environment

Learn more at benefits.lubrizol.com!

 

Ready for your next career step? Apply today and let's shape the future together!

It’s an exciting time to be part of Lubrizol. Lubrizol is not staying put. We are continually learning and evolving. Our passion delivers our success — not only for Lubrizol but for those who count on us every day: our employees, customers, and communities.

As a diverse, global team, we work together to solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges. We impact everyday lives through science only Lubrizol can deliver, and we never stop pushing to do it better.

One of the founding principles of The Lubrizol Corporation more than 90 years ago was treating every employee with dignity and respect. That same commitment is only stronger today. More than that, we are committed to providing an environment where every employee can be the best they can be, no matter their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic. 

 

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