Voortbouwend op een sterke erfenis van bijna 150 jaar, geven wij de toon aan om het leven elke dag opnieuw te verbeelden en te verbeteren. Vandaag en voor toekomstige generaties. Via onze innovatieve en duurzame merken en technologieën en via onze teams over de hele wereld. Henkel bekleedt leidende posities in zowel industriële als consumentenactiviteiten: Ons portfolio omvat bekende haarverzorgingsproducten, wasmiddelen, wasverzachters en kleefstoffen, dichtingsmiddelen en functionele coatings.
Adhesive Product Quality Manager
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About this Position
The Local Product Quality Leader is the site authority for product quality and preventive quality systems, providing technical leadership to drive quality excellence across the product lifecycle while ensuring customer confidence, manufacturing robustness, risk mitigation, and sustainable business growth through proactive quality management, advanced problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration. Serving as the quality owner for Advanced Packaging products and technologies within the region, the role acts as an extension of technical expertise between Product Development Engineers (PDEs) in Irvine, Shanghai, and Seoul and the manufacturing plant, supporting new product development (NPD) introductions, leading Design and Process FMEA activities in partnership with Process Engineers, and functioning as the second-line escalation point for complex quality issues while developing team capability in advanced problem-solving. The role also drives correlation studies between raw materials and product/process performance to identify and mitigate quality risks, with customer communication serving as a secondary responsibility rather than a primary focus.
What you´ll do
- Lead quality risk management by identifying emerging quality risks and customer concerns, driving preventive actions and mitigation plans with Product Development, Supplier Quality Development, and Process Engineering teams.
- Serve as the technical lead for complex root-cause investigations involving products, raw materials, and manufacturing processes using data analysis, DOE, statistical methods, analytical testing, and good/bad sample comparisons.
- Establish correlations between raw material characteristics, formulation and process parameters, and product performance to proactively identify and mitigate quality risks.
- Determine and deploy appropriate analytical and testing methodologies to validate hypotheses and differentiate potential root causes effectively.
- Drive product and process quality improvements by enhancing process capability, leading quality improvement initiatives, sharing best practices, and ensuring corrective actions address true technical root causes.
- Lead APQP, process change management, and qualification activities to ensure product and process quality readiness for new product introductions and scale-up programs.
- Provide cross-functional leadership by coordinating Quality, Manufacturing, Product Development, Supplier Quality Development, Supply Chain, and global PDE teams in Irvine, Shanghai, and Seoul to deliver critical business objectives.
- Act as a technical mentor and change agent, coaching teams on Advanced Quality, DFSS, problem-solving methodologies, customer expectations, and influencing stakeholders to apply the right tools and practices for robust process design and continuous improvement.
What makes you a good fit
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, Quality Engineering or related discipline; Master's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science is preferred
- Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in Quality, Process or Manufacturing Engineering in a multinational environment preferably in chemical engineering; Experience in chemical analysis tools and equipment, along with electronics, semiconductor materials, adhesives or chemical manufacturing
- Deep understandings of DoE (Design of Experiment) and Statistic analysis tools
- Excellent communication skills and fluency in English
- Technical skills are required (APQP, FMEA, SPC, DOE, PPAP, 8D Problem Solving, Root Cause Analysis, Six sigma (certified black belt / green belt), FTA (Failure Tree Analysis)
Some perks of joining Henkel
- Diverse national and international growth opportunities
- Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
- Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
- Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
- Retirement Pension DC
- Support for Employee Contributions of National Health Insurance
- Support for Medical Check-up
At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We welcome all applications across different genders, origins, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, and generations.
JOB ID: 26100941
Job Locations: South Korea, Incheon
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