Supervisor, Quality Control

Supervisor, Quality Control

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Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, one of Danaher's 15+ operating companies, our work saves livesand we're all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You'll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher's system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact innovating at the speed of life.

At Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, we know time is the most critical facet in the laboratory today: time to get life-saving therapies to patients faster; reclaiming time by automating tedious manual workflows; and saving time spent addressing erroneous or complex results.

We are partners in time and accelerate answers to critical questions through the power of automation. We develop innovations for scientists by scientists, with many of our 3,300+ global colleagues coming from the laboratory.

It's all part of our time-tested approach to bringing meaningful innovations at the speed of life since 1935. And we're just beginning. Working together, let's put our time and talents together to advance human health for tomorrow.

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The Supervisor, Quality Control is responsible for leading activities related to in-process and finished product inspection, product release, and associated quality records (including Batch Records and Device History Records). This role provides direct leadership to a team of quality inspectors, ensuring timely product release, regulatory compliance, and effective identification and escalation of quality issues. The position plays a key role in maintaining product quality while supporting manufacturing efficiency and continuous improvement initiatives.

This position reports to the Senior Manager - Manufacturing Quality and is part of the Quality & Regulatory Affairs organization located in Indianapolis, IN. This will be an on-site role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Ensure all in-process and final product inspection activities are executed in accordance with approved procedures, specifications, sampling plans, and applicable requirements.
• Review and approve inspection results and quality documentation to support disposition and release decisions for finished products
• Ensure quality issues identified during inspection activities are appropriately documented, escalated, investigated, and resolved.
• Own and continuously improve inspection procedures, work instructions, and visual standards using data, customer feedback, audit findings, process performance metrics, and employee feedback
• Lead, coach, train, and develop quality inspection personnel, including performance management, staffing, training effectiveness, procedural compliance, and employee engagement activities

The essential requirements of the job include:

• High school degree
• 8+ years' experience (or 5+ years with Bachelor's Degree or 3+ years with Master's degree) in Quality Control, Quality Inspection, Quality Assurance, Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, or Quality Systems within regulated industries.
• Excellent time management, organization skills and working with own initiative.
• Effective interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Travel is unexpected, but possible and estimated to be < 10% of the time, domestic and international. When necessary overnight travel may be required.
• Be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Previous experience leading, coaching, or supervising personnel in a regulated manufacturing environment
• Experience developing and executing inspection strategies using statistical sampling methodologies such as ANSI/ASQ Z1.4, ANSI/ASQ Z1.9, ISO 2859-1, or ISO 3951
• Quality Engineering tools such as Six Sigma, DMAIC, Statistical Process Control, 5 why's, 8D, PFMEA, Design of Experiment, etc.
• Oracle as an ERP, IQVIA as an eQMS, and/or VKS as an MES

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it's a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job.

Join our winning team today. Together, we'll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow's science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.