Director of Quality

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Location:
Onsite in Irvine, CA

Who we Are

Youtheory, located in Irvine California, is a leading manufacturer of health and wellness supplements including the award winning line of Youtheory® products which are sold in over 50,000 retailers worldwide. With over 200 years of combined service in the natural foods and supplement industry, Youtheory executives are committed to its mission of being a purpose built company that continually supports a wide range of charitable organizations both locally and globally.

Reporting to the Vice President of Quality, the Director of Quality will provide leadership and strategic direction for the Quality Assurance, Quality Compliance, and Quality Control Units at Nutrawise Health & Beauty, located at Irvine, CA, USA. The role will maintain a corporate quality standard to ensure safe, effective, and high-quality products are available for consumer use. Establish and support systems to ensure quality manufacturing of products as defined by Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).

The purpose of this role is to safeguard the company ensuring we are always compliant with the regulations and clients’ requirements; constantly review and improve our quality processes to deliver consistent quality products accordingly with the standards set; and drive continuous improvement. The person in this role is expected to be a fully engaged member of the Quality Management team, contributing to the strategic quality improvement and growth of the company.

• Unify cross site processes with a strategic “One Quality” approach.
• Provide corporate strategic direction to Nutrawise QA & QC Departments through the site Quality Managers / Leaders.
• Ensure core Quality processes are optimized to support company quarterly, and annual financial business targets.
• Provide guidance for Quality leaders to ensure materials and products are available within established targets to support manufacturing, packaging, and shipping schedules.
• Provide guidance and direction for Quality leaders to support timely processing of out of specification, customer complaints, and deviation investigations to meet established target time frames.
• Seek out and develop system improvement opportunities to streamline quality processes while not compromising our quality systems.
• Focus on providing a high level of service for internal Operations and Supply Chain customers while keeping our promises to consumers.
• Provide leadership and oversight of all activities of NW Quality Compliance team, external quality operations, including quality system audits, vendor qualification & performance monitoring, and product specs creation and establishment.
• Provide leadership in hosting regulatory and third-party GMP audits and providing timely responses along with appropriate corrective and preventive actions.
• Provide oversight of key Quality performance metrics and collaborate with functional leaders to align on action plans to mitigate potential risks.
• Coordinate and participate in cross-functional teams to develop projects, provide quality support for new product innovation to meet product launch, and develop partnership strategies with all stakeholders.
• Act as a technical quality representative for Nutrawise Health and Beauty in front of customers, business partners, academic forums, media, and regulatory agencies.
• Establish and support the budgetary parameters required to maintain corporate Quality culture.

• Minimum bachelor’s degree (B.A./
  
  B. S) and minimum 5 years’ related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience in Dietary Supplement industry.
• Minimum 5 years in leadership and management role with proven track record of being a solutions-based thinker with a history of implementing creative solutions in a fast-paced environment.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive QA, QC, Compliance, Validation and…