Kenvue Is Currently Recruiting For a External Manuf Quality Manager - 2 Roles At Kenvue, we realize the extraordinary power of everyday care. Built on over a century of heritage and rooted in science, we’re the house of iconic brands - including NEUTROGENA®, AVEENO®, TYLENOL®, LISTERINE®, JOHNSON’S® and BAND-AID® that you already know and love. We are passionate about insights, innovation and committed to delivering the best products to our customers.

Senior

Manager, Ext Mfg.

Quality The QA Manager, External Manufacturing Quality is primarily responsible for ensuring that 3rd-party organizations who are manufacturing, packaging, controlling, and handling Kenvue products fully understand and meet Kenvue quality and compliance expectations. The NA EM product portfolio consists of both oral ingestible and topical OTC drugs, medical devices, combination products, NDA’s, cosmetics, engineered products, etc. This position provides risk-based QA direction, perspective, and support to a range of technical, compliance and business issues pertinent to EM products, processes, programs, and activities.

This is a leadership position within the EM quality unit. The position provides key input in the development of strategies, goals, and initiatives, with the authority and responsibility to manage their effective deployment and execution. This position has direct responsibility for a team of professional employees (Quality Leads and Specialists) at multiple levels of experience, training, and skills.

The QA Manager is expected to manage team member development, performance, and empowerment consistent with the goals and expectations of Kenvue and the Make Quality organization. Responsible for the performance of a select portfolio of EM sites that may include multiple product classes, technologies, and complexities.



Responsible for oversight of quality systems aspects as applicable.

Develop, implement, and oversee execution of strategies, plans, and initiatives to ensure production of Kenvue products that consistently meet Kenvue and Health Authority requirements for Quality and compliance. Work with senior leadership to advance the organization and drive improvement. React decisively to a wide range of non-conformance events, CAPAs, and other quality/compliance indicators.

Drive short and long-term remediation actions that meet requirements and create an improved future state. Drive system and process improvements to deliver enhanced team performance. Approve the work of others, ensuring quality and compliance to strategies, plans, standards, procedures, and health authority regulations.

Maintain the voice of Make Quality, while assuming a global business partner perspective. Develop and implement experience and skill development strategies that best position the team to meet current and future business needs. Work in cooperation with each employee to develop personal career strategies.

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineering, Science, or a related field Working knowledge of cGMP requirements, current FDA enforcement issues and current regulatory authority enforcement practices is required. Working knowledge of process validation, cleaning validation, manufacturing and packaging equipment train designs, microbiological controls, and assessing compliance to regulations is required.





Experience in managing quality activities for large volume external manufacturing and supplier sites ensuring compliance with applicable regulations.

Experience in the facilitation of internal and external audits and regulatory inspections. Demonstrated skills navigating within a matrix environment, managing complexity, collaborating across boundaries, and influencing with and without line authority is also required. Demonstrated ability to address complex issues using deductive reasoning, critical analysis skills and systematic approaches is required.

Demonstrated working knowledge of root cause analysis techniques including but not limited to brainstorming, data collection and analysis tools, 5-whys, Fishbone (cause and effect), FMEA, and DMAIC is required.

Experience in either Pharmaceutical, Medical Device Manufacturing, OTC Drug and/or Cosmetic production is preferred.

Experience with QA or QC directly or indirectly is preferred.

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📌 External Manuf Quality Manager - 2 Roles (Guelph)
🏢 Kenvue
📍 Guelph