Director Quantity Quality Downstream - OGC Canada
Director Quantity Quality Downstream - OGC Canada
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Job Description
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
The Job Description and Responsibilities provided below is intended to cover the overall responsibility for the Downstream (Q&Q) Director with SGS Canadas OGC business line. The responsibilities described are made in the context that the Q&Q Director will typically have direct responsibility for the three (3) Regional Managers who manage multiple SGS workgroups and laboratories (inspectors and laboratory technicians) at specific sites and some other duties as assigned by the Senior Director OGC. The overall guiding expectation is that the Q&Q Director will actively engage with their team to ensure that all operations under their direction are striving to achieve excellent performance in the areas of safety environmental and overall job quality. Listed below are specific responsibilities and expectations under several main areas of focus.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
- Responsible for Managing and Operating the OGC Q&Q business throughout the country.
- Clearly communicate goals around safety (KPIs) and operating performance and ensure they are understood by the Regional Managers and their teams.
- Ensure teams have systems and processes in place to drive safety and environmental performance.
- Lead Operations team to a zero recordable and nearmiss incident approach using SGS and/or customer safety program.
- Demonstrate safe work habits and enforce a clean working environment.
- Lead coach and develop a safety quality driven and businessorientated team.
- With the assistance and collaboration of the Operations Excellence Integration Manager oversee overall Operational Quality processes and ensure consistency throughout Canada.
- Accountable for achieving the Budget in terms of Revenue and Local Contribution for OGC Q&Q and other financial metrics.
- Ensure Regional Managers manage their locations in a costeffective manner.
- Ensure delivery of services to meet client needs.
- Support Regional Managers for Customer Quarterly Review Meetings and attend upon request.
- Achieve and exceed key operational KPIs.
- Review business plans for each region to achieve annual budgets and Q&Q strategic growth plans.
- Work closely with Business Development Team to support the growth of the SGS OGC business.
- Provide support to the Regional Managers in ensuring all operations are properly staffed and adequate succession planning is in place.
- Ensure positive recognition is occurring for good performance and personally participate in recognition events where possible.
- Together with OGC Management Team handle claims or customer complaints to minimize impact.
- Support Regional Managers in dealing with employee performance issues.
- Work closely with Regional Managers and Customers to identify efficiencies and support team in their implementation.
- Carry out field visits and V&V (validate & verify) throughout the Q&Q Canada sites (each site at least 2x/year several times for bigger sites).
- Responsible for completing country reports linked to Q&Q and ensures all Regional Managers meet their requirements (HSE Financials Quality etc.).
- Operate to the highest standards of ethics in accordance with the SGS Code of Integrity.
Qualifications :
PROFILE
- University degree in Chemistry Engineering Business Management or a related field is required.
- Over 15 years of experience in an operations/management role in a related field.
- Experience with a responsibility of >200 employees and >$15M Budget preferred.
- Extensive experience in interacting with highest levels of Senior Management.
REQUIRED SKILLS
- Proven ability to manage and oversee multiple projects in a fastpaced highly professional environment.
- Business and profit minded with related technical knowhow.
- Able to realize business opportunities in conformity to the business strategy.
- Able to manage several activities/projects simultaneously.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Excellent report writing skills.
- Capable of interacting with all levels of management suppliers and clients.
- Possesses ability to generate a clear elaborate strategic vision.
- Must be selfmotivated autonomous and have the ability to multitask.
- Able to collaborate very well with others as well as work independently.
- Able to lead and motivate a team towards a business goal.
- Competitive and results driven.
- Strong capabilities in financial analysis.
- Acts quickly and decisively; able to make tough calls in an autonomous fashion.
- Works well under pressure.
- Proven time management skills and a strong attention to detail.
- Able to communicate at an advanced level both written and verbal in English demonstrates excellent verbal and written communication skills including grammar and composition.
- Able to communicate in French an asset.
- Must be proficient in using various types of computer & business software along with information management applications (ex. MS Word Excel Outlook etc.).
Additional Information :
SGS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and as such we recruit hire train and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability age marital status sexual orientation gender identity or expression and Indigenous status or any other characteristics protected by law.
To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodations. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge skills and/or abilities required.
This job description should not be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties responsibilities or requirements but a general description of the job. Nothing contained herein restricts the companys rights to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
Accommodations are available on request for qualified candidates during each stage of the recruitment process.
Please note that candidates applying for Canadian job openings should be authorized to work in Canada.
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Remote
Company Industry
Key Skills
- Quality Assurance
- FDA Regulations
- ISO 9001
- Root cause Analysis
- Biotechnology
- Clinical Trials
- Quality Systems
- Food Processing
- Quality Control
- Quality Management
- cGMP
- HACCP
