Qms Quality Manager, Kcp Apac

**Your Job**:
This role will be responsible for quality and regulatory management practices/systems applicable to the KCP Business

In your **QMS Quality Manager, KCP APAC **role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.

**About Us**:
People have looked to Kimberly-Clark brands for more than 150 years and today we're proud to help over a billion people around the world cope, laugh, love and live every day. From the best nappies and baby wipes to the softest tissues, to the best supplies for business, we are constantly searching for new ways to make life better for our consumers, our customers and our planet.

Our leading consumer brands like the Kleenex, Huggies, VIVA, U by Kotex, Poise, Depend brands improve the lives of people around the world. Kimberly-Clark proudly leads the way in providing better care for a better world.
- Kimberly-Clark proudly leads the way in providing better care for a better world. _

**_Led by Purpose. Driven by You_**

**Role Overview & Primary Accountabilities**:

- Provides leadership for quality and regulatory system development, integration, alignment, improvement programs and/or projects involving department and/or cross-functional teams in APAC region.
- Accountable to establish and maintain an effective set of standards, procedures, guidance documents and forms which make up the APAC KCP Quality Management System (Post Market Surveillance & Complaint Handling, Supplier Management, Audit Management, Change Management, NC Management, CAPA, QMR etc)
- Initiates, develops, and implements new quality concepts, tools, and strategies to improve business systems, practices, and assure business, facility and corporate objectives are met
- Ensure Global Quality Management System documents are integrated into systems and processes in Regions, Business Units and other functions as required
- As required, identify, map and document new Enterprise-wide Quality processes associated with providing products and services which satisfy all customer and other stakeholder needs
- Lead development and deployment of education and training to ensure awareness and usage of KCP Quality Management System documents across the Enterprise
- Lead and coordinate problem solving situations for quality and regulatory-related issues
- Demonstrate a commitment to quality and regulatory compliance performance through personal example by adopting a customer
- based philosophy in the level of service provided
- Ability to deliver complete and accurate information to management when critical decisions are required
- Manages team & self in accordance with the KC Ways of Working
- As an effective team leader, contribute to goals of the team and the business by finding innovative ways to meet customer needs, while conserving resources through efficient processes
- Contribute to an environment in which all team members are respected regardless of their individual differences, and are motivated to improve both their individual and team contributions to achieve desired business results
- Selects, develops, coaches, and evaluates team members to ensure the efficient operation of the function, project completion, and system development
- Communicate fully with superiors, subordinates and others who have a need to know in a way that is timely, concise, accurate and responsive

**Essential Requirements**:

- A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline, typically science or engineering related discipline and 8+ years of Quality and/or Regulatory Management experience
- Experience from a relevant industry with a solid background of technical knowledge together with an in-depth knowledge of relevant regulatory requirements and quality standards is required. High degree of understanding of ISO9001 is essential
- Experience of how Quality Management and Regulatory Affairs is applied or integrates into functions such as R&E, Procurement, Manufacturing and Distribution
- Experience of developing close working relationships with Business, Marketing, Manufacturing and Research functions is highly desirable
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams as required
- Self-starter with ability to work with minimum supervision and in remote or virtual teams
- Proven ability to successfully direct projects and influence people at all organizational levels
- Knowledge of systems like EtQ and SharePoint for managing and controlling Management System documentation
- Qualified Quality Systems auditor, either certified Lead ISO 9001 Auditor and/or ASQ Certified Quality Auditor preferred. Able to audit various KC and Supplier QA and RA systems for effectiveness and compliance
- Proven ability to communicate in written and spoken English, influence without authority and establish effective networks across diverse teams. Additional languages are an advantage

**About You**:
You’re driven to perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You wan