APEX International

Core Purpose:

To contribute to the success of our customers by helping them grow and save money.​

 Vision:

Become the most respected, most admired, most sought after Personal Care contract manufacturer in the World.​

APEX International is a full service personal care and specialty home care products manufacturer.​ Our core products include bath and body, haircare, skin care and lip balms.​ Our expert staff can help through all phases of product development - from packaging to formula development, all the way through to production and distribution.​

Job Purpose:  To contribute to our customers’ success, by developing and maintaining world class quality assurance systems that create a competitive advantage in quality.​ 

1. Develop and maintain a lean, world-class quality assurance system that gives Apex a competitive advantage in quality.

                                                                                                                                                    50%

• Develop and ensure that processes accurately check incoming shipments for compliance to customer, company and regulatory specifications.​
• Implement a strong vendor management program that ensures that all vendor qualityissues are follow up with a corrective action, preventive action report.​
• Develops systems that build quality and “error proofing” into all processes.​
• Develop metrics and KPI’s to ensure that decisions are made using sound data.​

2. Develop and maintain robust processes that ensure that all products meet or exceed our client’s tolerances and specifications.​                                                                 

20%​

• Develop processes and systems that ensure product safety is our #1 priority.​
• Develop Change-Over processes that ensure equipment is cleaned in a sanitary manner.​
• Audit and test raw materials, water, finished products and processes, compare results to specs and report findings in a value-added and timely manner.​
• Conduct training of “best practices” in product safety and plant hygiene to “normalize” desired process outcomes.​

3. Develop a Facility Audit program that maintains Plant readiness when followed.​            

10%​

• Develops a process for auditing our quality systems: internal, external and third party ensuring that we are getting better every year.​
• Develop criteria that will assure a state of constant readiness in the plant when followed.​
• Ensure timely execution of Facility Audits and provide feedback needed to ensure readiness.​
• Ensure that customer audits are conducted in timely, effective, manner and reported on time to all parties.​

4. Develop a customer satisfaction feedback process that allows Apex to be intimate with our clients.​

10%​

• Develop criteria that our clients feel are value added.​
• Develop metrics for the organization to ensure we “WOW” the customer

5. Develop and maintain an organization of high performing people, who are aligned with Apex Vision, Purpose and Values.                                                                             

 10%

• Selection- finds and retains the right people in each position and selects the right candidate.​
• Training- provides employees the skill and information they need to perform their jobs successfully and follows through to ensure learning.​
• Management\Leadership- Coaches employees to succeed and develops them for the future.​
• Correction and Redirection- addresses chronic unacceptable performance in a way that causes improvement.​
• Performance Evaluation- Objectively values and defines performance against outcomes and standards.​
• Employee development- Follows a plan to develop performance and prepare people in their career development.​ 
• Termination- Knows how to document employee performance, and construct a case leading to correct termination decisions.​             

6. Perform other work as assigned.​      

Direction and oversight of others:  Yes

Qualification and Skill Requirements:

Prior Experience:

This position requires more than 7 years and less than 15 years of successful experience in an executive qualityassurance position in an effective Lean environment in the food or fluids  filling or manufacturing.​ 

Knowledge Requirements:

To be effective, this position requires Customer Focus, Constant Improvement and Results Orientation as core character traits.​  This position requires manufacturing aptitude and experience” and ability.​ It has a high demand for manufacturing short  to mid run product cycles in a highly effective and profitable manner.​  Requires an understanding and direct experience with lean methodology, kaizen, and kanban.​ IQ, OQ, PQ, Six Sigma, GMP, HACCP,  OTC.​, Micro.​ Knowledge is normally acquired through four years of college resulting in a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent.​

Certifications or required class attendance: ASQ membership, Six Sigma cert is a plus.​

Technical Skills:

• Uses company processes and technology to improve the quality and efficiency of service or production; follows processes as described, applies training effectively.​
• Can maintain and grow technical knowledge and expertise.​ Can be accurate, precise and pay attention to detail.​ 
• Has a “working” knowledge of personal computer operation.​ Is proficient at Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Office 2003 or higher.​
• Can read and write at a high school level
• Understands and can do basic math, algebra to create a spreadsheet report or produce a query.​

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