
Quality Specialist
The Clorox Company
Chicago, IL
Quality Assurance / Control, Manufacturing / Production
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The Business Quality Systems Manager is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining an effective and standardized Quality Management System (QMS) across all Food manufacturing sites. This role ensures compliance with internal standards, customer requirements, and applicable regulatory requirements. The manager leads audit readiness, manages customer quality requirements, drives continuous improvement, supports operational excellence, and fosters a culture of quality excellence and standardization throughout the organization.
- Ensure the Quality Management System (QMS) is effectively implemented, maintained, and consistently applied across all food manufacturing sites.
- Standardize QMS processes, procedures, and documentation to align with corporate quality requirements and food safety standards.
- Monitor QMS performance metrics and lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance product quality, food safety, and regulatory compliance.
- Partner cross-functionally with Manufacturing, R&D, Regulatory Affairs, and Supply Chain to embed quality and food safety into daily operations.
- Manage customer and third-party audit requirements, including scheduling, documentation review, and site readiness activities.
- Ensure all required records, SOPs, food safety plans, and compliance documentation are current and audit-ready.
- Provide on-site and remote audit support to manufacturing locations to drive successful audit outcomes.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for customer quality system inquiries, expectations, and follow-up actions.
- Provide oversight to ensure compliance with internal policies, customer requirements, and applicable food safety and regulatory standards (e.g., FDA, FSMA, GFSI, SQF/BRC, SGS).
- Collaborate with site quality and food safety teams to verify required programs and controls are implemented and functioning effectively.
- Lead quality system gap assessments and support corrective and preventive action (CAPA) planning and execution for identified compliance issues.
- Track, report, and follow up on compliance risks and improvement actions to ensure timely closure.
Benefits we offer to help you be well and thrive:
- Competitive compensation
- Generous 401(k) program in the US and similar programs in international
- Health benefits and programs that support both your physical and mental well-being
- Flexible work environment, depending on your role
- Meaningful opportunities to keep learning and growing
- Half-day Fridays, depending on your location
Please apply directly to our job postings and do not submit your resume to any person via text message. Clorox does not conduct text-based interviews and encourages you to be cautious of anyone posing as a Clorox recruiter via unsolicited texts during these uncertain times.
To all recruitment agencies: Clorox (and its brand families) does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to Clorox employees, including any members of our leadership team. Clorox is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
About the company
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The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) champions people to be well and thrive every single day. Headquartered in Oakland, California since 1913, Clorox integrates sustainability into how it does business. Driven by consumer-centric innovation, the company is committed to delivering clearly superior experiences through its trusted brands including Brita®, Burt's Bees®, Clorox®, Fresh Step®, Glad®, Hidden Valley®, Kingsford®, Liquid-Plumr®, Pine-Sol® and Purell® as well as international brands such as Chux®, Clorinda® and Poett®. Visit thecloroxcompany.com to learn more.











