Facility Technical Manager

As the largest pureplay adhesives company in the world, H.B. Fuller’s (NYSE: FUL) innovative, functional coatings, adhesives and sealants enhance the quality, safety and performance of products people use every day.

Requirements

• Manage 4–5 direct reports in the Quality Laboratory and oversee all lab processes
• Ensure general lab services, housekeeping, sample preparation, and equipment maintenance/calibration
• Lead incoming raw material quality control
• Lead, manage, and improve plant quality systems, including ISO compliance with internal and external auditors
• Build and maintain Bills of Materials (BOMs) and synchronize improvements
• Oversee rework management per standard business practices
• Improve product quality through gap analysis and tools such as SPC, Pareto charts, and 8D
• Lead customer and plant quality investigations using root cause analysis and implement corrective actions
• Collaborate with Operations to ensure compliance and continuous improvement using Six Sigma and statistical tools
• Serve as in-plant expert on production processes and product lines
• Execute productivity, yield, and quality enhancements via process adjustments and/or formulation changes
• Collaborate with R&D on new product introduction (NPI), scale-up, and raw material acquisition
• Assist in process design and development, MOCs, and capital projects
• Lead Kaizen events and broader team engagement for process improvements applying manufacturing best practices