Who We Are

　　At Watts, we can feel proud every day about what we do. No matter what function we support, we’re all part of the same crucial mission — to provide safe, clean water for the world, and to protect our planet’s most valuable resource.

　　That’s why we’ve designed and manufactured high-quality products for 150 years, that are trusted by customers across the globe. It’s why we’re at the forefront of innovation and work with industry-leading technology to provide smart and connected, sustainable water solutions for the future. And it’s why we help people around the world gain access to water through our humanitarian work.

　　We care — about quality, sustainability, and each other. We work collaboratively, as One Watts, to make a real difference. After all, the whole world needs water. Not many companies can offer that level of stability and career growth, combined with real purpose. What we do matters — together, we’re reimagining the future of water.

　　The Distribution Senior Quality Leader has responsibility for promoting quality culture across Watts distribution sites, provides analysis, insight, training, coaches and directly applies quality principles to distribution business functions within Watts enhancing the customer experience. You will work with distribution sites and manufacturing sites to achieve significant improvements to processes that are linked to distribution site quality and focused on the customer, resulting in balanced measurable improvements. You will be hybrid at one of the Distribution Centers, reporting to the Manager, Distribution Centers.

　　You Will:

　　Lead and manage standardized quality activities across distribution sites, aligned with Watts Global Quality Initiatives

　　Drive positive quality culture

　　Champion, measure, and report distribution quality initiatives and projects

　　Facilitate strategy and goal deployment across distribution sites as prescribed by Supply Chain and Global Quality Senior Leadership.

　　Lead audits and inspections to ensure conformance and reports findings

　　Analyze quality problems and develop a project funnel

　　Interface with external suppliers, manufacturing sites and customers on quality related issues

　　Initiate and coordinate distribution quality data collection, analysis and reporting using statistical techniques

　　Organize, monitor and distribute information related to distribution quality processes including ISO 9001 standards

　　Evaluate and score quality within the distribution sites

　　Help design and evaluate distribution quality assurance systems, procedures and statistical techniques

　　Conduct training on quality concepts and tools with distribution managers, supervisors and associates

　　Identify and develop distribution site level quality champions to assist with site level functions

　　Detect internal and external best practices for distribution, and share across distribution sites, manufacturing sites and Watts leadership

　　You Have:

　　Minimum of 5 years distribution or logistics experience

　　Experience supporting and enhancing quality systems

　　Hands-on experience, including lean, 5S and visual management

　　Experience performing auditing functions

　　Solid project management experience, focusing on execution and decision-making capability

　　Working knowledge of multiple business functions, including operations, logistics, sales, customer service, engineering and IT

　　Experience training and coaching a formal problem-solving methodology

　　Ability to lead and collaborate with cross-functional site leadership,

　　Effectively lead and managed change

　　Willingness to advance Quality certifications and professional knowledge

　　What’s In It For You:

　　• People-First Culture – Enriching and caring for people is at the core of who we are; this includes our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) strategy, and providing our employees with meaningful career growth opportunities, a positive and safe work environment, and affirmation that they are heard, valued, and respected.

　　• 401K Plan

　　• Flexible PTO & Generous Paid Holidays

　　• Educational Assistance

　　• Variety of Medical plan options – choose the one that is right for you!

　　• Sustainability – One of Newsweek’s Top 400 of “America’s Most Responsible Companies” for sustainability performance, three years running.

　　PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

　　While performing the responsibilities of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk, talk, and/or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, sit, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. You must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include: close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

　　WORK ENVIRONMENT:

　　Work in both office and manufacturing environment. May occasionally be required to perform job responsibilities outside the typical office setting.

　　Watts is committed to equal employment opportunity. We follow a policy of administering all employment decisions and personnel actions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy, national origin, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, genetic disposition or carrier status, marital status, military or veteran status, minorities, or any other category protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Consistent with the obligations of state and federal law, Watts will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Any employee who needs a reasonable accommodation should contact Human Resources.

　　Watts Water is a global leader of quality water solutions for residential, industrial, municipal, and commercial settings. Our family of brands (https://www.watts.com/our-story/brands) offers some of the most varied product lines in the world, with world-class, water-related solutions focused on:

　　Drainage and Water Reuse

　　HVAC and Hot Water

　　Plumbing and Flow Control

　　Water Quality and Rainwater Harvesting

　　We are a $1.9 billion global company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) with a presence in five (5) continents and twenty-four (24) countries, and an employee population that speaks over eighteen (18) languages. As a people-first company, we prize enriching and caring for all who work here not only through words but through actions. This includes executing our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) strategy, and providing our employees with meaningful career growth opportunities, a positive and safe work environment, and affirmation that they are heard, valued, and respected.We are proud to be an organization that believes that a safer world is a more sustainable world – a belief that we proudly reflect in each of our technologies and solutions and our environmental and social commitments, such as our partnership with Planet Water Foundation.

　　Learn more about the Watts way, here (https://www.watts.com/our-story/brands) .

　　Specialties

　　Plumbing, HVAC, Water Quality, and Gas

　　Headquarters

　　Americas & Corporate Headquarters: North Andover, Massachusetts, USA

　　Asia-Pacific, Middle East & Africa (APMEA) Headquarters: Shanghai, China

　　Company Size

　　About 5,000 employees

　　Website

　　http://www.watts.com/

　　http://www.wattsindustries.com/

　　http://www.wattsasia.com/

　　Industry

　　Machinery

　　Founded

　　1874