Job Summary

We are seeking a Bilingual QA Manager - Cosmetics for a direct hire opportunity with a fast-paced, GMP-regulated personal care and cosmetics manufacturing operation in Gardena, CA. This is an on-site leadership role ideal for a hands-on Quality Assurance professional who enjoys being close to production, leading teams, improving systems, and ensuring products are safe, compliant, and ready for release.

This opportunity offers the chance to work under strong quality leadership while managing daily QA operations in a collaborative, production-focused environment. The right candidate will join a team that values accountability, continuous improvement, compliance, and cross-functional teamwork. This role is a strong fit for someone who wants to grow as a quality leader while making a visible impact on product quality, process discipline, and overall manufacturing performance.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead, coach, and develop the Quality Assurance team while promoting a culture of GMP compliance, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
- Provide daily production floor oversight to ensure adherence to GMP, quality standards, sanitation requirements, and internal procedures.
- Oversee incoming material inspections and support supplier quality activities to help ensure raw materials and components meet specifications.
- Review and approve batch records, quality documentation, and production records for product release.
- Lead investigations for deviations, non-conformance reports, customer complaints, and quality issues using effective root-cause analysis.
- Manage CAPA, change control, SOP updates, audit support, quality metrics, and related quality system activities.

Compensation and Benefits

- Direct hire opportunity.
- Pay range: $44 to $55 per hour, depending on experience.
- Location: Gardena, CA.
- Work arrangement: On-site.

Please note: Only candidates with recent Personal Care or Cosmetics manufacturing experience will be considered.

Required Qualifications and Skills

- Lead quality assurance operations in a GMP-regulated personal care, cosmetics, or OTC manufacturing environment.
- Manage batch record review, product release, production quality oversight, and quality documentation.
- Lead investigations, CAPA, NCRs, customer complaint reviews, audits, change control, and SOP management.
- Support internal, customer, and regulatory audits while tracking quality KPIs and sanitation compliance.

- Bachelor’s degree in a Life Science or technical field such as Chemistry, Biology, Microbiology, Engineering, or a related discipline is required.
- 3 or more years of hands-on Quality Assurance experience in personal care, cosmetics, or OTC manufacturing.
- Strong working knowledge of GMP requirements, batch record review, investigations, CAPA, NCRs, audits, and documentation practices.
- Experience leading, coaching, or mentoring QA team members in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong communication, organization, problem-solving, and root-cause analysis skills.
- Ability to work effectively on the production floor and collaborate with production, operations, sanitation, quality, and leadership teams.
- Bilingual English and Spanish skills are strongly preferred, although exceptional non-bilingual candidates with strong industry experience may be considered.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in personal care, cosmetics, or OTC manufacturing.
- Previous experience supporting customer, internal, or regulatory audits.
- Strong background in supplier quality, sanitation compliance, quality metrics, and continuous improvement initiatives.

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