Quality Manager

The Quality Manager is responsible for managing the overall plant quality system and product testing. The Quality Manager is also responsible for the supervision of the entire Quality Department.

Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world.

Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it's powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you're a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you'll find your place at Avient.

Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!

We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.

By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient's strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.

At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world.  In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person's qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.

Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran's status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to complete an online application, please contact the Avient HR Team by emailing, ApplicationAccommodation@Avient.com.

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience, required
• 5 years of experience in manufacturing environment, required
• 5 years of experience in a Quality leadership role, required
• 5 years' experience in Problem Solving Techniques and Root Cause Analysis
• Quality System Management with ISO experience, highly preferred
• Lean Six Sigma Continuous Improvement experience, highly preferred
• Experience managing color acuity, preferred

Other Qualifications

• Demonstrated strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Demonstrated working knowledge of SAP
• Demonstrated success with critical communications - internal and external customers to gain alignment and progress toward goal
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across functions to resolve critical issues 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities 

• Represents the plant and Avient in all aspects of professional dealings with customers, the technology community, and the commercial group 
• Resolves and communicates customer complaints
• Manages technical and quality questions from internal and external sources
• Oversees that all manufacturing-related processes are in control and that all product produced at the facility meets the requirements of the end-use customer
• Ensures process conditions are monitored and controlled for product consistency and according to specified conditions
• Ensures that product and process changes are made only according to the sequence of activities specified in the appropriate and related processes and procedures
• Oversees testing in accordance to Avient's procedures and ensures all product grading is accomplished in a timely and accurate manner
• Coordinates investigation and corrective action on all plant-related customer complaints
• Uses Customer Feedback and CAPA modules in ETQ Software to document complaint information and subsequent actions
• Utilizes Quality, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Technical Associates to investigate complaints and initiate appropriate corrective actions
• Assesses training needs and provides training to lab/production employees
• Owns and manages the processes and procedures to maintain certification and applicable regulatory requirements, as needed and assigned, including ISO 9001
• Manages plant-specific continuous improvement processes, including Quality and Process Engineering projects and system enhancements
• Other duties as assigned

Physical/Environ. Demands

The typical work week is Monday through Friday with occasional overtime. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit for prolonged periods of time, talk and listen, work in an office environment where noise level is low to moderate, and occasionally lift to 25 pounds. This position will also work in the applications lab at times along with occasionally supporting customer trials that would take place in a production environment; use hands to finger, handle and/or feel objects, tools, and/or controls; talk and/or hear. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties. 

Scope

Manufacturing Plant.

Other

Reports to the Plant Manager.