Quality Manager

SUMMARY OF ROLE:

Plans, coordinates, and directs quality program designed to ensure quality control and quality assurance of the production of products consistent with established standards by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors. Plant Manager and/or Quality Engineer will serve as backup during vacancy.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• As an at-will employer, Scholle IPN reserves the right to add to or modify this list to the extent it deems necessary. Formulates and maintains quality objectives complementary to corporate policies and goals.
• Develops and initiates standards and methods for inspection, testing, and evaluation.
• Plans and oversees the analysis, inspection, design, test, and/or integration to assure the quality of assigned product or component.
• Applies statistical process control (SPC) and Six-Sigma methods for analyzing data to evaluate the current process and process changes.
• Develops new approaches to solve problems identified during quality activities.
• Keeps management team abreast of significant issues or developments identified during quality activities and actions being taken to improve the situation.
• Prepares and presents technical and program information to the management team.
• Directs workers engaged in inspection and testing activities to ensure continuous control over materials, facilities, and products.
• Designs and implements quality training programs (e.g. Six Sigma, Kepner-Tregoe, and SPC) to key personnel in conjunction with managers.
• Investigates and maintain customer complaint records, and establish project/programs to reduce or eliminate top issues.
• Formulates and maintains quality objectives complementary to corporate policies and goals.
  
  

YOU BRING THESE SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION:

• EDUCATION:
• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year college or university and/or Quality Certification Preferred.

• SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:
• Three (3) to five (5) years related experience or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel is required.
• The ability to excel in a fast paced, high-energy environment with constant interface with people.
• Previous experience in quality required.
• Excellent communication skills required to interact with customers, employees and other related stakeholders.
• Ability to perform visual inspection process and successfully read and apply technical material including print specifications.
  

WORK ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Must be able to move and/or lift up to 50 pounds occasionally.
• Frequently standing, walking and sitting.
• Frequently required the use of hands to finger, feel, reach or handle machinery.
• Frequently bend, stoop and reach.
• Visual Acuity (VA).

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• Moderate working conditions.
• Exposure to variable noise levels.
• Often exposed to moving mechanical parts.
  

SAFETY AND QUALITY MANAGEMENT:

• Safety and Quality is EVERYONE’S responsibility.
• You must report or correct any food safety or potential food safety hazard to the person who can correct it. Adherence to policies and procedures related to quality management, safety, SQF and other regulatory guidelines communicated during your new hire orientation and defined in your SIG (formerly Scholle IPN) handbook are mandatory.
  

IDEAL CANDIDATES HAVE THESE COMPETENCIES :

We are looking for people who are willing to consistently achieve results, even under tough circumstances, employees who create a climate where everyone is motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives. If you actively seek new ways to grow and be challenged, if you develop people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals, SIG is the place for you. To deliver better for our customers, our future colleagues build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions. Finally, we are looking for colleagues who build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. Are you someone who applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals? Are you someone who can create new and better ways for the organization to be successful? If the answer is ‘yes’, come and join us.

WE OFFER:

• Day 1 Benefits Enrollment
• Retirement 401K Matching
• Employee Assistance Program
• Identity Theft Protection Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• And more…
  
  

OUR PROMISE

SIG is the place for you to build something incredible. If you join us, you will be part of a globally successful international company, which is leading its industry in sustainability, technology, and more. We think of ourselves as the career launchpad - a place to develop yourself fast with real work, real experience, real opportunities to build skills. You will be part of a highly motivated and dynamic team, you will have personal development opportunities, trainings and coaching opportunities from senior team members. If you show skill and willingness to learn, we'll back you all the way.

About Sig

SIG is a leading provider of packaging systems and solutions for better. We work in partnership with our customers to bring food products to consumers around the world in a safe, sustainable, and affordable way. We are the only packaging system supplier covering carton, pouch, and bag-in-box. Our versatile technology and product innovation capacity enable us to deliver better for customers, for consumers, and for the world. Sustainability guides us, technology empowers us, but it’s the passion and drive of our people that truly enable us to deliver better.

Founded in 1853, SIG is headquartered in Neuhausen, Switzerland, and listed at the SIX Swiss Exchange.