Corrugated Packaging Quality Manager

Pratt Industries

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Pratt Industries - America's 5th largest corrugated packaging company - is
looking for an experienced Manager to lead the Quality Department of our newest
Corrugator in Henderson, Kentucky!

Why Choose Us?

At Pratt Industries, we care about our employees by providing secure jobs, a
safe work environment, and many supportive benefits. By investing in employees,
we are able to offer growth opportunities to build a thriving, lifelong career.

Summary:

This position is responsible for leading the Continuous Improvement initiatives
within Safety and Quality at the Plant. This position will provide leadership,
planning, technical direction, communication and coaching skills to ensure safe
production of high quality products to meet customer needs in the most cost
effective manner.

Requirements

• College degree in manufacturing, engineering, logistics or equivalent work experience
• Experience in a variety of manufacturing areas (production, logistics)
• Experience in quality system management or mfg/corrugated leadership preferred
• Competent with MS Office and Statistical software
• Previous ISO certification desired
• Experience in Food Safety
• Six Sigma Green Belt certification desired

Responsibilities

• Directs the Quality Management System at the plant
• Train and educate the organization and implement continuous improvement methodologies such as 6 Sigma, 5S, Lean, OE and others
• Drives Continuous Improvement to quantitatively and qualitatively improve costs, quality and service.
• Drives plant accountabilities in the areas of: tracking vendor performance, resolution and disposition of customer complaints, investigating critical quality defects on in-process and finished products, generation and analysis of quality data and reports
• Insures all customer feedback is promptly dealt with and any complaints are acted upon by the plant using root cause analysis and implementing corrective action
• Supports safety as a top priority in training, job design and regulatory compliance
• Ensures product quality. Establishes and manages systems for “right first time” performance and incorporates this philosophy in the continuous improvement teams.
• Focuses on plant wide issues and inter-plant initiatives including developing synergies and business opportunities to optimize other manufacturing plants

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees