Senior Quality Manager

Avient•Avon Lake, OH

About The Position

The Process Engineering and Quality Manager will lead integrated efforts to optimize manufacturing processes and ensure product quality. This role combines process engineering expertise with quality management to drive operational efficiency, reduce defects, and align quality initiatives with continuous improvement strategies. They will oversee all Process Engineers, the SEM HUB Quality Lab, Quality Supervisor and Process Technicians. 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, [email protected].

Responsibilities

Develop, implement, and maintain efficient manufacturing processes using Lean, Six Sigma, and other continuous improvement methodologies.
Identify and eliminate sources of waste, variability, and inefficiency in production workflows.
Collaborate with production teams to ensure processes meet safety, quality, and productivity standards.
Oversee quality systems and compliance with industry standards and customer requirements.
Integrate quality standards into process design and improvement initiatives.
Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions for quality issues, ensuring sustainable solutions.
Establishes, implements and maintains the quality system requirements as required by the ISO Standard and described in the Quality Manual.
Serve as a technical bridge between engineering, production, and quality teams to foster collaboration and innovation.
Drive alignment between quality objectives and operational goals.
Provide training and mentorship to team members on process improvement and quality best practices.
Implement strategies to reduce Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ).
Monitor and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) related to process efficiency and product quality.
Champion initiatives that enhance operational agility and responsiveness.
Ensure adherence to regulatory requirements and internal standards.
Maintain accurate documentation for processes, quality audits, and improvement projects.
Other duties as assigned