Quality Manager

Avient•Avon Lake, OH

66d•Onsite

About The Position

This on-site position is responsible for managing the overall plant quality system and product testing. The Quality Manager will supervise Quality Engineers, Lab Associates, and Technicians. The role involves establishing, implementing, and maintaining quality system requirements as per ISO standards, overseeing IQS procedures and documentation, and ensuring manufacturing processes and products meet customer requirements. The position also includes monitoring and controlling process conditions, coordinating product testing and grading, and acting as the plant's representative in dealings with customers and the commercial group. Responsibilities extend to investigating customer complaints, coordinating corrective actions, and assessing training needs for lab and production employees.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or equivalent experience.
5+ years experience in Manufacturing/ Leadership
5+ years Problem Solving Techniques
5+ Quality System Management with ISO experience.
Software skills; Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook, 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

Nice To Haves

Medical device system management preferred
Lean Six Sigma Continuous Improvement experience preferred

Responsibilities

Establishes, implements and maintains the quality system requirements as required by the ISO Standard and described in the Quality Manual.
Overall responsibility for maintaining and updating the IQS procedures and documentation system.
Oversees the manufacturing-related process controls and that all products produced at the facility meet the requirements of the end-user/customer.
Ensures that process conditions are monitored, audited, and controlled for product consistency and according to the specified conditions.
Ensures that products and process changes are made only according to the sequence of activities specified in the MSA/CSA process.
Conducts activity to support the AVL Management Operating System including maintaining Y-Charts, driving key initiatives and leading Tier 3 weekly reviews.
Oversees the testing in accordance with Avient Lab Performance Policy and that all product grading is accomplished in a timely and accurate manner.
Represents the plant and Avient in all aspects of professional dealings with customers, the technology community and the commercial group.
Resolves and communicates on customer complaints, and handles technical and quality questions from internal and external sources.
Coordinates investigation and corrective action on all plant-related customer complaints.
Assesses training needs and provides training to lab/production employees.
Other duties as assigned

Benefits

Avient Corporation is an innovator of materials solutions that help customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world.
Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities.
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.
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