Quality Manager
About The Position
Smurfit Westrock is seeking a Quality Manager for their Devens, MA Corrugated Container facility. This role is responsible for ensuring quality standards are met and maintained by understanding, implementing, and enforcing Customer, Regulatory, and Smurfit Westrock processes, policies, and procedures. The Quality Manager will be accountable for internal and external quality complaint resolution, execution of audits, and ensuring efficient and smooth operations within the production facility. Smurfit Westrock offers a long-term career with a clear path of advancement in a thriving, dynamic environment.
Requirements
- High School diploma, or G.E.D – Required
- 5+ years of work-related manufacturing experience.
- 3+ years of experience in a production supervisory role.
- Demonstrate strong communication and interpersonal skills to engage and inspire others to comply with quality standards.
- Proven track record of problem-solving.
- Solid understanding of and experience in quality assurance, delivery excellence, data analysis and development of business insights
- Thorough knowledge of quality standards and methodologies.
- Ability to learn proprietary software programs and leverage enterprise complaint management software
Nice To Haves
- Professional training and quality certifications courses (e.g. Six Sigma, ISO Certification) are preferred
Responsibilities
- Review, approve, and execute facility and corporate standard operating procedures for site implementation
- Coordinate and execute internal, customer, supplier, subcontractor, and regulatory audits
- Monitor and ensure compliance with current policies, procedures, regulatory requirements, and customer requirements
- Coordinate and execute investigation of detected risks or failures, complaints, and corrective/preventative actions
- Work closely with production managers to maximize product quality and reliability and minimize cost
- Track, analyze, and lead initiatives for all internal quality and customer complaint issues
- Determine, document, and approve site-specific or one-time occurrences such as protocols (reworks, validations, etc.), deviations (planned or unplanned), waivers, or releases for materials and products as required
- Leverage enterprise technology to analyze quality complaints, track corrective and preventive actions, and use data to isolate and track defective parts per million, over shipments, and resolve issues related to rejected products when applicable
- Execute facility improvement initiatives as determined from performance data
- Lead team of quality technicians and Safe Quality Foods (SQF) readiness resources, ensuring that processes are efficient, and work is appropriately prioritized
- Provide tools and training for quality management and quality improvement to the facility staff
Benefits
- short-term bonus incentive
- health, dental and vision insurance
- flexible spending accounts or health savings accounts
- retirement savings plans
- life and disability insurance programs
- paid sick leave as required by applicable state/local law
- 15 days of paid vacation
- 11 days of paid holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
High school or GED
