Quality Supervisor

Huhtamaki•Los Angeles, CA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Huhtamaki is a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions, aiming to make all packaging recyclable, reusable, or compostable. They ensure the hygiene and safety of food and drink globally. This role is part of a vision to create a workplace where employees feel safe, supported, and can make an impact. The Quality Supervisor is a member of the Site Leadership Team (SLT) and will support and participate in all Safety programs and initiatives. This role involves managing and continuously improving quality systems, forest sustainability, and food safety programs. The goal is to achieve the highest results in all government, customer, 3rd party, and internal audits and inspections. The supervisor will ensure all materials used in manufacturing and finished goods remain within specifications, provide support in resolving customer complaints through the management of the customer complaint system, and support the Continuous Improvement (CI) program.

Requirements

Ability to communicate well with others orally and in writing.
Computer literate: MS Office and MRP/ERP experience required.
Work with frequent interruptions.
Work with attention to detail and accuracy.
Three to five years supervisory experience in a quality department in a manufacturing environment.
Comfortable interacting with all levels of management from corporate to plant labor.
Communication and presentation skills for customer inactions is required.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field.
SQF Practitioner and HAACP training preferred, will support both training courses, but must be completed within 6-months of hire.
Direct or indirect paperboard food packaging experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement cost-effective inspection procedures and techniques consistent with company and customer requirements.
Implement, maintain and continuously review/improve quality-awareness programs and data collection systems.
Communicate with customer contacts concerning any issues regularly.
Visit customers and trouble-shoot problems and support start-up of new products.
Assist customers with sampling of new materials or packaging.
Prepare and lead plant through SQF systems audits and lead internal HACCP and Internal Audit Teams.
Oversee food packaging safety for location and assigned customers.
Coordinate and execute customer audits/certification (SQF, IMS, FSC, etc.).
Train manufacturing personnel on quality requirements, test procedures, etc.
Team with Engineering and Operations Managers and the CI Leader for new product on boarding and new machinery start-up to ensure all food safety requirements are met.
Manage the material qualification (MQ) program.
Maintain Quality Hold Area and issue disposition on the materials with a full understanding of how materials are moved through the ERP system.
Manage the supplier certification program and monitor incoming materials.
Supervise 1 hourly Quality Technician.