Quality Mananger

Primary Purpose :

Accountable for overseeing and improving overall plant quality through the implementation of process quality systems, while ensuring all quality related issues are addressed to achieve maximum efficiency.

Responsibilities / Accountabilities :

• Responsible for maintenance of plant quality systems including but not limited to inspection and test method, work instructions, procedures, product specs, GMPs, Food Safety Compliance and best practices.
• Develop and drive continuous improvement initiatives in plant quality.
• Responsible for insuring quality system adherence and all aspects of product integrity is maintained.
• Develop and drive supplier continuous improvement initiatives.
• Responsible for disposition of finished product by analyzing, and interpreting production and quality data; judging product acceptability relative to specifications.
• Key outside customer contact to maintain strong relationships, resolving quality issues, and ensuring technical and quality support.
• Responsible for leading plant root cause and corrective action investigations for customer complaints and internal quality nonconformance’s.
• Audit implementation of corrective actions implementation for customer complaints and internal quality nonconformance’s.
• Coordinate with Commercial, Product Development and Corporate Engineering regarding new business and product trials.
• Responsible for accurate and timely resolution of coating and mill supplier defective material claims.
• Ensure plant adherence to SMA principles and procedures.
• Responsible for the HFI system including balance, disposition, re-work and inventory levels.
• Ensure that plant quality procedures are properly completed.
• Ensure quality objectives (KPIs) are communicated with floor personnel and develop processes to promote compliance.
• Responsible for educating and instructing plant departmental leads and supervisors in process quality improvement methods, and GMPs.
• Prepare quality reviews and submit them to management.
• Assist in development of special plant projects and work in conjunction with Corporate Quality Assurance group.
• Continuous communication and interaction with all Ardagh Metal Packaging plants.
• Works closely with Human Resources to address and resolve personnel issues.
• Direct supervision of plant personnel; may vary by location.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

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Physical Demands :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands to finger, handle, feel, talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close and distance vision as well as color recognition.

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