Corporate Quality Manager

HotRun•Indianapolis, IN

48d

About The Position

Are you looking to take your quality career to the next level? Do you have multi-site manufacturing quality experience in a highly regulated environment with expertise in Quality Control, Quality Assurance, and Lean practices? The successful candidate will lead a plastic flexible packaging quality program across four manufacturing campuses supporting leading food and perishable packaging companies.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree is required.
5+ years of quality control/quality assurance experience is required, as well as at least 5 years in a global quality leadership role.
Well-versed in continuous improvement tools and methods with demonstrated proficiency in implementing and facilitating CI teams.
Excellent ability to drive and implement Root Cause and Permanent Corrective Action throughout the organization.
Demonstrated success in developing and leading a company-wide quality function.
Proven success in driving cultural and organizational change that delivers continuous improvement in customer satisfaction.
Ability to bring structure and process to an unstructured environment.
Competence in program, metrics, and measures development.
Strong people development and cross-functional collaborative skills.
Ability to manage horizontally and vertically; ability to articulate strategy and results to the executive team while enabling understanding of quality objectives throughout the organization.

Nice To Haves

Quality certifications preferred (e.g., ISO, Six Sigma, Lean).
Previous experience with consumer packaging is strongly desired.
Experience with flexible packaging, rigid packaging, and/or printing processes preferred.

Responsibilities

Systems Management: Develop, establish, and maintain global quality systems, programs, policies, processes, procedures, and controls. Ensure the performance and quality of products conform to established standards and agency guidelines to ensure lasting customer satisfaction.
Cultural Leadership: Lead a cultural change within the quality organization from reactive to proactive. Establish strong engagement between quality and operations to achieve the company’s quality mission.
Problem Solving: Implement an effective Root Cause and Permanent Corrective Action process to permanently eliminate quality defects and deliver a significant reduction in customer returns and complaints.
Strategy: Develop, implement, and lead an effective quality organizational structure focusing on strategy and driving cultural change within the leadership team.
Decision Making: Make final decisions on administrative or operational issues affecting all quality functions. Participate with the leadership team in developing and establishing company-wide policies.
Operational Excellence: Maintain accountability for the overall effectiveness and operational success of the global quality organization. Successfully integrate these activities with other major organizational segments. Lead, train, and facilitate a company-wide Continuous Improvement process focused on key company objectives.