DIRECTOR, QUALITY MANAGEMENT - BEVERAGE
Company: Amcor Rigid Packaging
Location: Lakewood
Posted on: October 19, 2024
Job Description:
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At Amcor we are inspired to change the packaging industry and are
taking on the aspirational challenge to make all our products
recyclable or reusable by 2025. Through our products and global
footprint, we are in a unique position to truly make a difference
in the packaging space. Our products impact the lives of millions
of people across the globe every day from food, beverage,
pharmaceutical, medical, home- and personal-care, and other
essential products. Amcor is a thriving S&P 500 organisation
listed both on the NYSE (AMCR) and ASX (AMC) with US$13 billion in
sales. We have a proud history dating back to the 1860's and come a
long way from a single paper mill based in Melbourne to becoming
the global leading packaging company. Today, Amcor is an
international organisation empowering its 50,000 employees in over
40 countries and across 250 sites.Will you be next to join our
journey towards a more sustainable future?At Amcor we are always
looking for talented and passionate individuals who are motivated
to make a difference. Working at Amcor means you will have a unique
opportunity to be a part of an organisation that is committed to
providing sustainable packaging solutions. To find out more about
our commitment to sustainability and about Amcor, visit
www.amcor.com.Job DescriptionPosition Overview:The Director,
Quality Management provides Quality Systems and Management support
to the beverage operations throughout North America. The position
will have ownership of the internal Product Safety oriented Quality
Management Systems execution and auditing for the Beverage Business
Group. Additionally, the position will lead proactive and reactive
commercial activities along with operational activities
support.Essential Responsibilities and Duties:
- Responsibility for the structure, successful implementation,
and maintenance of the Amcor Product Safety Oriented Quality
Management System in Beverage Group manufacturing facilities
- Establishes and implements best practices in standards,
methods, and procedures across all plants in the operating
group
- Ensures that quality management activities are directed towards
process improvement, continuous quality improvement, cost
effectiveness of processes, systems and procedures, and permanent
corrective / preventive actions
- Responsible for compiling and reporting upon overall cost of
quality as related to external failures, internal failures, and
appraisal cost as a % of sales as well as other metrics
- Uses Advanced Quality Planning to affect the delivery of
reliable, high quality product designs and manufacturing systems
through the provision of pro-active planning activities, support
systems and procedures
- Organizes and implements training programs and processes to
deliver fully capable and validated products to production
- Provides key contact and communications to group customers of
the Beverage Group Quality Systems and Management Philosophy,
presenting capacity to customers as a core competency
- Responsible for selection, development, mentoring of Plant
level Quality Managers as well as Quality Management staff within
the Corporate Beverage business group. Supports operations in the
evaluation of performance of plant level staff engaged in the
Quality Management function
- Provides training, support and leadership to product
development and operations engineers about the reliability and
process capability of new products
- Ensures plant audits from customers or vendor site visits are
properly carried out to assure compliance and customer
expectations
- Provides key contacts and communications to group customers
during tactical incidents relating to facts, organizing and
coordinating investigations, establishing corrective actions,
securing funding and successfully closing incidents
- Represents Amcor in industry professional, technical, and trade
associations as appropriate
- Manages systems verifications through Third Party Auditing
(i.e. Good Manufacturing Practices Audits, Hazard Analysis Critical
Control Points Accreditation, and Product Safety Certifications,
etc.)
- Drives proactive, long-term, systemic improvements in Quality
Systems and Production Process Controls across the production
facilities and their diverse production platforms.
- Identifies and secures funding for permanent corrective actions
to stabilize production operations and customer relationships and
grow the business.
- Ensures company suppliers and subcontractors have the required
quality management procedures and processes in place that meet and
support company quality management system certification
requirements. Support VINs with follow up CAPAs and financial
recover for supplier nonconformance issues
- Manages team of direct reports and is responsible for employee
selection, development, mentoring, and performance management.
- Responsible for overall talent management and employee
engagement; cultivates an environment of safety, high performance,
and ethical and legal compliance; addresses employee relations
issues.Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor's Degree or higher in Quality Systems,
Engineering, Operations Management or other related technical
disciplines. Significant post-graduate accreditations expected,
Master's Degree preferred
- Plastics process and chemical engineering skills preferred
- 10 years' experience in plastics packaging
manufacturing/packaging industries
- A minimum of four years' experience in supervising and leading
employees
- Must have a thorough knowledge of advanced, modern production
processes for plastics rigid packaging
- Professional Accreditation in Quality Engineering and Quality
Management
- Experience and strong understanding of government regulations
and compliance - (i.e. FDA, DEA, ISO, etc.)
- Thorough knowledge of applicable engineering, manufacturing,
continuous improvement and quality management-related standards and
specifications
- Travel: 60%Competencies:Amcor Leadership Framework
CompetenciesCore Competencies:
- Customer Focus
- Learning on the Fly
- Interpersonal Savvy
- Drive for Results3-5 Applicable ALF Competencies:
- Process Management
- Managing & Measuring Work
- Influencing Others
- Functional/Technical SkillsRelationships:
- Plant leadership
- Corporate staff and leadership
- Regional leadership
- Direct reports
- External CustomersADA Requirements:Physical Requirements
- Normal Vision
- Distant Vision
- Near Vision
- Hearing/ Listening
- Sitting
- Talking/Speaking
- Hand/Finger Dexterity
- Walking
- Standing
- Stooping
- Pushing/Pulling
- Bending
- Kneeling
- Lifting (amount Work Environment: Office EnvironmentThe
information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive
list of the duties, responsibilities, skills and/or abilities.We
expect our people to be guided by The Amcor Way and demonstrate our
Values every day to enable the business to win. We are winning
when:
- Our people are engaged and developing as part of a
high-performing Amcor team
- Our customers grow and prosper from Amcor's quality, service,
and innovation
- Our investors benefit from Amcor's consistent growth and
superior returns
- The environment is better off because of Amcor's leadership and
productsAmcor is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard
to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or
any other characteristic protected by law.If you would like more
information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law,
please click on the links EEO is the and EEO is the Law Poster
Supplement. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you
need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment
process, please call 224-313-7000 and let us know the nature of
your request and your contact information.We verify the identity
and employment authorization of individuals hired for employment in
the United States.
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