Quality Assurance Manager- Business Unit

Graham Packaging is a people, planet and values-based company and a leader in sustainable packaging manufacturing. From the kitchen to the laundry room, Graham Packaging is part of your everyday life.

For employees at Graham, our Blue Culture is part of their everyday lives, too. In other words, Blue is how we do things here.

At Graham, we are united by a clear vision. We know our part and help those around us know theirs, encouraging one another to continuously improve. We create a safe, challenging environment to innovate by supporting creative ideas and new ways of thinking. We take the initiative to cultivate our individual growth and help others do the same, while keeping ourselves and one another accountable. And we actively promote cooperation, collaboration, integrity and respect across regions and teams to foster an engaged, diverse and connected workforce.

We value our employees, and a Blue Culture allows for the most rewarding employee experience as part of the Graham family. Blue is how we feel about what we do—together—to create a better tomorrow. Working at Graham means you lead constructively with clear goals, use diverse thinking to drive excellence, accountability, innovation, as well as demonstrating collaboration, embracing learning, and taking action for continuous improvement and growth.

The Business Unit Quality Manager is responsible for implementing and directing Graham Packaging Quality Assurance strategic initiatives to achieve short and long term quality improvement objectives as it relates to operations and external customer quality performance.

This position will provide direction relating to the Graham quality management system to manufacturing facilities and simultaneously collaborate with senior management, new product engineering, sales teams, and key customers within their assigned responsibilities.

The Business Unit Quality Manger primary accountabilities include:

• Participate in providing a safe working environment for all employees targeting a zero accident incident rate
• Assume role as leader and mentor for multiple locations in relation to quality
• Ensure that quality objectives and goals are clearly established and deployed in order to continuously improve and exceed the quality performance levels
• Assure consistent deployment of established quality systems across multiple plants (assigned region) and directly interface with customers, including primary responsibility for several key customers
• Drives the manufacturing quality function to assure problems are resolved and sustainable corrective actions are implemented to prevent recurrences
• Leads improvement initiatives in the plants to reduce scrap / rework through improved process control and error proofing methods
• Effectively utilize and interpret statistical data to analyze sources of variability, incapable processes and resolve customer concerns
• Drive improved compliance to specifications and product reliability
• Increase quality competencies by providing leadership and training to the manufacturing teams on quality tools and systems including the Graham Quality Management System
• Participate in new and existing product qualifications and provide recommendations and approvals based on the analysis of statistical data and the ability to maintain a consistent process

This person must understand the manufacturing processes and be able to interface in a positive manner with management and team members of all levels to achieve the organization’s objectives. A strong knowledge of quality systems and statistical analysis is essential to succeed in this role. He/she must balance the needs of customers' quality requirements against the cost considerations to operations. He/she be able to maintain a high quality level satisfactory to all end users. Leadership, Problem Solving Tools, Statistical Analysis, Process Improvements, Strategic Thinking, Verbal & Written Communication, Operational Excellence, Attention to Detail, Team Building, Dealing with Complexity, Documentation Control, Product Safety

• Minimum of 7 years quality leadership and/or continuous improvement experience
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business or other applicable area required
• Demonstrate a broad knowledge of SPC and the applications within a manufacturing environment
• Multi-functional team leadership and project management
• Ability to interpret data and develop countermeasures to solve problems
• Robust communications and training skills
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Six sigma green belt, A3 or continuous improvement equivalent certification or above
• Plastics experience preferred
• Position requires Travel up to 50%

The standard compensation for this role is $104,600 - $151,100. Salary offers will be determined based on final candidate qualifications, experience, skillset, and other relevant factors.