Quality Manager

Avient Corporation; Avon Lake (OH); Vor Ort; USD 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Avient Corporation is seeking a on-site Quality Leader to manage the plant quality system and oversee product testing. The role includes supervising Quality Engineers and Lab staff, and ensuring ISO-compliant processes and documentation.

You will drive audits, investigate root causes of defects, and coordinate corrective actions with cross-functional teams to maintain product quality and customer satisfaction.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, chemical engineering or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in Manufacturing/Leadership.
• 5+ years in Problem Solving Techniques.
• 5+ years Quality System Management with ISO experience.

Aufgaben

• ISO Management Representative: Establishes, implements and maintains the quality system requirements as described in the Quality Manual.
• Oversees the IQS documentation system and ensures it is current.
• Monitors and controls manufacturing-related process controls to meet end-user requirements.
• Coordinates investigations and corrective actions on plant-related customer complaints.
• Provides training to lab/production employees as needed.
• Represents Avient with customers and the technology community to resolve quality questions.

Kenntnisse

Quality management

Leadership

Problem solving

Communication

Ausbildung

Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

SAP

Jobbeschreibung

Job Description

Position is an on-site position to manage the overall plant quality system and product testing.

This person will be responsible for the supervision of Quality Engineer, Lab Associates/Technicians.

Responsibilities

• ISO Management Representative: Establishes, implements and maintains the quality

system requirements as required by the ISO Standard and described in the Quality Manual.

• Overall responsibility for maintaining and updating the IQS procedures and

documentation system.

• Oversees the manufacturing-related process controls and that all products produced at

the facility meet the requirements of the end-user/customer.

• Ensures that process conditions are monitored, audited, and controlled for product consistency and according to the specified conditions.
• Ensures that products and process changes are made only according to the sequence of activities specified in the MSA/CSA process.

Conducts activity to support the AVL Management Operating System including maintaining Y-Charts, driving key initiatives and leading Tier 3 weekly reviews.

• Oversees the testing in accordance with Avient Lab Performance Policy and that all

product grading is accomplished in a timely and accurate manner.

• Represents the plant and Avient in all aspects of professional dealings with customers,

the technology community and the commercial group. Resolves and communicates on customer complaints, and handles technical and quality questions from internal and external sources.

• Coordinates investigation and corrective action on all plant-related customer complaints.
• Assesses training needs and provides training to lab/production employees.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years experience in Manufacturing/ Leadership
• 5+ years Problem Solving Techniques
• 5+ Quality System Management with ISO experience. Medical device system management preferred
• Lean Six Sigma Continuous Improvement experience preferred

Additional Qualifications

• Software skills; Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook, SAP
• Demonstrated success with critical communications - internal and external customers to gain alignment and progress toward goal.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across functions to resolve critical issues

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About Us

Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world.

Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it is powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you’re a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you’ll find your place at Avient.

Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!

We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.

By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient’s strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.

At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person’s qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.

Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran’s status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to complete an online application, please contact the Avient HR Team by emailing, [e-mail] .