Quality Supervisor

Ardagh Group; Fremont (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Ardagh Group in Fremont, Ohio seeks a Quality Supervisor responsible for directing cross-functional improvement projects using Six Sigma and Lean to improve plant efficiency, reduce spoilage, and drive customer audit outcomes.

The role requires strong communication, change management, and leadership to mentor teams and ensure ISO/quality program compliance, with travel to customer locations as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent manufacturing quality or management experience.
• Progressive experience in manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated expertise in improvement practices such as Six Sigma and lean tools.
• Demonstrated expertise in Value Stream analysis, DMAIC projects, and rapid improvement events.

Responsibilities

• Develop strong working relationships with cross-functional departments and employees.
• Identify, document, and baseline core processes, establish metrics, control plans, and reporting mechanisms with end-to-end focus.
• Work with department managers to assess weaknesses and develop future state processes using Six Sigma and lean tools.
• Lead and mentor cross-functional teams to identify, prioritize, plan and implement process improvement opportunities.
• Formulate goals and plans for short- and long-term success, such as spoilage reduction and cost savings.
• Apply best practices for introducing, driving, and sustaining change initiatives.
• Provide ongoing project status updates to Plant Manager and leadership team.

Skills

Project management

Lean Six Sigma

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent manufacturing quality or management experience

Tools

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Visio

Access

Project

Job description

The Quality Supervisor is responsible for facilitating and directing a wide variety of improvement projects that are cross-functional and interdepartmental. The Quality Supervisor will apply proven process improvement methods, such as Six Sigma and Lean manufacturing to improve plant efficiences, reduce spoilage, and drive positive results in customer audits and overall satisfaction. This individual must be a self-starter with strong business judgment, problem solving, communication, and change management skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop strong working relationships with cross-fuctional departments and employees.
• Identify, document, and baseline core processes (business and technical), establish metrics, control plans, and reporting mechanisms with end-to-end focus.
• Work closely with department managers/supervisors to assess weaknesses in the current state and help develop future state process through application of Six Sigma and lean tools and methodologies.
• Implement team building skills to drive team-oriented results.
• Lead and manage cross-functional teams to identify, prioritize, planm and implement process improvement opportunities consistent with current strategies.
• Formulate goals and plans for short- and long-term success (e.g. spoilage reduction, cost savings, etc.).
• Apply best practices for introducing, driving, and sustaining change initiatives.
• Lead multiple process improvement projects and provide mentoring and coaching to department teams.
• Regularly provide project status updates to the Plant Manager and the management team.
• Ensure departmental productivity improvement goals are met.
• Contribute to the ongoing development and enforcement of the various continuous improvement tools and techniques.
• Travel to customer locations, as needed. Build strong relationships with customer teams.
• EHS responsibilities to support ISO14001, as required.

Key Job Competencies

• Strong project management, planning, and organizational skills.
• Very strong oral communication and presentation skills.
• Strong consensus building and conflict management skills.
• Ability to work independently and with cross-functional teams.
• Strong leadership skills and desire to take on additional responsibility per the business needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent manufacturing quality or management experience.
• Progressive experience in manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated expertise in improvement practices such as Six Sigma and lean tools.
• Demonstrated expertise in Value Stream analysis, DMAIC projects, and rapid improvement events.
• Proficiency with key PC software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Access, and Project).
• Experience with manufacturing process analysis and documentation.

About Ardagh Metal Packaging

Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMP) is a leading supplier of sustainable, infinitely recyclable metal beverage cans to brand owners globally. An operating business of sustainable packaging business Ardagh Group, AMP is a leading industry player across Europe and the Americas, with innovative production capabilities, 23 production facilities, more than 6,000 employees and recorded revenues of $4.8 billion in 2023. AMP is 76%-owned by Ardagh Group and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker AMBP.

About Ardagh Group

Ardagh Group is a global supplier of infinitely recyclable metal and glass packaging solutions, producing packaging for brand owners around the world. We have grown to a team of approximately 20,000 people with revenues of more than $9 billion. Today we have a presence across the Americas, Europe and Africa.

• Ardagh produces many of the beverage cans and bottles that contain your favourite beverages.
• Our packaging is manufactured from metal and glass - permanent materials that can be infinitely recycled without any loss of quality.
• Ardagh produces more than 60 billion containers per year (more than 160 million containers per day).

The future we’re creating for Ardagh is built around our four Core Values of Inclusion, Trust, Teamwork and Excellence. We offer exciting and rewarding opportunities for talented and creative people. If you have ambition and want to make an impact with your career, come and join our team - you’ll enjoy the journey!