Quality/ELS Site Lead

Company: Avery Dennison
Location: Rancho Cucamonga
Posted on: January 22, 2023

Job Description:

Company Description
Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science company specializing in the design and manufacture of a wide variety of labeling and functional materials. The company's products and solutions, which are used in nearly every major industry, include pressure-sensitive materials for labels and graphic applications; tapes and other bonding solutions for industrial, medical, and retail applications; tags, labels and embellishments for apparel; and radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions serving retail apparel and other markets. The company employs approximately 36,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Reported sales in 2021 were $8.4 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.
At Avery Dennison, some of the great benefits we provide are:

• Health & Wellness benefits starting on day 1 of employment
• Paid parental leave
• 401K eligibility
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible work arrangements
• Employee Assistance Program eligibility / Health Advocate
• Paid vacation and Paid holidays Job Description
  This individual will be a member of the ISO 9001 Quality and continuous improvement team [Enterprise Lean Sigma (ELS) Team] at the plant level. You will partner with the site leader, site team and Division/DC, quality and ELS teams located throughout North America. You will work to complete daily tactical quality tasks at the site and work to track, trend quality and identify opportunities at the site to improve processes that will achieve and sustain ISO conformance, strategic goals, impact financial results and add value to our customers.
  Responsibilities
  
  • Lead efforts to meet site quality targets. Create and review the quality metrics and work closely with the operation team to understand the root cause of the quality issue.
  • Review and analyze the site monthly quality complaints data, report out to Division Quality leadership, review the progress on short term and long term action.
  • Provide Quality management system support to all site team members. Lead document control actions through creating new work instruction, site specific procedures and maintaining and updating as required. Update the document training requirements and monitor the employees' qualification. Manage the site document control.
  • Collaborate to prepare site for Internal/External ISO audits. Conduct gap analysis and plan to address if any nonconformity arises. Sustain the results and review regularly.
  • Support Raw material rejection process and file raw material rejection, communicate and follow up with supplier to address any raw material issue.
  • Address corrective action/preventive action (CAPA) assigned to the site. Understand the root cause and define preventive action in place to eliminate the issue from occurring. Prepare corrective action letters to customers.
  • Deploy lean sigma systems, processes and tools to analyze inefficiencies. Identify strategies and lead initiatives that eliminate non-value added activities.
  • Develop, improve and maintain an effective system of metrics, scorecards, governance and reviews to assure strategies and projects are aligned with business needs.
  • Collaborate with the leadership team to drive value stream, business process and asset level improvements.
  • Identify and remove organizational barriers to continuous improvement processes.
  • Build process discipline to sustain improvements.
  • Identify and leverage best practice sharing across the division.
  • Solicit voice of customer to evaluate and improve internal business processes, including internal transactional and manufacturing improvements.
  • Improve existing problem solving capability and drive a learning organization that is capable of creating, acquiring, transferring and utilizing value added knowledge to meet and exceed business goals.
  • Train, educate, and mentor others in the organization on Lean/Sigma principles.
  • Be a change agent - challenge old ways of doing business and implement breakthrough improvements. Qualifications
    
    • Bachelor's degree required. 3+ years of experience in quality and improving business and manufacturing processes. Expertise in the use of lean and six sigma tools (in a technical/ manufacturing environment preferred).
    • Six Sigma Green belt highly preferred.
    • Previous experience in leading teams required.
    • Understanding of applicable computer systems, such as Microsoft Office, Google platform and manufacturing/function-specific software.
    • Possible travel up to 25%
    • Position is onsite
      The salary range for this position is $66,000 - $98,000 / year.
      The hiring base salary range above represents what Avery Dennison reasonably expects to pay for this position as of the date of this posting. Actual salaries will vary within the range, and in some circumstances may be above or below the range, based on various factors including but not limited to a candidate's relevant skills, experience, education and training, and location, as well as the job scope and complexity, responsibilities, and regular and/or necessary travel required for the position, which may change depending on the candidate pool. Avery Dennison reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
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      Additional Information
      All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or other protected status. EEOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
      If you require accommodations to view or apply for a job, alternative methods are available to submit an application. Please contact (440)534-6000 or NA.TA.Operations@averydennison.com to discuss reasonable accommodations.

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