Total Quality Manager

Avery Dennison (NYSE: AVY) is a global leader in pressure-sensitive and functional materials and labeling solutions for the retail apparel market. The company's applications and technologies are an integral part of products used in every major industry. With operations in more than 50 countries and more than 25,000 employees worldwide, Avery Dennison serves customers in the consumer packaging, graphical display, logistics, apparel, industrial and healthcare industries. Headquartered in Glendale, California, the company reported sales of $6.1 billion in 2016. Learn more at www.averydennison.com

Job Descriptio

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About the rol

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The Total Quality Manager will develop, maintain and ensure compliance with quality assurance programs, policies, processes, procedure. The incumbent will provide expertise and guidance in interpreting policies, regulatory and/or governmental regulations, and agency guidelines to assure compliance and work directly with operating entities to ensure that inspections, process control analyses or audits are conducted on a continuing basis as specified to enforce requirements and meet specifications. The individual will manage the quality function by providing work direction for quality engineers, quality control supervisor(s) and various levels of inspectors and interact regularly with engineering, manufacturing and service functions to establish quality standards for raw material, work in process and finished produc

ts.
Key responsibilit

ies:
- Train and provide development opportunities for staff. Ensure annual goals are complete and communicated. Ensure Global Performance Management System is up to date and regular feedback is provided to staff mem

bers.

- Coordinate team efforts, create and manage a regional strategy and team operatin

g plan.

- Prepare work instructions, procedures & quality related d

ocuments.

- Carry out quality assurance audits, investigate quality issues and seek for correcti

ve actions.

- Control on the measuring equipment being used related to pro

duct quality.

- Promote quality awareness

to the company.

- Monitor the quality objectives, to prepare various quality analysis & per

formance reports.

- Provide technical consultat

ion to the company;

- Lead ISO process and continuous improvement and qualit

y assurance projects.

- Lead cross-functional team on projects. Communicate and work with all levels of the organization. Manage a large multi-function program or a set of projects. Interact with colleagues, s

uppliers and customers.

- Achieve maximum levels of productivity, ensuring that the business benefits from the lowest poss

ible cost and best value.

- Develop, analyze a

nd manage quality expenses.

- Provide leadership to select local and/o

r global quality initiatives.

- Develop and execute appropriate business plans/multi-generation product plans to identify trends, opportunities for marketplace advantage and new ideas for products, processes and services. Direc

t quality assurance activities.

- Develop quality Objectives, Goals, Strategies and Measures (OGSM) for assigned area and confirm linka

ge to global business strategies.

- Lead benchmarking of quality-related top

ics in support

of divisional goals.
Qualifications

- Bachelor's Degree in related field

- Certified Quality Engineer, Affiliation with ASQ, or other related cer

tifications and affiliations preferred.

- 5+ years manufacturing and engineering or related experience, with

supervisory or lead experience preferred.

- S

ound engineering and people-leading skills.

- Demonstrated understanding and skills in project a

nd program management, including 3rd parties.

- Lean manufacturing,

Six Sigma, ISO or related experience preferred.

- Understanding of applicable computer systems, such as

Microsoft Office and function specific software.

- Strong math and analytical skills. Strong organization and attention to d

etail. Strong scientific and engineering knowledge.

- Strong written and oral communication skills with ability to be an advisor to cl

ients and build strong and sustainable relationships.

- Skilled in team building and experie