Plant Quality Manager

From a small family business to a multi-billion-dollar global company, Sonoco has been changing the face of products and packaging since 1899 - all while keeping the heart of "People Build Businesses" alive.

Our talented people are at the core of our growth, constantly reinventing the Sonoco wheel with brilliant solutions every year. Today we are a world leader in global packaging solutions with diversified operations in over 34 countries. We're extremely proud of our portfolio of brands, our achievements in sustainability and industrialization and the groundbreaking work accomplished by our people.

While reporting to the Sr. Quality Manager, you will own the overall framework of the plant quality programs, guiding the plant to a high-level quality culture with employee ownership. You will be responsible for leading, creating, implementing, and maintaining the quality programs to ensure the highest possible degree of accountability and ownership for employees and experiences to our customers throughout the facility. On quality you will have a dotted line to the Senior Leader of Commercialization & Quality working to improve internal and external customer experiences.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Provide hands-on management of the elements of the QMS (Quality Management System.) These include quality action plans, corrective actions, supplier quality management, customer complaints, standard work, audit processes, standard procedures, test methods, and process controls.
• Ensure Business Unit systems are tied into corporate standards via reviews and audits.
• Responsible for managing all change control and line validation.
• Generate scorecards and reports for all aspects of plant quality, not limited to and including CARs, SCARs, on-time and in-full deliveries, SPC reporting, losses, product safety, internal, third party & customer audits and change control processes.
• Act as the lead plant representative for any meetings or interactions with customers as it relates to product or service quality.
• Leader of the plant quality pillar and ensuring relevant training and education of the pillar team members. Lead efforts toward continuous quality improvement initiatives within the plant.
• Promote awareness of customer requirements for the plant.
• Some level of travel required.

This position is in our ThermoSafe Division and is located in Putnam, CT.

We'd love to hear from you if:

• Minimum of 7+ years working in a manufacturing setting leading quality initiatives and programs.
• Good analytical skills
• Proficient with statistical analysis
• Proven leadership abilities
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Lean six sigma experience
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Power Point and Excel.
• 4-year degree in Engineering or technical discipline
• ASQ certified
• Experience with project management
• Previous experience working across multi functions and lines of business
• Proficiency with Vizio, MS Project, Share Point, SPC Software and Agile.

Compensation:

The salary range for this role is from $80,320 to $90,360, plus a quarterly target bonus of 12.5% of the base salary.

This is a progression position and level will be based on candidate experience and business needs.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any legally protected characteristic.