Quality Manager

ALPLA is a global family-owned, privately held company that makes innovative, customized, recycled packaging for top companies such as P&G, Unilever, L'Oral, Pepsi, and more. ALPLA values their employees, work-life balance, personal growth, compensation and sustainability.

What Can You Expect From ALPLA

• Health and Wellness Care Program- Benefits
• Child Care Benefits
• Dependent Care Cost Savings Program
• Recognition programs; Promotional opportunities
• 401K Retirement Plan and excellent Matching Plan
• Medical, dental, vision plan
• Education assistance program/tuition reimbursement
• Short term, long term and life insurance paid by ALPLA
• Paid vacation; paid holidays

What Will You Enjoy Doing

Quality System
Ensures compliance with all quality management system requirements (ISO 9001,
FSSC 22000 and other standards as required)
Primary practitioner for HACCP program (as applicable); supports any additional risk
assessment requirements including change management
Prepares and successfully completes internal and external quality and/or food safety
audits
Monthly reporting of quality and food safety system data per documented corporate
procedures locally as well as regionally as required
Quality Control
Ensure production compliance with all regulatory, internal and customer product
and packaging specifications; ensures customer specifications are current and
accessible
Ensure customer mandated compliance documents are issued (i.e. COAs, regulatory
statements)
Oversite responsibility for plant quality control program including product
measurement/testing and data collection and integrity and rework management
Oversite for performance of quality test equipment including internal and external
calibration programs
Assist operations in new product (AQP) and equipment qualification and verification
activities
Assist in optimizing and standardizing plant quality documentation including
utilization of standard document control systems
Documents and reports all supplier quality related issues per standard procedures;
supports Logistics team on securing complaint resolution

Customer Relationship Management
Hosts periodic customer visits; primary contact for quality and regulatory related
communications with customer
Manages customer complaint process including application of proper RCA
techniques and tools. Ensures customer complaints are captured in
global/regional/local reporting systems
Supports the RCA process and training for other departments in the plant

Laboratory Management
Ensures all personnel performing quality testing within the quality lab and on the
production floor are trained and qualified
Leading the Team
o Regularly scheduled quality staff meeting
o Ensures team works together as efficiently as possible
o Ensures correctly time and attendance of team is captured
o Recruits (with HR) new employees
o Performs disciplinary actions
o Performs annual performance evaluations
o Assesses training needs of staff and ensures execution of training

What Makes You Great

Education/Experience:
4 year degree in a STEM/technical discipline or equivalent work experience
Experience with physical lab testing equipment, calipers, scales, digital height
gauge and compression force testing equipment. Experience with Coordinate
Measuring Machine (CMM) preferred.
At least 5 years of work experience in Quality Assurance combined with a
demonstrated track-record of accomplishments as a QA Manager, preferably in
manufacturing environment

Qualifications/Skills:
Proficient with Excel, SPC software, Word, PowerPoint
Intermediate to advanced statistical knowledge
Ability to work well with other departments
Ability to manage Customer Relations
Able to handle multi-task environment with excellent organizational skills

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be
met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities
to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job:
The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and
arms and very occasionally to climb or balance.
The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or
feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.
The employee is occasionally required to sit.
The employee must regularly lift and/ or move up to 10 lbs, frequently lift and/or move up to 30 lbs and occasionally lift and/or move more than 50
lbs.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

It is required to act in a safe and environmentally responsible manner at all times by adhering to all ALPLA policies and procedures and Safety Standards (OSHA).

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ALPLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: ALPLA is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at ALPLA are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. ALPLA will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

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