Total Quality Manager

Job Description

Total Quality Manager | Avery Dennison Corporation

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Avery Dennison Corporation. The company operates in a manufacturing environment where ensuring the highest standards of quality is critical. This role is essential for establishing and maintaining robust quality assurance programs, providing expert guidance on compliance, and leading continuous improvement initiatives to uphold product and process excellence.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time

• Team: Manages a team of quality engineers, quality control supervisors, and inspectors.
• Mission: Develops, maintains, and ensures compliance with quality assurance programs, policies, and processes to enforce requirements and meet specifications.
• Tech Stack: Microsoft Office, function specific software.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Program Management: Develop, maintain, and ensure compliance with quality assurance programs, policies, processes, and procedures.
• Team Leadership: Provide work direction, training, and development opportunities for quality engineers, quality control supervisors, and inspectors.
• Quality Control & Auditing: Carry out quality assurance audits, investigate quality issues, and implement corrective actions.
• Continuous Improvement: Lead ISO processes, continuous improvement, and quality assurance projects with cross-functional teams.
• Performance Reporting: Monitor quality objectives, prepare quality analysis and performance reports, and manage quality expenses.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s Degree in a related field. This is a manager-level role overseeing quality functions and staff.
• Experience: 5+ years of experience in manufacturing, engineering, or a related field, coupled with demonstrated understanding of project and program management.
• Skills: Strong math and analytical skills, robust organization and attention to detail, strong scientific and engineering knowledge, excellent written and oral communication, and team-building capabilities.
• Bonus: Certified Quality Engineer, ASQ affiliation or other quality certifications, Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, or ISO experience, and prior supervisory or lead experience.