Quality Manager jobs in Lima, OH

Novolex® is a leader in packaging innovation, choice and sustainability. We manufacture products in paper, plastic and sustainable materials for the food, retail, health and industrial markets.

The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products, our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability, helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.

This role ensures product meets all customer requirements through establishing, maintaining, and improving quality and food safety systems and processes.

• Development, implementation and administration of quality and food safety policies and procedures for all employees.
• Establish and perform quality and food safety training programs for all employees.
• Manage customer complaints and food safety program..
• Provide monthly management quality and food safety reports, as required
• Maintain up to date inspection reports for food safety, files, quality programs and samples.
• Collect, organize, analyze, and report process data to internal and external customers.
• Facilitate and assist support departments with technical expertise for process improvements, and environmental and food safety compliance (ink making, paste making, and graphics).
• Lead continuous improvement activities and training within the plant.
• Manage the internal nonconformance and hold process
• Manage quality testing and inspections
• Perform cross checks of quality measures out of SOPs to ensure proper evaluation of quality measures
• Manage offsite quality measurement requests
• Assist and recommend quality test equipment and methodology to meet customer’s product specifications
• Periodically review new and existing test methods to ensure ongoing effectiveness for testing objective

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 5 years of quality control management and SQF experience in a manufacturing environment, or relevant work experience is required
• Excellent communication skills – written and verbal
• Strong knowledge of MS Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Smartsheet
• Must have firm understanding of test procedures, statistics, and process controls
• Must have strong problem solving and analytical ability
• Strong collaborative team player
• Knowledge of bag machinery a plus
• Up to 10% travel

Benefits

With safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being an important focus, we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical, dental and vision insurance (including Telehealth options) as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health. Specific benefits and well-being programs may vary depending on where you work.

Community Engagement

At Novolex, giving back to the local communities that support us is important. Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work.

Training and Development

We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs, training and development programs and courses are available through Novolex University. Programs include company and industry training curricula, support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program, and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.

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