Quality Manager

Description

Mativ is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The company offers a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions to solve our customers' most complex challenges. With over 5,000 employees worldwide, we manufacture on three continents and generate sales in more than 100 countries. We offer a wide range of premium applications across diversified and growing end markets, from filtration to healthcare to sustainable packaging. Our broad portfolio of technologies combines polymers, fibers, and resins to optimize the performance of our customers' products across multiple stages of the value chain. Our leading positions are a testament to our best-in-class global manufacturing, supply chain, and materials science capabilities. We drive innovation and enhance performance, finding potential in the impossible.

We have an exciting opportunity available for a Quality Manager located at our high profile Minneapolis, MN production facility.

Summary of Responsibilities :

The Quality Manager is a key member of the Plant Leadership Team responsible for assuring that product quality meets our customer and company specified requirements. The Quality Manager has defined authority and responsibility for the final disposition of product which complies with specifications. Additionally, the Quality Manager is responsible for developing and enforcing, production validation methods, final product testing processes, providing certification documentation and managing the quality staff within assigned areas of This position will have responsibility for managing direct reports.

Primary Responsibilities :

• Promoting quality achievement and performance improvement throughout the organization.
• Achieve quality operational objectives by contributing quality information and analysis for strategic plans and business reviews; preparing and completing corrective action plans; implementing and enforcing quality and specification standards; identifying and resolving quality problems; completing audits; identifying continuous improvements opportunities.
• Develop, implement, communicate, and maintain Quality Plan to bring the site’s Quality System and supporting documentations into compliance with Quality Management System requirements.
• Responsible for and management of the Site’s 3rd Party Registrations, serving as the site’s Management Representative for ISO 9001.
• Lead the Quality Management Review process : Preparing and documenting Quality Management Reviews, highlighting areas of risk and deficiency in relation to the operation of the Quality System, and completing agreed actions to reduce these risks
• Driving YOY CI projects to help reduce customer complaints and scrap; improve yields; improve process capability.
• Maintain and improve product quality by completing internal quality audits; investigating and implementing the required actions to address customer complaints; collaborating with other members of management to develop new product designs, and quality training methods.
• Work with Marketing / Sales, Engineering, and R&D to ensure understanding of customer’s needs (voc) and ensure that procedures exist and are followed to conform to such requirements.
• Control and disposition of non-conforming material (quarantine) in a timely way. Presenting data to support Supplier Corrective Action Report (SCAR) initiation and working with Procurement / Supply Chain team to ensure improvements are made to avoid repeating issues.
• Prepare quality documentation and reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information and trends including product conformance, quality reject reasons and process capability studies.
• Assure compliance with all requirements to all applicable Mativ regulatory and certifications related to product quality and management systems.
• Participate as a team member of a global quality organization to share, develop and implement best practices in a systematic and scalable manner.
• Meet quality financial objectives by preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; and initiating corrective actions where needed.
• Additional duties as assigned

Education / Certifications :

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or another technical field with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a manufacturing quality leadership role.

Required Skills :

Benefits and Perks :

Note : The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the incumbent. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of this position.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or other protected status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Mativ is committed to help individuals with disabilities participate in the workforce, and ensure equal opportunity to compete for jobs. If you require an accommodation to submit a resume for positions at Mativ, please email our Talent Acquisition Team at