Quality & Continuous Improvement Manager - Appleton, United States - Valmet Inc.

Valmet Inc.

Verified Company

Appleton, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Job Description

Are you a self-driven professional who excels at Quality and Continuous Improvement?

This position is responsible for overseeing and setting guidelines for quality assurance and Continuous Improvement operations of North America Valmet Board and Tissue Services Business Line.

Prime focuses include providing direction through documented quality manuals, written procedures and mentoring to facilitate continuous improvements both internally and externally, where applicable.

This position is responsible for maintaining local ISO 9001 compliance, continuous improvement/problem solving and for promoting lean initiatives within the organization

Expectations

Ensure that Valmet Pulp and Paper products meet our Quality Management System requirements through documented standards that are aligned with our Quality and Safety Policy and its best customer experience goals.

Assumes a leadership/process owner role in ISO accreditation audits, Management Review and related activities.

Coordinate Internal Audits and facilitate Root-Cause Analysis and follow up actions, in cooperation with the technical/engineering team and business process owners.

Develops specific plans for meeting Valmet Quality Objectives and quality KPIs (such as cost of poor quality reduction).

Assist/Coach site Quality Technical Team and other quality resources in optimized performance of their duties and ensure development of the direct reports as necessary to achieve key product and process quality standards.

Assumes a leadership/process owner role in lean initiatives, such as value stream mapping, 5S and structured problem solving.

Reviews and coordinates quality department's activities to align with other company elements such as Engineering, Purchasing, International Sourcing Team, Customer Service/Support, Inventory/Assembly, Repair/Rebuild Team involved with Valmet North America facilities.

Review specific site Product/Process Quality plans to support critical component manufacturing success and cost improvement strategies.

Assure proper Corrective Action/Continuous Improvement initiatives are reported and written root cause is completed and implemented by responsible parties.

To succeed in this role you will need

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality Management or related education and experience.

Five years previous experience or exposure to quality and manufacturing engineering disciplines, with experience in custom manufacturing, heavy industrial or Industrial Construction desirable.

Demonstrated experience in ISO 9001, Lean, Six Sigma and other Quality disciplines.

Ability to travel up to 25% to Valmet locations, customer sites and suppliers

We offer

We offer a dynamic work environment that values innovation and suits development-minded people who enjoy working in a fast-paced and energetic setting.

We're looking for team-oriented people with a willingness to learn and contribute to our customers' success.

Additional Information

When everything works together_
Valmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. With 19,000 professionals around the world, we are the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. Our commitment to moving our customer's performance forward requires creativity, technological innovations, service knowhow and above all, teamwork._
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