Quality Generalist Manager jobs in Johnson City, TN

Summary:

The Quality Manager Plans, coordinates, and directs quality program designed to ensure quality control and quality assurance of the production of products consistent with established standards by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors. Plant Manager and/or Quality Engineer will serve as backup during vacancy.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

As an at-will employer, Scholle IPN reserves the right to add to or modify this list to the extent it deems necessary.

• Formulates and maintains quality objectives complementary to corporate policies and goals.
• Develops and initiates standards and methods for inspection, testing, and evaluation.
• Plans and oversees the analysis, inspection, design, test, and/or integration to assure the quality of assigned product or component.
• Applies statistical process control (SPC) and Six-Sigma methods for analyzing data to evaluate the current process and process changes.
• Develops new approaches to solve problems identified during quality activities.
• Keeps management team abreast of significant issues or developments identified during quality activities and actions being taken to improve the situation.
• Prepares and presents technical and program information to the management team.
• Directs workers engaged in inspection and testing activities to ensure continuous control over materials, facilities, and products.
• Designs and implements quality training programs (e.g. Six Sigma, Kepner-Tregoe, and SPC) to key personnel in conjunction with managers.
• Investigates and maintain customer complaints records, and establish projects/programs to reduce or eliminate top issues.

Critical Success Factors:

• GMP’s & Food Safety Fundamentals
• Manufacturing Metrics
• Sustainability & Social Responsibility
• Customer Orientation
• Lean/Six Sigma Fundamentals
• Communications
• Decision Making
• People Development / Management
• Working Environment / Safety

Education:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university

Job Qualifications and/or Skills:

• Three (3) to five (5) years related experience or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel is required

Position Eligibility:

Criterions an employee must meet in order to be eligible to apply for this position.

• Met or exceeds performance expectations on their last review.
• Be clear of any written warnings for the last six (6) months.
• Be clear from probation or suspension for the last six (6) months.

Certifications & Licenses:

• HACCP certified
• SQF Practioner

Physical Requirements:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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.

• Must be able to move and/or lift up to 50 pounds occasionally
• Frequently standing, walking and sitting
• Frequently required the use of hands to finger, feel, reach or handle machinery
• Frequently bend, stoop and reach
• Visual Acuity (VA)

Work Environment:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• Moderate working conditions
• Exposure to variable noise levels
• Often exposed to moving mechanical parts

Safety and Quality Management:

Quality and Safety is EVERYONE’S responsibility! You must report or correct any food safety or potential food safety hazard to the person who can correct it. Adherence to policies and procedures related to quality management, safety, SQF and other regulatory guidelines communicated during your new hire orientation and defined in your Scholle IPN handbook are mandatory.

• Quality and Safety will be managed!