Quality Manager

ALPLA's Kansas City, MO manufacturing site is looking for a Quality Manager. ALPLA is a global family-owned, privately held company that makes innovative, customized, recycled packaging for top companies such as P&G, Unilever, LOréal, Pepsi, Henkel, Chobani and more. ALPLA values their employees, work-life balance, personal growth, compensation and sustainability.

The Quality Manager is responsible for coordinating and supervising all Quality Assurance activities in Production and in the Laboratory to assure exceptional quality product is delivered to the customer. Ensure Production Process output is in compliance with customer expectations. Responsible for quality related communication with customers. Responsible for Food Safety Management when food contact product is produced in the plant.

WHAT YOU WILL ENJOY DOING

Ensure production compliance with all internal and customer product and packaging specifications

Measurements and Testing

Measures, records and reports dimensional, functional and visual attributes per internally specified requirements

Maintains optimum performance and internal calibration checks on quality related equipment and schedules calibration of equipment requiring outside calibration

Customer Relationship Management regarding Quality issues

Works with production and customer to determine optimized process settings to assure specified requirements are met (specifically during sampling and product qualification process)

Hosts periodic customer visits

Manages customer complaint process

Ensures compliance with all ISO 9001 quality management system and and when producing food contact product, FSSC 22000 food safety management system.

Prepares and successfully completes internal, customer and external audit requirements

Maintenance of customer product specifications

Monthly reporting of quality and food safety system data per documented corporate procedures in emis and as required regionally

Owner of Root Cause Analyses Process by involving relevant departments in developing appropriate corrective action response

Documents and reports all supplier quality related issues per documented procedures

Responsible for the control & coordination of rework with production for all nonconforming product

Trains and supervises all personnel performing quality testing within the quality lab and on the production floor

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE

Education

4 year degree preferably in chemistry or science area or equivalent experience

Experience with physical lab testing equipment, calipers, scales, digital height gauge and compression force testing equipment and with Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM)

At least 5 years of work experience in Quality Assurance combined with a demonstrated track-record of accomplishments as a QA Manager, preferably in manufacturing environment

Qualifications/Skills:

Computer literate (Excel, SPC data base, Word)

Ability to work well with other departments

Ability to manage Customer Relations

Able to handle multi-task environment with excellent organizational skills

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM ALPLA

Health and Wellness Care Program- Benefits STARTING DAY 1!

Dependent Care Cost Savings Program

Recognition programs; Promotional opportunities

401K Retirement Plan and excellent Matching Plan

Medical, dental, vision plan

Education assistance program

Short term, long term and life insurance paid by ALPLA

Paid vacation; paid holidays

ALPLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: ALPLA is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at ALPLA are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. ALPLA will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.