Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including foodservice, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin, paper, molded fiber, aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories, 250 brands and over 39,000 SKUs.
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.
Position Summary:
The Quality Manager ensures all products meet customer requirements by leading the plant’s Quality Management System (QMS), driving daily quality activities, customer service support, and making informed decisions on quality issues. This role builds a proactive quality culture by managing and improving processes that design quality into the product and verify conformance. The Quality Manager oversees the accuracy and effectiveness of procedures, forms, work instructions, and communication to floor personnel, ensuring compliance with applicable standards and maintaining approval
through all internal and external audits. As the facility’s SQF Practitioner, the QM leads SQF programs, tracks and resolves quality complaints, and implements corrective and preventive actions. The role is deeply involved in daily QMS performance, monitoring controls, coaching teams, and partnering with managers and supervisors to investigate issues and develop sustainable solutions across the organization.
A reasonable estimate of the current range is $86,000-108,000 + bonus + benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. At Novolex, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.
The benefits for this role include 401(k) plan with company match, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible spending and health savings accounts, paid vacation, and sick days, paid parental leave, paid holidays and wellness program, free on-site medical clinic, financial protection benefits such as life, AD&D and disability insurance, education Support (for example, tuition reimbursement, Chairman’s Scholarship, 529 College Savings Plan), broad Based Employee Award Program—value sharing plan for all employees with one year of service, employee Assistance Program and much more!
Essential Functions & Key Responsibilities:
· Development, implementation and administration of quality policies and procedures to all employees.
· Establish and perform quality training programs for all employees.
· Perform corrective actions with the support of the Production Manager and HR Manager to ensure all quality and production policies and procedures are met and followed.
· Perform sanitation and quality control audits throughout the plant, report findings to Plant Manager, HR Manager, Shipping Manager and Production Managers and take corrective action.
· Maintain up to date inspection reports, files, quality programs and samples.
· Implement and maintain company Pest Control Program, GFSI / SQF Program and other programs to meet customer requirements.
· Oversee the development, implementation, review and maintenance of the SQF System, including food safety fundamentals outlined in the SQF Code, 8.
· Take appropriate action to ensure the integrity of the SQF System.
· Communicate to relevant personnel all information essential to ensure the effective implementation and maintenance of the SQF System.
· Facilitate customer questions by establishing customer relationships and working with corporate customer service.
· 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 compliance. (ink making, paste making, and graphics)
· Lead Continuous Improvement reporting, activities and training within the plant.
· Other miscellaneous duties as assigned by management.
Candidate Requirements:
· Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 5 years of quality control management experience in a manufacturing environment, or relevant working experience is required.
· Excellent communication skills
· Knowledge of Word, Excel and Access.
· Must have firm understanding of test procedures, statistics and process controls.
· Knowledge of bag machinery a plus
· Must have strong problem solving and analytical ability.
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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 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.
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.
We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs, training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula, support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union), and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.
Novolex is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices, including but not limited to selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, and compensation to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, handicap or disability, genetics, citizenship status, service member or veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. Any individual who, because of his or her disability, needs an accommodation in connection with an aspect of the Company's application process should contact myHRservices@novolex.com.
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