Lean Sigma & QC Engineer

Company Description

About Avery Dennison

Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company that provides branding and information labeling solutions, including pressure-sensitive materials, radio-frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, and a variety of converted products and solutions. The company designs and manufactures a wide range of labeling and functional materials that enhance branded packaging, carry or display information that connects the physical and the digital, and improve customers’ product performance. The company serves an array of industries worldwide, including home and personal care, apparel, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals and automotive. The company employs approximately 36,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Reported sales in 2022 were $9.0 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

Job Description

SUMMARY:  ELS & Quality project leader will develop, maintain, and ensure compliance with quality assurance programs, policies, and processes.  The incumbent is a Lean/Six Sigma expert, who uses the tools of Lean/Six Sigma to identify opportunities at the site or within a functional area to improve business results and drive continuous improvement.  Responsible for interpreting policies and regulatory/global ops regulations to ensure compliance.  Will work directly with the operating areas to assist or complete inspections, process control analysis, and audits as required.  The individual will manage manufacturing and service functions to establish quality and ELS standards and improvements for raw material, work in process, and finished products.

REPRESENTATIVE ACTIVITIES: Activities and duties will vary depending upon functional area assigned.  Activities may include, but are not limited to:

General

• Develop, manage and execute appropriate business plans/multi-generation product plans to identify trends and opportunities for marketplace advantage and new ideas for products, processes and services. 
• Execute the most diverse, complex and difficult projects or tasks within guidelines of policies and procedures.
• Analyze supply chain and help identify projects or process changes.
• Identify, direct and lead ISO, continuous improvement, and quality assurance projects and activities to improve process consistency/layout/flow, reduce costs, remove barriers, and increase the quality and output of the end product.  

• Develop, analyze, and manage quality expenses.
• Provide project management and technical leadership within cross-functional teams, including local and/or global quality and ELS teams. 
• Communicate with internal and external stakeholders, including suppliers and customers.

• Responsible for clear, focused leadership to further reduce the barriers to delivering competitive advantage via global size and scale.  
• Documents results, researches, interprets, and tests methods to satisfy and develop objectives.  Writes technical summaries.
• Develop quality Objectives, Goals, Strategies and Measures (OGSM) for assigned area and confirm linkage to global business strategies.
• Use the Value Stream Map to establish the baseline process and measure progress.
• Track and report metrics, results, and issues to Manager.
• Lead benchmarking of quality and process and related topics in support of divisional goals.

Employee Development & Management

• Model and promote the Corporation’s Code of Business Ethics and Values.
• Be a change agent – challenge old ways of doing business and implement breakthrough improvements, motivating others to adopt and take ownership of new processes.
• Positively lead and influence team members to partner together to achieve individual and business goals.
• Regularly train, monitor, mentor, educate, and evaluate team members. Provide development opportunities.
• Develop in-depth understanding of Enterprise Lean Sigma philosophy and methods as demonstrated by successful implementation and certification in these areas.
• Ensure annual goals are complete and communicated
• Attract, retain and develop high potential talent.
• Coordinate team efforts, create and manage a regional strategy and team operating plan.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in area of specialty or equivalent experience preferred
• Senior specialist level position.
• 8+ years related experience
• Strong engineering knowledge in specialty.
• Proven experience in completing difficult technical assignments without immediate supervision; analyzing complex data and preparing effective reports and recommendations.
• Skilled in ru