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About Berry

At Berry Global Group, Inc. (NYSE: BERY), we create innovative packaging and engineered products that we believe make life better for people and the planet. We do this every day by leveraging our unmatched global capabilities, sustainability leadership, and deep innovation expertise to serve customers of all sizes around the world. Harnessing the strength in our diversity and industry-leading talent of over 40,000 global employees across more than 250 locations, we partner with customers to develop, design, and manufacture innovative products with an eye toward the circular economy. The challenges we solve and the innovations we pioneer benefit our customers at every stage of their journey. For more information, visit our website , or connect with us on LinkedIn or Twitter.

The Regional Quality Director will promote a quality driven mindset across the Food and Converter segment within the Flexibles division. The position works with cross-departmental leadership to deliver high quality products to the customer while maintaining a quality system to ensure the company’s facilities, equipment, personnel, methods, processes, and procedures conform to both internal guidelines and regulatory/statutory standards.

Responsibilities

• Work cross functionally to champion development and execution of strategic processes across the segment and drive effective and systemic improvements leading the organization to a ZERO defect future state.

• Develop an overall multi-year strategic plan to drive the needed improvements in the organization.

• Work collaboratively with commercial and operational teams, communicating with customers to resolve quality issues and establish appropriate effective corrective actions.

• Utilize, deploy and integrate multiple Root Cause tools and ensure the proper methodology is being utilized. (Including, but not limited to: fishbone, 5-why, FMEA)

• Coordinate, collect, analyze, and effectively communicate quality data internally as well as per customer demands.

• Proactively plan interfaces with key stakeholders including customers to review the plan, progress, results and make any needed course adjustments.

• Provide support and direction to Regional Quality Leaders to achieve agreed upon goals.

• Communicate with other functions to assure both product quality and processes improvements are implemented and maintained.

• Review customer complaints and claims for opportunities for improvement.

• Conduct internal audits (assessments) and per customer expectations (i.e. iQuality) and organize 3rd party audits to ensure required compliance to ISO standards and customer requirements are met.

• Lead and assist in effective Management of Change Process (MoC) for the division to ensure timely customer notification of changes.

• Advise Leadership on potential risks associated with Quality issues.

• Review Customer Quality Agreements for accuracy, compliance, and collaboration with plant sites.

• Ensure products are in compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements.

• Reports to Leadership on regular basis the status of improvement initiatives through various reports and summaries.

• Conduct pre-assessment audits for AIB, BRC, SQF, ISCC, ISO and help the sites to navigate the certification process by preparing them in advance to shorten the time taken to achieve certification.

• Drive and support divisional vision including initiatives like vision systems and quality windows.

Safety Commitment :

• Takes reasonable care for their own health and safety.

• Takes reasonable care for the health and safety of others.

• Authorized to stop work when a perceived unsafe condition or behavior may result in an unwanted event.

• Understands and actively participates in the company’s EHS policy, goals, and objectives.

Qualifications

• Ability to organize, coordinate and direct cross-functional teams.

• Ability to perform analysis utilizing latest software tools i.e. Quality Windows, Minitab, etc…

• Ability to self-direct, lead and drive improvement opportunities through completion.

• Ability to work effectively with key stakeholders, leaders, and plant sites to consistently drive improvements.

• Problem Solving - identify and resolve problems in a timely manner; gathering and analyzing information skillfully to develop alternative solutions.

• Communication and Interpersonal Skills- write and verbalize clearly, informatively, and effectively, able to read and interpret written information at a high level consistent up to combative environment at times in a customer interaction.

• Ethics – work with integrity and ethically; upholding organizational values.

• Professionalism -treat others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position, accepting responsibility for own actions and following through on commitments. Is polite, conversational, self-confident, comfortable to be with and non-assuming.

• Innovation - displays original thinking and creativity, meeting challenges with resourcefulness. Generate suggestions for improving work, develop innovative approaches and ideas. Present ideas and information in a manner that gets others' attention.

• Leadership and Interpersonal Skills – has the ability to build effective teams, to inspire others to their best, and to coach and mentor. Has the ability to confront difficult situations and manage them to a successful conclusion. Is organized and produces a paper trail that can be easily understood by third party. Embraces life-long learning and strives to stay current with new industry trends and practice.

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in a technical field.

• Three years of Quality leadership experience and or Operation experience.

• Strong organizational and leadership skills

• Proficient with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

• Demonstrated ability to provide guidance and leadership to others.

• Demonstrated ability to develop a team environment.

• Working knowledge of ISO standards for healthcare/personal care primary packaging and food packaging

• Working knowledge of PSC, Six Sigma, and team building

• Experience with manufacturing.

• Experience with various 3rd party audit organizations covering ISO standards.

• ASQ certification and Plastics experience desired

• Ability to travel (25% - 40% travel required)

• Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Must be computer literate and proficient in Windows, Word PowerPoint, and Excel.

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Location US-IN-EVANSVILLE | REMOTE

Job ID 2024-23852

Position Type Regular Full-Time

Category Quality Assurance & ISO Management

Location : Address PO BOX 959

Additional Locations REMOTE