Quality Improvement Leader

LOCATION: 

Hamilton, NZ, 2000

REQ ID:  50905

Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance – a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact. That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value for our stakeholders. In 2024, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in revenue and had approximately 16,400 employees distributing products and services to 117 countries/territories around the world. To learn more, visit www.sealedair.com.

Position Purpose

The Hamilton Quality Improvement Leader will drive quality improvement strategies and actions achieving continuous improvement in plant, customer quality and food safety performance.

Job Description

  • Provide leadership in quality improvement methodologies as part of the site leadership team.
  • Coach and be a role model of the behaviour’s required to achieve excellent performance both within our plant and for our customers.
  • Act with urgency to protect the customer and expedite return to steady state.
  • Accountable for performance metrics including but not limited to PPM, Blocked stock, spoilage and customer complaints
  • Drive performance improvement by facilitating regular measured reviews with manufacturing departments.
  • Design and implement shop floor product/process quality control systems focusing on zero defect manufacturing methods
  • Design, implement and maintain an effective quality management system in accordance with corporate, regulatory or ISO certification requirements.
  • Lead quality improvement projects utilizing industry best practice methods to solve problems and improve overall quality performance.
  • Liaise with other functions across SAC to ensure the voice of the customer is heard and the organization drives for total customer satisfaction.
  • Ensure quality training programs and competency assessments are in place to cover the quality aspects of all job functions on site.
  • Ensure new products and product extensions are introduced in a systematic way and ensure customer requirements are achieved.
  • Facilitate and support customer complaint investigations and issues in a timely and professional fashion.
  • Ensure that corrective actions are taken by the appropriate functions.
  • Ensure compliance to all company policies.
  • Customer Supply Chain PPM
  • Complaint response timeliness and quality
  • Reduction in spoilage
  • Clear visibility of departmental performance and accountability
  • New product introduction and quality performance

Qualifications and Experience

  • A tertiary qualification in an engineering or science discipline.
  • Proven experience in Quality roles within the Packaging/Chemical industries, with strong knowledge of Quality processes and standards.
  • Certification in Six Sigma Green Belt or equivalent (or willingness to achieve certification within 12 months).
  • Demonstrated ability to coordinate Quality initiatives and continuous improvement projects.
  • Strong people management skills, supported by experience or a Frontline Management qualification.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).

Requisition id: 50905 

Relocation: No  

Sealed Air is committed to attracting, selecting, and developing talent that reflects the diversity of the communities and customers we serve. We take pride in our selection process to identify,  infuse, and grow talent to align with our culture, values, and norms. Sealed Air prioritizes talent development, fostering a culture of continuous growth and career progression. The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and to all employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. 

*Please be cautious of fraudulent recruiting efforts using the Sealed Air name or logo. Sealed Air will never request private information during the application process, such as a Driver's License or Social Security Number. If you have any concerns about information received from SEE during the application process, please reach out to us directly at globalta@sealedair.com. 

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WHY WORK AT SEALED AIR?

It is our responsibility to leverage what we have to affect positive and meaningful change for our communities and planet using Sealed Air’s global resources and expertise.

Corporate sustainability. It’s about improving the lives of people around the world by addressing pressing needs in the communities where we and our customers operate.

Customer Success. Meeting our customers' needs. At Sealed Air it’s more than a goal, it’s an integral part of our business practices, our innovative solutions, and our values.

Leaving our communities better than we found them through dedication of time, talent and resources.


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