Why Choose Us?

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.

Our Sustainability Commitment

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.

The Quality Director is responsible for driving quality strategy and execution across a complex, multi-site business unit.  The role provides strategic oversight of quality management systems, customer quality performance, and food safety compliance across 3–5 operating units and up to 40 facilities. The leader partners closely with customers, operations, and New Product Development to ensure consistent product quality, continuous improvement, and support for business growth while leading and influencing plant and corporate quality teams under a unified One Quality approach.

Description:

• Reports to the Sr. Director of Quality with dotted line to BU VP.
• Develops and executes quality-related strategic plans to support the organization’s objectives and goals.
• Plans, coordinates, and provides high level oversight of quality management systems to ensure quality production across all plants consistent with established specifications and standards.
• Interfaces directly with customers and develops close working relationships to effectively manage quality issues for existing business and to support business growth in close partnership with strategic customers and New Product Development.
• Keeps management teams abreast of significant issues or developments identified during quality-related investigations, audits, or improvement activities.
• Establishes and oversees customer scorecard tracking metrics including development and oversight of corrective/preventative action systems across all plants.
• Ensures uniform product specifications, quality assurance methodologies, and statistical process control (SPC) run rules are in use across the businesses and plants.
• Develops and reports quality KPI information to key stakeholders.
• Applies SPC, six sigma, and lean manufacturing methods to evaluate and improve the current quality systems and processes.
• Provides strategic guidance and oversight through direct performance management of Corporate Quality Managers in the business unit [BU]
• Responsible to support a business unit consisting of 3 to 5 operating units (having 6 to 8 facilities each)
• Leads BU plant quality resources through influence and supports One Novolex Quality Team
• Oversees the development and implementation of quality training programs to key personnel in conjunction with corporate and plant quality resources.
• Maintains a working knowledge of government and industry quality codes and standards, including food safety.
• Ensures corporate wide, continuous compliance with government, customer, and third-party food safety certification requirements, including on-site audits.
• This remote/travel position will travel within the United States and Canada; travel may average 80%.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• BA/BS degree is required, technical field preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in in a quality management role in a manufacturing environment, preferably in the plastics, paper, or packaging industry is required.
• Minimum 15 years of experience as a quality manager or other senior leader preferably in the rigid or flexible poly industry or in food contact packaging.
• Minimum 4 years working with internal and external customers.
• Displays excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Comfortable working in a fast paced, dynamic, and flexible team-based environment.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in direct performance management of operations employees and strong leadership abilities
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects under tight timelines; works with a sense of urgency.
• Analysis, critical thinking, good judgment, and strong problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills necessary to interact effectively with individuals at all levels of the company and enjoys a fast-paced environment.
• Practical experience with risk management, product testing, capability studies and control plans.
• Strong leadership experience with compliance program requirements such as food safety, SQF, BRCGS, HACCP, forestry, and sustainability programs, including experience with internal and external auditing.
• Proficient in use of MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) programs.
• Nice to have: Six Sigma Principles, Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing.

A reasonable estimate of the current range is $150,000-$160,000+ 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.

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What You'll Get From Us

Benefits

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.

Community Engagement

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.

Training and Development

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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