Are you a Leader? Do you drive change? Can you promote continuous improvement?

If so, Dart Container is seeking an industry-proven and detail-oriented Quality Control Manager to join our leadership team!

This role will be the link for ensuring the implementation of Dart’s Quality System in the facility; along with enriching our efficiencies in quality, safety, and service, linking the mission, strategy, and processes of the organization to the Manufacturing strategy.

Qualities we are looking for:

• Technically on-point

• Ability to develop strategic plans

• Identify training and development needs

• Formulate and maintain quality control objectives

• Coordinate objectives within the facility to maximize product reliability and minimize costs

• Comfortable with and enjoy continuously evaluating opportunities for improved efficiency, quality, safety, and service

We are looking for you to serve as a plant technical expert on quality assurance, process improvement tools, and problem-solving. Overall, you will help us continue to achieve our goals and remain the leader in setting the Industry Standard of Excellence.

In addition to your knowledge and technical expertise, we are looking for your leadership skills to enable and encourage strong cross-functional collaboration between the CQA, other plant locations, and the broader organization to share best practices. Your leadership will help proactively identify areas of opportunity to add value for Dart and to our customers

Core Skills and Qualifications:
The ideal Quality Manager candidate must possess all of the following:

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree and three (3) years of quality-related experience demonstrating a progression of increased scope and responsibility
• Three (3) years of supervisory experience with strong leadership and management skills
• Demonstration of minimum proficiency with the English language in order to ensure effective new hire training and on-going communications about safety and quality issues.
• Demonstrated mastery in quality methods, procedures, and processes
• Displays strong interpersonal skills and is accessible and approachable
• Ability to utilize business sense and creativity to develop new ideas, approaches and solutions
• Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
• Experience using Microsoft Office, including the ability to create basic reports, documents, presentations and spreadsheets in MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in planning, resource allocation, cost analysis and budgeting, people management, and leadership guidance
• Ability to utilize and train employees on technology, processes and procedures
• Excellent verbal and written skills necessary in order to persuade and influence decision making of individuals, groups, or work teams, and to communicate difficult issues
• Experience using various statistical and quality methodologies including but not limited to Statistical Process Control (SPC), Statistical Quality Control (SQC), 5S, 8D, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Root Cause Analysis, Gage Rrepeatability and Reproducibility (R&R), and Design of Experiments (DOE)
• Experience with Quality Management Systems (QMS)
• Math skills to include algebra and statistics
• Advanced knowledge of products, materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of products

Quality Manager Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

• Ability to obtain and maintain formal certifications American Society of Quality Certified Engineer, Certified Quality Auditor, or Certified Quality Manager
• ASQ certification
• 6 Sigma Black Belt Certification
• Experience in a manufacturing environment
• Experience managing multi-shift or continuous operations
• Paper converting, chemical/plastics processing and packaging industrial experience
• Lean manufacturing experience

Overview: Dart makes everyday products that give people the freedom to enjoy the food & drinks they love, wherever they are. From to-go containers and dinnerware to tamper-evident food packaging and even the red Solo cup, Dart products have been keeping people on the go and having fun for more than 50 years. Dart is a family-owned, family-focused company of 13,000 employees united by a shared set of values. Headquartered in Mason, MI, Dart has 30 locations in four countries.

Benefits: Dart Container full-time employees enjoy great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) with company matching contributions, paid vacation, paid holidays, short-term disability, tuition assistance, product discounts and more.

Dart Container is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are subject to a drug test (excluding THC*/marijuana/cannabis) and background check at the time of offer.

• THC testing ONLY when such testing is required by law.

Dart Container is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all candidates for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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