Quality Manager

Mativ is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The Company offers a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions that connect, protect, and purify our world.

Mativ, a worldwide leading manufacturer of bonding and adhesive components and solutions for the Healthcare, Industrial and Transportation markets, is currently recruiting for a Quality Manager for its Renfrew, Ontario manufacturing site.

Reporting to the Renfrew Plant Manager, the Quality Manager will be responsible for overseeing the quality assurance systems and for ensuring that the products that are manufactured in a multi-shift calendering and converting facility are fit for purpose and meet both internal and external customer requirements. This individual is a key member of the Operations support team responsible for the overall operational effectiveness of the site.

Responsibilities:

• Promoting quality achievement and performance improvement throughout the organization.
• Developing, implementing, communicating and maintaining a quality plan to bring the Company’s quality systems and policies into compliance with quality system requirements.
• Effectively interact with production and development teams to maintain product supply and help introduce new products
• Working with purchasing staff to establish quality requirements from external suppliers.
• Ensuring compliance with quality management system, national and international standards and legislation.
• Defining quality procedures in conjunction with operating staff.
• Setting up and maintaining controls and documentation procedures.
• Liaising with external auditors, customers’ auditors, and ensuring the execution of corrective action and compliance with customers’ specifications.
• Establishing standards of service for customers or clients.
• Monitoring performance by gathering relevant data and producing statistical reports.
• Organize and manage quality assurance function in close co-operation with the customers and with the Company’s Management team (Member of Management Team).
• Identifying relevant quality-related training needs and delivering training.
• Maintaining relevant PFMEA, Control Plans, PPAP’s, IMDS system.
• Collating and analyzing performance data and charts against defined parameters.
• Ensuring tests and procedures are properly understood, carried out and evaluated and that product modifications are investigated if necessary.
• Supervising Quality Department personnel in carrying out required job tasks
• Writing technical and management systems reports.
• Bringing together staff of different disciplines and driving the group to plan and formulate comprehensive manufacturing procedures.
• Managing and maintaining the Company’s quality inspection and product release programs for incoming and in-process materials and components, processes and finished goods.
• Formulating and managing the development and implementation of objectives, policies, procedures and systems.
• Setting quality department goals and objectives and ensuring that targets are achieved.
• Maintaining awareness of the business context and company profitability, including budgetary control issues.
• Assessing the product specifications of the company and its suppliers, while comparing with customer requirements.

The ideal candidate will possess:

• Post-secondary education in Engineering, Science, or related Technical Field
• 5 to 7 years of manufacturing experience
• Strong technical background
• Previous experience with quality management standards such as ISO 9001/IATF 16949
• Strong analytical skills, problem solving and ability to meet tight deadlines
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, combined with strong interpersonal skills
• Highly proficient with Microsoft Office products, including advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Experience with SAP is considered an asset

WHAT WE OFFER

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ABOUT MATIV

Mativ Holdings, Inc. is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in…