ALPLA is a global family-owned, privately held company that makes innovative, customized, recycled packaging for top companies such as P&G, Unilever, L'Oréal, Pepsi, and more. ALPLA values their employees, work-life balance, personal growth, compensation and sustainability.
What Can You Expect From ALPLA
Health and Wellness Care Program- Benefits Child Care Benefits Dependent Care Cost Savings Program Recognition programs; Promotional opportunities 401K Retirement Plan and excellent Matching Plan Medical, dental, vision plan Education assistance program/tuition reimbursement Short term, long term and life insurance paid by ALPLA Paid vacation; paid holidays
What Will You Enjoy Doing
Quality System
• Ensures compliance with all quality management system requirements (ISO 9001,
FSSC 22000 and other standards as required)
• Primary practitioner for HACCP program (as applicable); supports any additional risk
assessment requirements including change management
• Prepares and successfully completes internal and external quality and/or food safety
audits
• Monthly reporting of quality and food safety system data per documented corporate
procedures locally as well as regionally as required
Quality Control
• Ensure production compliance with all regulatory, internal and customer product
and packaging specifications; ensures customer specifications are current and
accessible
• Ensure customer mandated compliance documents are issued (i.e. COAs, regulatory
statements)
• Oversite responsibility for plant quality control program including product
measurement/testing and data collection and integrity and rework management
• Oversite for performance of quality test equipment including internal and external
calibration programs
• Assist operations in new product (AQP) and equipment qualification and verification
activities
• Assist in optimizing and standardizing plant quality documentation including
utilization of standard document control systems
• Documents and reports all supplier quality related issues per standard procedures;
supports Logistics team on securing complaint resolution
Customer Relationship Management
• Hosts periodic customer visits; primary contact for quality and regulatory related
communications with customer
• Manages customer complaint process including application of proper RCA
techniques and tools. Ensures customer complaints are captured in
global/regional/local reporting systems
• Supports the RCA process and training for other departments in the plant
Laboratory Management
• Ensures all personnel performing quality testing within the quality lab and on the
production floor are trained and qualified
• Leading the Team
o Regularly scheduled quality staff meeting
o Ensures team works together as efficiently as possible
o Ensures correctly time and attendance of team is captured
o Recruits (with HR) new employees
o Performs disciplinary actions
o Performs annual performance evaluations
o Assesses training needs of staff and ensures execution of training
What Makes You Great
Education/Experience:
• 4 year degree in a STEM/technical discipline or equivalent work experience
• Experience with physical lab testing equipment, calipers, scales, digital height
gauge and compression force testing equipment. Experience with Coordinate
Measuring Machine (CMM) preferred.
• At least 5 years of work experience in Quality Assurance combined with a
demonstrated track-record of accomplishments as a QA Manager, preferably in
manufacturing environment
Qualifications/Skills:
• Proficient with Excel, SPC software, Word, PowerPoint
• Intermediate to advanced statistical knowledge
• Ability to work well with other departments
• Ability to manage Customer Relations
• Able to handle multi-task environment with excellent organizational skills
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be
met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities
to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job:
• The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and
arms and very occasionally to climb or balance.
• The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or
feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit.
• The employee must regularly lift and/ or move up to 10 lbs, frequently lift and/or move up to 30 lbs and occasionally lift and/or move more than 50
lbs.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
It is required to act in a safe and environmentally responsible manner at all times by adhering to all ALPLA policies and procedures and Safety Standards (OSHA).
ALPLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: ALPLA is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at ALPLA are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. ALPLA will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.
ALPLA is a global family-owned, privately held company that makes innovative, customized, recycled packaging for top companies such as P&G, Unilever, L'Oréal, Pepsi, and more. ALPLA values their employees, work-life balance, personal growth, compensation and sustainability.
What Can You Expect From ALPLA
Health and Wellness Care Program- Benefits Child Care Benefits Dependent Care Cost Savings Program Recognition programs; Promotional opportunities 401K Retirement Plan and excellent Matching Plan Medical, dental, vision plan Education assistance program/tuition reimbursement Short term, long term and life insurance paid by ALPLA Paid vacation; paid holidaysWHAT YOU WILL ENJOY DOING
Main Responsibilities:
Ensures and reinforces the exercise of the health and safety program Oversees daily production
What Makes You Great
Education/Experience:
Min 2-year Degree (Associates) in related field or equivalent, Bachelor Degree preferred Technical / Engineering background 3 to 5 year's experience in a management position in production, preferably within plasticsQualifications/Skills:
Thorough understanding of Health and Safety practices Excellent communication and organizational skills Strong leadership skills Technical understanding (Manufacturing and IT) Strong knowledge sharing/training skills
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an
employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions. While performing the duties of this job:
• The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, climb or
balance, use hands to finger, handle or feel.
• The employee is frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch, and talk and hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit.
• The employee must regularly lift and/ or move up to 10 lbs, frequently lift and/or move up
to 30 lbs and occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 lbs.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
It is required to act in a safe and environmentally responsible manner at all times by adhering to
all ALPLA policies and procedures and Safety Standards (OSHA).
ALPLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: ALPLA is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at ALPLA are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. ALPLA will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.
