Quality Auditor

Job Description Job Title: Quality Auditor Reports To: Quality Manager Summary: The Quality Auditor serves as the lead quality authority for their individual plants. Work closely with Quality Coordinator, develops, implements, maintains, and continually improves the facility’s quality management system to ensure compliance with internal, customer, and regulatory requirements. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.  Provides supervision of Quality Inspectors/Auditors.  Provides technical support to plant personnel on various quality functions and specialized software applications.  Serves as the facility ISO 9000 Management Representative.  Communicates quality results to the organization, and as needed to the customer.  Establishes and maintains the organization’s quality documentation system, which includes the quality policy, quality objectives, quality manual, quality procedures, work instructions, quality records, and other supportive quality documents to ensure compliance with specified requirements.  Serves as a liaison with the customer regarding quality issues, and works closely with the customer to continually improve the organization’s quality management system in order to meet or exceed the customer’s requirements.  Manages internal and supplier audit process; establishes scheduling; prepares checklists; assigns audit teams; conducts audits; issues corrective actions; and monitors effectiveness of corrective actions.  Responsible for processing vendor claims and monitoring supplier performance.  Effectively interacts with all departments, suppliers, and customers in support of integrated management system processes.  Serves as a technical resource for problem-solving regarding quality issues and chromatographic problems, both at the local and sector levels.  Serves as liaison with external auditors, and maintains quality system certification.  Maintains and follows all company policies and procedures for OHSE, personal protection, and hazard materials/waste handling according to established guidelines.  Participates in continuous improvement efforts intended to add value and to promote customer satisfaction.  Supports and promotes OHSE objectives and ISO 14000, and OHSAS 18000 requirements. QUALIFICATIONS The individual in this position must be able to work flexible hours, including weekends when needed. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE  Bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.) from a four-year college or university in chemistry, engineering, quality, business, or related field.  3-5 years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience should include supervision of a work group, management of quality systems, computer software experience, including database management, and technical expertise in chromatography and statistical process control; strong oral and written communication skills, knowledge of ISO Standard requirements, and experience with Agilent gas chromatographs, chromatographic software and quality management software systems is desirable.  C.I. training to include LSS, Green Belt, Quality systems. 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 walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee frequently is required to stand, sit, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Must be able to travel both domestic and international. Our Expectations We expect our people to be guided by The Amcor Way and demonstrate our Values every day to enable the business to win. We are winning when: Our people are engaged and developing as part of a high-performing Amcor team Our customers grow and prosper from Amcor’s quality, service, and innovation Our investors benefit from Amcor’s consistent growth and superior returns The environment is better off because of Amcor’s leadership and products Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world. At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet.  More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business. Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an everchanging world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come. And we invest in our world-class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business. To learn more about playing for Team Amcor, visit  www.amcor.com