Supplier Quality Engineer

Avery Dennison - Mentor, OH

Full-time - Entry Level

Mentor, OH

10,001+ employees

Paper Manufacturing

About the position

The Supplier Quality Engineer at Avery Dennison is responsible for leading quality improvement initiatives related to raw materials, ensuring compliance and quality standards are met for both internal and external customers. This role involves collaboration with various functional areas to resolve quality issues, drive improvements, and support production quality efforts.

Responsibilities

• Work with raw material vendors to resolve quality issues and to make improvements.
• Act as the primary problem solving resource for raw material issues as needed.
• Act as the link between operations and raw material vendors.
• Provide internal production quality support related to issue resolution, product quality/risk assessment and product disposition.
• Work to help resolve internal and external customer quality concerns as required.
• Work across functional boundaries and interface with these business disciplines in a significant manner - laboratory, manufacturing, engineering, sales, and marketing functions as needed to carry out assignments.
• Works to improve quality metrics (complaints, losses, hold) through supplier quality improvements.
• Dispositions materials or assists in dispositioning material on as needed basis.
• Provide support in customer, supplier, third party and regulatory audits.
• Provides training and quality support to the production areas as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field.
• 2-5 years experience in Quality or similar fields.
• Good statistical background with Minitab knowledge.
• Experience handling multiple responsibilities with minimal direction.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; strong presentation skills.
• Able to effectively work with various functions and levels within the organization.

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of ISO 9001 is a plus
• Six Sigma Training or certification is helpful

Benefits

• Health & wellness benefits starting on day 1 of employment
• Paid parental leave
• 401K eligibility
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program eligibility / Health Advocate
• Paid vacation and paid holidays