Quality Specialist

Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company. We are Making Possible products and solutions that help advance the industries we serve, providing branding and information solutions that optimize labor and supply chain efficiency, reduce waste, advance sustainability, circularity and transparency, and better connect brands and consumers. We design and develop labeling and functional materials, radio frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, software applications that connect the physical and digital, and offerings that enhance branded packaging and carry or display information that improves the customer experience. Serving industries worldwide — including home and personal care, apparel, general retail, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals and automotive — we employ approximately 35,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Our reported sales in 2024 were $8.8 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

Avery Dennison is an equal opportunity employer.
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Job Description

The Quality Specialist will develop, implement, and improve quality plans, programs, procedures, and systems using statistical analyses, lean manufacturing concepts, and six sigma tools and analyses. The incumbent reviews, analyzes, and reports on quality system and process discrepancies and develops/implements best practices for standardization and excellence. Ensures that performance and quality products conform to established company and regulatory standards.

Your Responsibilities Will Include:

• Activities and duties will vary depending upon the functional area assigned. Activities may include, but are not limited to:
• Ensures that performance and quality products conform to established company and regulatory standards.
• Develop and update Avery Dennison quality system training programs and train all levels of employees on these systems.
• Audit and test the quality system to ensure sustainability of processes and compliance with Company and legal requirements.
• Report on quality performance metrics and present to site leadership.
• Work closely with global quality team to deploy, update, suggest quality standards and ensure site compliance with global standards.
• Investigate problems and perform root cause analysis; develop disposition and corrective actions for addressing issues. Recommend corrective actions, dispositions, and modifications in agreement with operation lead.
• Develop and implement program quality plans, programs, and procedures using statistical quality control statistics, lean manufacturing concepts, and ELS tools and analyses. Lead and/or participate in quality process improvement projects.
• Support Compliance Audit and Clients Audit activities on site.
• Interface with other functions to ensure quality process requirements are met.
• Oversee the document control system by processing document change requests and working with divisions to develop new documents.
• Create, review, and approve changes to the quality system process to devise best practices and reduce process variation.
• Consult with quality departments in other countries on best practices.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of quality experience.
• Certified Auditor or Certified Quality Analyst preferred.
• Collaboration and partnering attitude is a must.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong auditing and statistical skills.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.

We understand diversity and equal opportunities as enrichment for our future-oriented work at Avery Dennison. With us, teams are balanced and diverse. Because each of us is unique, we appreciate bringing together different personalities and talents.