Quality Officer

DESCRIPTION: 

Avient Corporation provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world. Examples include:

·       Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber™, enables unmatched levels of performance and protection for end-use applications, including ballistic personal protection, marine and sustainable infrastructure and outdoor sports  

·       Unique technologies that improve the recyclability of products and enable recycled content to be incorporated, thus advancing a more circular economy   

·       Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce carbon footprint  

·       Sustainable infrastructure solutions that increase energy efficiency, renewable energy, natural resource conservation and fiber optic / 5G network accessibility

Avient employs approximately 10,000 associates and is certified ACC Responsible Care®, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work®.  For more information, visit www.avient.com.

WHY AVIENT:

Avient Corporation is a world-class sustainable organization built on innovation, collaboration, and employee development. We are committed to providing a supportive and dynamic work environment where our diverse associates can grow and succeed, as well positively impacting our planet and the communities we serve. Our Great Place to Work culture, values, and benefits make Avient an employer of choice for top talent.

We believe diversity of ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person’s qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.

Avient Corporation is a drug free workplace. Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran’s status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law.

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

The primary purpose of Quality Officer is to provide quality support and oversight to ensure compliance with quality systems and/or regulations that govern Avient Protective Materials organization.  Compliance ensures that Avient Protective Materials can operate without impeding product quality, causing product stoppages or reducing customer satisfaction.

JOB CONTEXT:

1.)  Direction and priority setting by immediate supervisor.  Customer contact is primarily internal (local/global) to organization.

2.)    Products supported by this position include all products manufactured at Avient Protective Materials Greenville Site.

3.)    Collaboration on projects and/or documentation and/or communicate issues for resolution/investigation with associates in other departments in the local and global organization.

JOB CONTENT:

Key Areas of Accountability / Responsibility

1.     All employees have the responsibility to:

a)    Show behavior in line with the SHE and Security risks and agreed controls, including being compliant to Avient Protective Materials requirements, rules and procedures

b)    Address any person behaving in a SHE and Security irresponsible way

c)     Report any SHE and Security incidents (including observed risks) to management 

2.     Avient Protective Materials Values - Must strive to behave in line with Avient Protective Materials Values, supporting and encouraging colleagues in their alignment with our Values. Aspires to demonstrate exemplary behavior with respect to the Avient Protective Materials values inside and outside APM. 

3.   Manufacturing Excellence – Avient Protective Materials wants to be 'best in class' in every respect, including manufacturing. To excel in manufacturing, we need to optimize how we do things. Everyone within the organization has at least one role within Manufacturing Excellence. Roles and responsibilities are defined and assigned to those involved in the different Manufacturing Excellence Work Processes. 

4.     Ensure all work is conducted in a safe and effective manner and all applicable procedures and policies are followed.  Take action to correct unsafe acts, systems, and procedures.

5.   Abides by Avient Protective Materials procedures/policies regarding security, inclusive of:  employee security agreements; use of non-disclosure agreements with outside parties; control of Avient Protective Materials intellectual property limited to a “need to know” only basis; no unauthorized use of cell phones, cameras, computers or APM property; reporting security threats and incidents; proper control of APM property and keys.

6.     Perform SAP master data activities to support both local and global needs.

7.     Provide product release quality support by being a key user of SAP Quality Management Module to include releasing and/or blocking raw materials & intermediate products for further processing and final product for shipment to customer.

8.  Provide quality oversight of assigned customer complaints by facilitating investigation with impacted departments, ensuring that identified corrective and/or preventive actions are aligned with quality system requirements and effectively implemented, and complaint documentation is completed and/or approved within specified timeline.

9.     Ensure adherence to quality system, corporate and/or regulatory requirements with little dependence on others.  Identify deviations or non-conformances and issue appropriate internal notifications to responsible areas for follow-up.  Provide quality oversight by facilitating investigation with impacted departments, ensuring that identified corrective and/or preventive actions are aligned with quality system requirements and effectively implemented, and documentation is completed and/or approved within specified timeline.

10.   Serve as Subject Matter Expert for Quality Management Systems and represent Quality Assurance in multi-disciplinary teams as assigned (i.e., quality risk assessments, compliance initiatives, product introductions and/or changes, facility expansions, etc.)

11.   Perform document (i.e., procedural, batch records, complaints, investigations, validation) reviews and make determinations as to whether work performed meets current procedures and/or quality system expectations.  Communicate and coordinate with other departments as required to resolve issues and compliance concerns detected during review.

12.   Perform trending, analysis and reporting of quality system performance issues to identify and resolve high priority issues.

13.   Participate in quality audits (i.e., customer, notified body, internal, supplier) as assigned representing quality assurance.  ISO Auditor training is required.

14.   Perform quality compliance assessments for change control, including validation, and make decisions regarding quality impact and requirements.

15.   Assist training department in identifying and developing needed and/or required quality system training (i.e., ISO quality system, Corrective and Preventive Actions, etc.)

16.  Comply with all job-related safety and training requirements in a timely manner.

17.  Maintain annual training requirements on hazardous waste by reviewing DYNPRO SHE DYN 653 and general awareness presentation.  Specific job holders will complete more detailed training as well.

18.  Perform other duties as assigned.

            Authorities

Authorized to approve work permits per details included in DYNPRO SHE DYN 026. If so authorized, employee must maintain necessary refresher training to participate in these activities

            Projects or Special Assignments

•   Collaboration on projects and/or documentation
•   Communicate issues for resolution/investigation