Director of Quality (REQ908)

Director of Quality Maryland Heights, MO Spartech offers a competitive salary, incentives, and benefit programs! Spartech, LLC, headquartered in Maryland Heights, Missouri, has over a dozen locations throughout the United States. We have a broad customer base with extensive product offerings and technologies. Many of our materials are used in products you might see every day - for example if you start your morning with a single serve yogurt, the container you ate from may be made from one of Spartech’s products or the refrigerator where the yogurt was stored could have Spartech products in its interior features. More unique uses of our products can be seen in military or security applications, for example in fighter jet canopies or bullet resistant windows. From routine daily-life to life-saving applications—we make a difference. Our broad scope of products and services keep our environment interesting and challenging with a culture focused on success. If you want to make a difference in a fast-paced environment with a company large enough to offer you room to grow but not so large that you become “just a number”, Spartech might be the ideal company for you. General Summary and Essential Duties & Responsibilities: The Director of Quality has global responsibility for Spartech's Quality Management System across all aspects and functions of the organization. The Corporate Quality Manager is accountable for setting the long-range global vision of quality and is the driver of enterprise wide quality improvement initiatives and programs. In addition, the role is responsible for central management of ISO, the global customer complaint process and calibration services. Requirements Key Responsibilities to Include: Perform on-going assessments of Spartech’s quality system effectiveness; develop long-range vision based on identified performance gaps, emerging customer requirements and external benchmarking; Spartech’s quality system includes corrective and preventive action, internal auditing, document control, control of records, process control, raw material management, lab testing, etc. Evaluate and monitor (and participate as required in) all external customer quality audits to gather the collective voice of our customers and their needs across Spartech; coordinate investigation of evolving trends and related gaps; structure a plan to address. Interface with senior leaders by providing guidance on how to improve quality systems and product quality within their businesses and functional units. Assist business teams in managing, coordinating, and prioritizing their quality project portfolio including selecting the appropriate channel for improvement activity and the articulation of required activity into project charters. Develop and maintain global quality metrics (i.e. cost of quality) along with method for the communication of results through executive dashboards and reports; recommend and implement corrective actions where…