What if you were given the opportunity and responsibility to make a difference? At International Paper, you control your destiny. We offer challenging assignments and total rewards in countries around the world. When we say infinite possibilities, we mean it. Apply now and join a community that improves people’s lives, the planet and our company’s performance by transforming renewable resources into products people depend on every day.
Pay Rate:
$121,000 – $148,000
Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range.
Category/Shift:
Salaried Full-Time (exempt)
Physical Location:
Riegelwood Mill – Global Cellulose Fibers
865 John Riegel Rd
Riegelwood, NC 28456

THE SKILLS YOU WILL BRING:

• A minimum of three (3) years’ quality management experience in a manufacturing environment
• At least one (1) year of previous supervisory experience within quality management
• Strong computer knowledge and skills that include experience with Excel, Proficy, Pi, and Minitab
• Strong data analysis and root cause analysis skills required
• ISO 9001 experience preferred
• Six Sigma Green or Black Belt Certification a plus

THE CULTURE YOU WILL EXPERIENCE:

International Paper promotes employee well-being by providing safe, caring and inclusive workplaces. We have team members all around the world with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. These are our strengths. We are committed to creating a culture where all individuals are respected, valued, engaged and have an opportunity to do their best work every day. We invite you to bring your uniqueness, creativity, talents, experiences, and safety mindset to be a part of our increasingly inclusive and diverse culture.

• Manage the mill’s customer and quality audits:
• Maintain compliance to ISO 9001:2015 certification
• Coordinate ISO 9001 mill audits
• Lead the overall quality assurance of facility, including:
• Quality labs and testing
• Complaint systerms
• Routine work includes, complaint and credit statistics reporting, month-end and quarterly quality reports, project annual department budgetary needs, maintain lab equipment reliability and accuracy
• Maintain and create grade specifications and quality system alerts, coordinate internal mill trials, responsible for the day to day quality of roll stock leaving the mill meets customer requirements
• Must have a strong relationship with Finished Products (FP) management team in coordinating trial work and providing direction to FP team on quality related issues
• Significantly reduce high and normal risk complaints
• Ensure completion of root cause investigations and corrective actions for quality related issues and concerns, and monitor and ensure corrective actions in response to complaints are effective
• Interface with mill leadership and production departments, GCF business units, Customer Technical Service (CTS) representatives and customers regarding quality.
• Participate in internal and external audits including mill, GCF, and customer audits
• Support product innovation efforts, trials, projects and commercialization
• Work closely with GCF Sustainability to ensure the mill stays compliant with all certifications
• Manage one Quality Engineer and lead projects involving other department