Field Quality Analyst - packaging

Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance – a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact. That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value for our stakeholders. In 2023, Sealed Air generated $5.5 billion in revenue in 2023 and had approximately 17,000 employees operating out of 46 countries/territories and distributing products in 115 countries/territories around the world. To learn more, visit www.sealedair.com.

Job Description

Job Summary:

Work with Sealed Air Supply Chain, Sales and customers to quantify and improve the quality and performance of Sealed Air’s products. Investigate and analyze quality issues and lead resolution efforts. Recommend, assist with, and/ or initiate programs designed to improve performance of Sealed Air products and equipment, as well as customer packaging processes.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the Sealed Air quality representative in the field and provide guidance, advice, and training to customers about quality improvement techniques.
• Act as advisor/liaison between internal and external customers and Supply Chain, identify areas of potential improvement and communicate those findings to customers and Sealed Air plants.
• Identify problems and opportunities in the Customer’s process (potentially including equipment) and recommend product / process quality improvements that provide value to Sealed Air and our customers.
• Pro-actively address quality issues within assigned territory/area of responsibility. Initiate the appropriate communications and drive the root cause investigation and corrective actions to resolve the issues.
• Support the complaint process investigating material quality issues, gather data from Dynamics/SAP/Smart Factory, segregate good/suspect material, communicate closely with the manufacturing plant, sales and customers.
• Work with Supply Chain, Sales, Technical Sales, Applications/R&D, and APS Equipment on special projects to address customer needs such as line layout, equipment recommendations, and new product development (team member or team leader as needed).

Qualifications

Education/Experience:

• BS/BA required, preferably in a technical field, or a minimum of 5 years of technical experience in Sealed Air operations.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in packaging, APS packaging, or Protective packaging, or flexible films manufacturing, quality or technical field.

Skills/Certifications/Special Training:

• Six-Sigma/Lean certification is desirable, or ability to be certified.
• Personal computer skills with standard software systems (WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT especially) are essential.
• Demonstrated ability to work and communicate effectively with all levels of a manufacturing team, from operators to quality managers to plant managers.
• Demonstrated success in logical, data-driven problem solving.
• Self-motivated.
• Ability to stay cool in stressful situations.
• Extensive regional travel, 80%, required.

Relocation: Not available

Sealed Air is committed to attracting, selecting, and developing talent that reflects the diversity of the communities and customers we serve. We take pride in our selection process to identify, infuse, and grow talent to align with our culture, values, and norms. Sealed Air prioritizes talent development, fostering a culture of continuous growth and career progression. The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and to all employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

*Please be cautious of fraudulent recruiting efforts using the Sealed Air name or logo. Sealed Air will never request private information during the application process, such as a Driver's License or Social Security Number. If you have any concerns about information received from SEE during the application process, please reach out to us directly at globalta@sealedair.com.