ARLANXEO Hiring for Quality Champion at Sarnia, ON Full Time

Location:
Sarnia, CA, N7T 7M2

Department: Production

Date: 29-Jul-2021

ARLANXEO is a world-leading synthetic rubber company with sales at approximately EUR 3.2 billion, about 3,800 employees and a presence in 20 production sites in nine countries. The company’s core business is the development, manufacturing and marketing of high-performance rubber for use in, the automotive and tire industries, the construction industry, and the oil and gas industries. ARLANXEO is a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Aramco.

The Sarnia location is the headquarters for ARLANXEO Canada Inc. with a Global Research & Development Centre for Butyl Rubber located in London, Ontario. Focused on the production of synthetic rubber, the Sarnia facility is a major supplier to both domestic and international markets and employs over 300 employees.

ARLANXEO’s products are used primarily in the tire and automotive industries but are also found in a wide variety of industrial and consumer markets.

ARLANXEO is a young company with strong roots! We derive our strength from global presence, management excellence and most importantly our people! Our employees are the pillars of our success. ARLANXEO Canada Inc. strives to provide competitive compensation and benefits program within our industry. This includes competitive base pay, a defined contribution pension plan and employee/employer matched savings plan. ARLANXEO also provides career development opportunities and education programs, health and wellness programs and subsidies, and Work-Life Balance opportunities.

Purpose:
Responsible for focusing on product quality, customer satisfaction and off spec reduction. This position will lead the continuous improvement of the quality culture in the Butyl unit. This will include the reduction of off spec and the reduction of customer complaints. This position will be the unit interact with internal and external customers in relation to the quality of the Butyl product. This position will manage all customer visits, tours, and complaints.

Responsibilities:
Lead unit efforts to eliminate scrap, reduce offspec and significantly reduce manufacturing customer complaints

Supervise Quality Specialist

Represent the Butyl Unit in Global quality related meetings

Ensures that Lab Data analysis is available as required to other internal Butyl organizations (Production, QA, Engineering, etc.)

Review and analyzes all lab data, reporting to Operations or other stakeholders on results, trends or abnormalities.

Work with Process Engineers to reduce all process off spec

Drive efforts to improve quality performance

Must be championing the efforts to improve quality performance and tenaciously investigate all offspec, scrap and complaints

Identifies opportunities for continuous improvement relating to quality practices and ensures that business cases and implementable plans are recommended to Butyl Operations Management.

Monitors, tracks, and works with operations to improve all aspects of the Quality Index

Track statistical quality performance (i.e.: Cpk, Ppk’s)

Works with engineering and quality specialists to find and improve quality issues in the plant. Works with Butyl Supervisor to improve quality performance in the finishing area.

Develops and maintains a system of alerting shift operations as to quality issues on a timely basis, including the communication of all impacted lab results.

Quality technical expert responsible for training and developing the quality knowledge of the various staff throughout the unit.

Provides consultation and expertise to Quality function around daily product grading activities.

Provide consultation and expertise to Butyl Operations around production upsets, abnormal testing results and other matters as requested.

Maintains the knowledge and required certifications to act as the Food Quality liaison for the Butyl unit. This includes ensuring all requirements are meet in process and finishing.

Manages the customer complaint process regarding Butyl products, investigating the complaints and ensuring that all CARs are created and completed in a timely manner.

Manages the RM Acceptance Database as it relates to the release of off-spec shipments.

Manages all customer requests, on site visits and audits

Creates and communicates all customer statistic reports.

Manage the establishment, monitoring and update of Quality KPI’s to including running reports

Participate as required in Weekly Operations Meetings, reviewing all required Reports and KPI’s as they related to Butyl quality issues

Produce the Monthly/Year End Butyl Quality Report

Qualifications:
Related College or University Degree

3 to 5 years related experience

Project Management and Leadership skills

Knowledge of April Star preferred

Ability to multi-task

High communication and team building skills

Knowledge of the Butyl process

The ability to develop and promote continuous improvement initiatives

ARLANXEO Canada Inc. welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

ARLANXEO Canada Inc. is a Responsible Care® company and an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Due to the nature of these positions, the successful candidates will be subject to pre-employment conditions.

While we appreciate all responses, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.