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Fawkner
Requisition ID: 56339
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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 transparent 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 to our stakeholders.
In 2025, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in sales and has approximately 16,100 employees who serve customers in 119 countries/territories. To learn more, visit www.sealedair.com .
Role Purpose
Sealed Air Australia is looking for a Quality Improvement Manager!
Based out of Fawkner site, you will develop and execute site quality strategy, ensuring compliance with quality management systems, driving continuous improvement, reducing process variation, and delivering customer-focused quality outcomes across all products distributed thorugh the Fawkner site.
The role has responsibility for all quality management activities associated with products distributed through the Fawkner site, including locally manufactured, externally manufactured, and intercompany-sourced products. You'll also lead site quality assurance, quality control, customer complaint management, quality systems compliance, continuous improvement programs and regulatory compliance activities.
What You'll Do
Leadership & Culture
Lead and develop the Quality team to achieve safety, quality, service and cost objectives.
Foster a continuous improvement culture through coaching, mentoring and capability development.
Act as a member of the Site Leadership Team contributing to overall plant performance.
Quality Systems & Compliance
Maintain and continuously improve the site's Quality Management System in accordance with ISO standards, regulatory requirements and corporate policies.
Lead internal and external audits and ensure effective closure of findings.
Ensure compliance with customer, regulatory and company quality requirements.
Continuous Improvement
Lead Root Cause Analysis and Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) processes.
Apply Lean, Six Sigma and statistical process control methodologies to drive sustainable improvements.
Establish and execute the site quality improvement roadmap.
Customer Quality
Lead customer complaint investigations and ensure timely resolution.
Drive initiatives to improve customer satisfaction and reduce customer quality incidents.
Act as escalation point for major quality events impacting customer.
Operational Quality
Partner with Production, Engineering, Supply Chain and R&D; to improve process capability and product quality.
Monitor and analyse quality performance data and implement corrective actions where required.
Support recent product introductions and process changes to ensure quality risks are effectively managed.
Key Performance Indicators
Complaint response timeliness and resolution quality
Spoilage, scrap, and blocked stock reduction
Timely and successful New Product Introduction performance
Customer claims resolution efficiency
Competencies
Leadership Competencies
Strategic Thinking
Driving Results
Developing Others
Change Leadership
Functional Competencies
Continuous Improvement
Quality Systems Management
Root Cause Analysis
Data-Driven Decision Making
Risk Management
Behavioural Competencies
Customer Focus
Collaboration
Communication
Accountability
Problem Solving
Qualifications & Person Profile We're Looking for
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Manufacturing, Science or related discipline.
7+ years' experience in Quality Management within manufacturing environments.
Experience leading Quality Management Systems and audit programs.
Demonstrated leadership of cross-functional improvement projects.
Strong knowledge of:
ISO 9001
Lean Manufacturing
Six Sigma methodologies
Root Cause Analysis tools
Statistical Process Control
Six Sigma Green Belt required; Black Belt desirable.
Experience managing customer complaints and corrective action processes.
Proven people leadership experience.
Why Work at Sealed Air?
We have a very diverse and inclusive culture.
We invest in developing our people.
You can hone your expertise and further develop your career with a global leader in packaging solutions.
You will work with talented and creative professionals working in a collaborative environment that celebrates insatiable curiosity and diverse ideas.
Ready to make an impact?
If you are looking for a new challenge in a company deemed as essential service, then we want to hear from you!
- Applicants must have permanent work rights for Australia. A detailed is available.
Requisition id: 56339
Relocation: No
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
[email protected].
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WHY WORK AT SEALED AIR?
It is our responsibility to leverage what we have to affect positive and meaningful change for our communities and planet using Sealed Air’s global resources and expertise.
Corporate sustainability - it’s about improving the lives of people around the world by addressing pressing needs in the communities where we and our customers operate.
Customer Success - meeting our customers' needs. At Sealed Air it’s more than a goal, it’s an integral part of our business practices, our innovative solutions, and our values.
Leaving our communities better than we found them through dedication of time, talent and resources.
📌 Fawkner Quality Improvement Manager
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