Avery Dennison (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science company specializing in the design and manufacture of a wide variety of labeling and functional materials. The company’s products, which are used in nearly every major industry, include pressure-sensitive materials for labels and graphic applications; tapes and other bonding solutions for industrial, medical, and retail applications; tags, labels and embellishments for apparel; and radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions serving retail apparel and other markets. Headquartered in Glendale, California, the company employs more than 32,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Reported sales in 2020 were $7.0 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

About Avery Dennison Smartrac

Built on a legacy of innovation and materials science, Avery Dennison has embarked on a new era of opportunity. This is an opportunity to take the functional and traditional label and enable it with digital technologies that can give every item a unique digital identity and digital life.

This “intelligence applied” technology has the capability to enable a world of connected everything. A world where the 'who, what and where' of every physical, become points of irrefutable fact and absolute visibility. Provenance, authenticity, sourcing, history, real-time location; guaranteed for businesses and consumers throughout the entire supply chain and all the way to the home. At its most simple, a company with a legacy in “making labels” becomes a category-leading technology company making the Internet of Things a positive, transformative, world-wide reality for all of us. The label has always told us something about the product. Now it can tell us everything. 

In February 2020, Avery Dennison acquired Smartrac, a leading manufacturer of RFID products. Combined with the Intelligent Labels business, we will leverage our deep industry knowledge and know-how in technology and innovation, R&D, quality and service to drive RFID and technology adoption across multiple industries. And we want you to be part of our journey! 

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

As Quality Manager in China you will provide contribution in China for China strategy from suppliers development, quality audit and product compliance certification. At the same time, you will also provide a direction to APAC RFID Inlay & Converting locations and customers to quickly resolve any escalation with AD-Smartrac resource. This role will 

• Internal Focus on:

  • Lead and drive key projects within the AD-Smartrac China organization to create the connection between China market development and overall Global RFID quality strategy..

  • Ensure timely deliverables of key escalated quality issues by interacting and driving root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and/or countermeasures with production and local QC personnel. 

  • Coordinate the efficient flow of production specifications and quality details while working with key business. Functions such as Platform Engineering, Operations Process Engineering, and Global Product Management. 

  • Knowledge on Quality Assurance standards, operating procedures, inspection and test procedures as necessary to comply with Quality System requirements (i.e. ISO9001 & TS16949 ,etc).

  • Review and approve quality performance of suppliers/coordinate 8D report/Corrective Action & Preventive Action (CAPA) Requests and Failure Analysis Requests (FARs) for improvement.

• External Focus on:

  • Lead and drive key projects within the AD-Smartrac supplier to follow AD-Smartrac China market developing requirement and Global Quality Supplier Strategy.

  • Organize Supplier audits of present and proposed suppliers and subcontractors to ensure adequate Quality systems are implemented and maintained.

  • Manages customer complaint resolution process, while also supporting local Sales, Engineering and Marketing with customer quality issues.

  • Review customer proposals and provide input as to acceptable Quality, Compliance and reliability requirements.

  • Improve customer quality experience with following global quality strategy and initiatives driving and coordinating 8D/CAPA report and Failure Analysis Requests (FARs) for improvement.

  • Devise and implement world class Quality practices (e.g, Pareto Analysis, Histograms, Cause & Effect Diagrams, SPC, etc.) with supplier and customer to enact continuous Quality improvement in new products development and customer satisfaction from quality experience.

• Other tasks assigned from Global Quality/EHS & Compliance leadership team

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO BRING TO THE TEAM: 

Avery Dennison has a long history of being a market leader.  Your history is important to us. It should include the following: 

• Strong knowledge and acumen in RFID technology is preferred

• Pressure Sensitive Adhesive and Semi-conduct industry experience is preferred.

• Working knowledge of printing technologies including flexo, thermal, offset, digital, and inkjet

• Detail-oriented with strong analytical, mathematical, organizational, verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to interface with cross-functional groups to define and execute overall requirements

• Ability to work well across global boundaries with all levels of management, employees, and willingness to work on a “global-clock”.

• Willingness to travel up to 50% or greater.(Mainly in APAC & China)

• Excellent communication (oral/written) and interpersonal skills with the ability to convey information, and ideas in a tactful and confident manner to internal and external contacts.

• Ability to prioritize and meet expectations in a fast-paced environment.

• Excellent problem solving skills(8D,5why,Fishbone,Checklist,etc) and supplier audit experience

• Experience working with Microsoft Office Suite, and Google platforms.

• Bachelor’s degree required with a preferred major of mechanical, electrical or automation engineering.

• Good to be oral and written in English