OPEX & QA Coordinator

ALPLA is a global family-owned, privately held company that makes innovative, customized, recycled packaging for top companies such as P&G, Unilever, L'Oréal, Pepsi, and more. ALPLA values their employees, work-life balance, personal growth, compensation and sustainability.

 

What Can You Expect From ALPLA

• Health and Wellness Care Program- Benefits 
• Child Care Benefits
• Dependent Care Cost Savings Program
• Recognition programs; Promotional opportunities
• 401K Retirement Plan and excellent Matching Plan
• Medical, dental, vision plan
• Education assistance program/tuition reimbursement
• Short term, long term and life insurance paid by ALPLA
• Paid vacation; paid holidays

 

What You Will Enjoy Doing

 Responsible for supporting and coordinating the development and implementation of operational excellence throughout the site, encouraging the operations to improve safety, quality, efficiency, delivery and reduce cost.

 

Main Responsibilities:

Continuous Improvement & Lean Initiatives

• Apply continuous improvement principles to ensure plant performance and adherence to ALPLA standards
• Execute and coordinate improvement projects and Kaizen workshops with support from the Regional OPEX team
• Design, execute, and evaluate NEXT programs for local implementation
• Adjust and execute the NEXT communication campaign with regional support
• Leverage RCA methodologies to identify corrective actions and implement preventive actions for OPEX, Quality, and Safety topics
• Other duties as assigned from time to time.

Systems & Tools Management

• Ensure correct usage of official tools, reports, and systems (e.g., 5S, APM2, CTO, CAQ, AlplaPROD, QDMS, CCH)
• Verify new tools and methods; support local process owners in implementation and sustainability

Training & Coaching

• Train local leaders on OPEX assessments
• Diagnose current operational conditions and moderate execution of improvements
• Create, review, and disseminate Good Practices across the region

Quality Assurance & Compliance

• Support Quality Assurance programs, including execution of regional internal audits
• Ensure alignment with ALPLA standards and compliance frameworks

Travel & Site Support

• Travel up to 25% to support plant-level initiatives and cross-site coordination

Performance Metrics:

KPI’s that may be used to evaluate performance include

• Operational Efficiency Metrics (improvements to NEE, CO efficiency, Unplanned DT, etc)
• Waste or Cost Reductions documented as projects
• CI Engagement (total CIP events held, employee volunteerism rates, CIP ideas generated)
• Standardization and Process Control – BPM Compliance, Audit Scores (5S, GMP, ISO, RCA, DMS, Internal Alpla Departmental Audits)
• Training and Capability Building – Hours of Lean/OPEX/QA training delivered, progression through OPEX team skill matrix and specialization in specific lean tools
• Strategic Alignment – Project Completion Rate, DMS Effectiveness, Good Practice Sharing

 

What Makes You Great

 Education/Experience:

• BS- Industrial Engineering (preferred) or equivalent relevant experience
• Minimum 3 years in a manufacturing environment (production experience is preferred)
• Process analysis, supply chain, lean management and project management experience.

 

Skills:

• Analytical; systemic thinking
• Systems experience (BPM, CTO, CAQ, QDMS, CCH, Office)
• Moderation and training
• Strong social and communication abilities
• Project management
• Lean management
• Leadership and personnel management (behavioral economics)
• Strong sense of personal accountability and ownership (entrepreneurial spirit)

 

Certifications/Licenses: Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or equivalent preferred.

Other Requirements: Must be able to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization—approachable with frontline teams and confident in engaging and challenging plant leadership.

 

Physical Demands: 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job the employee is:

• Frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear
• Occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds
• The noise level in the work environment is usually low

 

It is required to act in a safe and environmentally responsible manner at all times by adhering to all ALPLA policies and procedures and Safety Standards (OSHA). #entrylevel #KCI

 

ALPLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: ALPLA is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at ALPLA are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. ALPLA will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

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Client-provided location(s): Kansas City, MO

Job ID: 20240_OPEXQ001159

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-09-10T00:00:00