Plant Technical Services

Sherwin-Williams , founded in 1866, is a global leader in paints and coatings industry with $18 billion in sales and 140 manufacturing - distribution centers worldwide. We employ over 60,000 people across all regions embracing and celebrating our diversity. Our people are behind the strength of our success. When you embark on a  career  at  Sherwin -Williams, we invest and support you in  life  +  career  +  connection.

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CORE RESPONSIBILITY

• Primary liaison between Global Supply Chain manufacturing sites and their associated Technical Control Labs. Interact with Operations, R&D, Supply Chain, IT, and Marketing.
• Provides local leadership to Plant Managers and Plant Quality Managers in developing, implementing, and improving systems and processes to continually improve Plant quality results.
• Provides leadership and support of plans and actions to Opportunity Costs at a site level
• Supports investigations and continuous improvement efforts related to finished goods consistency, performance and customer expectations.
• Maintain courteous and prompt written and verbal communication with Technical and Manufacturing at the local, regional, and divisional levels.
• Support the resolution of manufacturing, quality, and technical issues using Continuous Improvement tools, including Six Sigma and Accelerated Root Cause (ARC).
• Review and approve new formulas and major reformulations to ensure successful commercialization.
• Coordinate new product test batch and pipeline scheduling and execution.
• Support the consolidation of slow-moving, low volume or obsolete raw material and finished goods.
• Manage projects to improve Industrial Plant quality metrics including DPTO, Distressed Batch Rate, Out-of-Spec Approvals, and Off-Formula Adds.
• Provide leadership to implement quality related IT systems for supported Manufacturing Plants and Division.
• Lead key manufacturing quality programs like Opportunity Rex and the New Formula Introduction (NFI) process.
• Provide on-site training and support to manufacturing site quality departments.
• Participate in the implementation of IT systems and applications.
• Co-lead product transfers in collaboration with Quality Excellence Leader of the BU sites and support the integration of acquisition sites.

MAJOR TASKS PERFORMED

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

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