About Avery Dennison

Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company that provides a wide range of branding and information solutions that optimize labor and supply chain efficiency, reduce waste, advance sustainability, circularity and transparency, and better connect brands and consumers. Our products and solutions include labeling and functional materials, radio frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, software applications that connect the physical and digital, and a variety of products and solutions that enhance branded packaging and carry or display information that improves the customer experience. Serving an array of industries worldwide — including home and personal care, apparel, general retail, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals and automotive — we employ approximately 34,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Our reported sales in 2023 were $8.4 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

Avery Dennison is an equal opportunity employer.
Please let us know if we can support you with reasonable accommodations throughout the application process by contacting our teamvia [email protected]. 

To strengthen our team in the DACH region, we are currently looking for a Quality, Environment, Health and Safety (QEHS) Manager for our sites in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. 

• In your role as QEHS Manager, you will take over the further development of our medium- and long-term quality and safety strategy in the DACH region, inspire us all with "Safety First!" and work to sustainably shape and develop our areas of quality management, occupational safety, environmental protection, energy/disposal management as well as plant/building safety and process safety.

• In your responsibility for quality system management, you will lead the certification and audit process internally and externally, including customer and supplier audits, keep IMDS data sheets up to date, analyze and improve our process indicators/key figures, and thus also support our management in conducting management reviews.

• You will develop appropriate solutions and measures for the safe operation of our production, R&D and office facilities, processes, and procedures.

• As part of the continuous development of our quality and safety awareness, you will prepare safety-relevant training measures for all areas and levels, carry them out, and be responsible for their execution for all our departments on all sites in the region.

What do we expect from you? - Your qualifications:

• Degree preferably in engineering (electrical engineering) / process engineering / safety engineering combined with a high level of quality and safety awareness. Further qualifications like Fachkraft für Arbeitssicherheit (FaSi) are a strong plus.

• Training as an auditor (ISO 9001 / IATF 16949 / ISO 14001 / ISO 45001 / OHSAS18001) as well as practical knowledge of the Automotive Core Tools (APQP, FMEA, MSA, PPAP, SPC, 8-D).

• Professional experience (5+ years) as a quality and safety specialist with reference to occupational and process safety in an (electrical engineering or automotive) production environment.

• Practical knowledge of current occupational safety and European health and safety regulations/requirements including hazardous materials, explosion protection, fire protection, emission control, chemical and environmental law.

• Project management based on Lean / Six Sigma methods (ideally Green Belt or Black Belt certified).

• Business fluent language skills in both German and English (verbal and writing).

• Willingness to frequent business travel within the DACH region.

• Creativity and enthusiasm for innovation, entrepreneurial thinking to build sustainable projects, and start your career at Avery Dennison

Who we are! - Our Story:

Every voice. Every day! Eight Values. One Team!

Being open to every voice, every day, brings our value of diversity to life and makes Avery Dennison a vibrant and engaging place to be. We understand diversity and equal opportunities as enrichment for our future-oriented work. Across our diverse, global team, every voice makes us stronger. When we listen to and learn from each other, there is no limit to what we can achieve together. Each of us is unique, and we appreciate bringing together different personalities and talents.

Avery Dennison is an equal-opportunity employer.

To find out more about all our employee resources groups globally as well as our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion approach, please go to https://www.averydennison.com/en/home/about-us/diversity-and-inclusion.html