Greif is a global leader in performance packaging located in 40 countries. The company delivers trusted, innovative, and tailored solutions that support some of the world's most in demand and fastest-growing industries.
With a commitment to legendary customer service, operational excellence, and global sustainability, Greif packages life's essentials - and creates lasting value for its colleagues, customers, and other stakeholders.
Learn more about the company's Customized Polymer, Sustainable Fiber, Durable Metal, and Integrated Solutions at www.greif.com and follow Greif on Instagram and LinkedIn.
OUR VISION:
To Be the Advantage That Helps Our Customers Win.
OUR PURPOSE:
Creating packaging solutions for life’s essentials.
Job Requisition #:
035261 Regional Quality Manager (Open)Job Description:
The Quality Manager provides regional leadership for quality, product safety, and regulatory compliance programs, ensuring alignment with customer requirements, applicable regulations, and internal quality standards. This role partners closely with plant leadership and site quality teams to strengthen quality capability, drive consistency in execution, and support continuous improvement across the region. The position also serves as a key resource for troubleshooting product and process quality issues, supporting audits, and providing technical guidance and coaching to help sites improve overall quality performance.
Key Responsibilities- Provide regional leadership for quality systems, product safety, and regulatory compliance to ensure adherence to company standards and applicable regulations.
- Partner with plant teams to develop, implement, and sustain quality programs, processes, and performance standards.
- Monitor quality performance and identify risks, trends, and improvement opportunities related to products, processes, and systems.
- Lead or support root cause analysis, corrective actions, and resolution of product, process, and compliance issues.
- Provide technical quality support to plants, including troubleshooting system-related quality issues and supporting product-related concerns.
- Support preparation for and participation in internal and external quality audits, helping ensure readiness and follow-through on findings.
- Coach, train, and develop plant personnel and less experienced quality team members to strengthen capability and drive consistent execution.
- Serve as a subject matter resource for questions related to quality systems, product safety, compliance, and quality standards.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with operations, engineering, regulatory, and other partners to improve quality outcomes and standardize best practices.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Bachelor’s degree in Quality, Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- Typically requires 8–12 years of relevant quality experience in a manufacturing or production environment.
- Prior experience supporting multiple sites or regional quality activities is preferred.
- Leadership or people-development experience is preferred.
- Strong knowledge of quality assurance and quality control practices in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience with quality systems, audits, corrective actions, and continuous improvement methods.
- Ability to identify, analyze, and resolve product, process, and compliance issues in a structured and practical way.
- Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to influence at multiple levels of the organization.
- Solid project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities across sites.
- Experience using testing equipment and interpreting quality data as needed.
- Knowledge of applicable regulatory requirements and quality standards, including ISO 9001; familiarity with additional ISO standards is a plus.
- Quality or engineering certifications are a plus.
- Ability to travel as needed.
At Greif, we believe that our colleagues are the center of our success. Our Total Rewards have a comprehensive focus on well-being and offer a competitive package that enables you to thrive, be engaged, and reach your full potential.
Compensation Range:
The pay range for this position is $108,400.00 - $184,600.00 annually. Typically, a competitive wage for new hires will fall between110,000.00 to150,000.00 annually. Offers for this position may vary based on market data and other factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and geographic location. The position may also be eligible for a short-term incentive.Benefits Statement:
Greif offers a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive core benefits, paid time off, and a range of local benefits for eligible colleagues.Protect Yourself From Scams: We value the integrity of our recruitment process and prioritize the well-being of our candidates. While you may find Greif job postings on various platforms, all legitimate opportunities can be verified on our official Careers page at www.greif.com. All communication from Greif regarding job opportunities will also come from an @greif.com email address. If you have concerns about the legitimacy of a job posting, receive an unsolicited job offer or suspect fraudulent activity, please contact us for verification via this link Contact Us - Greif.
EEO Statement:
https://www.greif.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/HR-101-Equal-Employment-Opportunity-Policy-English.pdf
We offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits and opportunity for growth. Greif is an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of sex, race, religion, age, national origin, color, disability, veteran status or any other any other legally protected characteristic.
For more information read Greif’s Equal Opportunity Policy.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Quality, Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience
- Typically 8-12 years of relevant quality experience in a manufacturing or production environment
- Strong knowledge of quality assurance and quality control practices in a manufacturing environment
- Experience with quality systems, audits, corrective actions, and continuous improvement methods
- Ability to identify, analyze, and resolve product, process, and compliance issues
- Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
- Project management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities across sites
- Experience using testing equipment and interpreting quality data
- Knowledge of applicable regulatory requirements and quality standards, including ISO 9001
- Ability to travel as needed
- Experience supporting multiple sites or regional quality activities
- Leadership or people-development experience
- Familiarity with additional ISO standards
- Quality or engineering certifications
Greif, Inc. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Greif, Inc. and has not been reviewed or approved by Greif, Inc..
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is characterized as solid and competitive for manufacturing roles, with multiple statements describing it as fair, decent, or great for the work. Pay levels are also framed as aligned with local standards or exceeding expectations in certain technical roles.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a meaningful part of total rewards through 401(k) matching with a defined vesting timeline, alongside profit sharing or gain sharing in some contexts. These elements are repeatedly paired with positive statements about the overall package.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare offerings are described as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, and supplemental protections such as life and disability coverage. Additional options like HSAs and supplemental plans are presented as expanding choice and coverage breadth.
Greif, Inc. Insights
What We Do
Greif (NYSE: GEF, GEF.B), is a global leader in industrial packaging products and services and is pursuing its vision: be the best performing customer service company in the world. The Company produces steel, plastic and fibre drums, intermediate bulk containers, reconditioned containers, containerboard, uncoated recycled paperboard, coated recycled paperboard, tubes and cores and a diverse mix of specialty products. The Company also manufactures packaging accessories and provides filling, packaging and other services for a wide range of industries. Greif also manages timber properties in the southeastern United States. The Company is strategically positioned in more than 35 countries to serve global as well as regional customers. Additional information is on the Company's website at www.greif.com.
