Job vacancy - Quality Manager

Position: Quality Manager
Reference: acsQquman
Location: Lewes
Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 per annum
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Job Title: Quality Manager

As a Quality Manager you will continue to meet the needs of customers (and potential customers) whilst maximising the profits of the company, a new interdepartmental role will be created which focuses on collecting feedback from the market on perceived quality, highlighting gaps between expectations and reality and then working with all departments to drive through improvements in products and processes in order to ensure that they do as they promise.

Responsibilities:

  • Maintain compliance to ISO9001. The role will be the nominated Quality Management Representative.
  • Constant review and improvement to ensure effective and efficient quality processes are in place, ensuring full stakeholder buy in. Recommend, and implement novel, modern methods and processes appropriate to the production environment.
  • Update standard operating procedures so that they reflect best practice and lessons learnt. Where necessary create and ensure adherence to SOPs.
  • Active involvement in all aspects of product change and new product development so that quality concepts are understood, tracking is in place from product launch where applicable and products have quality designed in.
  • Take over Staff Induction Programme, conducting inductions for all new staff members.
  • Regularly review training processes and procedures to meet quality needs and provide feedback to management.
  • Ensure all necessary tools and test fixtures are tracked and calibrated as necessary. Maintain test fixture asset list and calibration register.
  • Undertake internal quality audits.

Requirements:

  • Directly managed an ISO9001 system, preferably in a low volume high mix manufacturing environment;
  • Created and generated KPI reports using MRP/ERP system (e.g. SAP);
  • Project management experience in introducing a new quality system such as Lean Six Sigma or ISO standardisation;
  • Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills in English;
  • Ability to undertake competitive benchmarking;
  • Planning and project management skills;
  • Data management and computational skills;
  • Strong time management and prioritization capabilities;
  • Hands-on approach and demonstrated ability to influence others without having direct authority.

ACS are recruiting for a Quality Manager. If you feel that you have the skills and experience required in this advertisement to be a Quality Manager, please submit your CV including an outline of your experience as a Quality Manager. It is always a good idea to include a covering letter outlining your experience as a Quality Manager with your application as this will enhance your chances of selection and improve your prospects of landing the Quality Manager role you desire.