QA Lead

SF Recruitment

Posted 19 hours ago, valid for a month

Derby, Derbyshire DE23 8BA

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

The Quality Assurance Lead position offers a salary of £55,000 and requires significant experience in QA, ideally from a tooling or equipment background.
The role is based in Derby with hybrid working options and may involve occasional overseas travel two to three times a year.
Key responsibilities include overseeing vendor and manufacturing compliance, creating product specifications, and implementing rigorous testing systems.
The ideal candidate should have a proven track record in establishing QA systems and be familiar with overseas manufacturing, particularly with Far East vendors.
This position demands a confident change manager who can work across multifunctional teams and is eager to take on a hands-on role.

Quality Assurance Lead£55,000 Manufacturing & Supply Chain Derby Hybrid working Occasional oversees travel (two to three times a year)The Engineering & Manufacturing division of SF Recruitment is currently recruiting for an experienced QA Lead to be part of an expanding team with a well-established business within the tool and equipment industry.

Scope of role

- Take overall responsibility for vendor / manufacturing compliances - Create product specifications and a gold standard for both manufacturing and vendors - Devise rigorous testing systems for all products - Set up a vendor classification system and define supplier capability - Root cause analysis for returned products and highlight any defect trends - Reduce waste and non conformance by setting up a 'goods in' quality system - Monitor customer returns / reviews to highlight problematic areas

The QA Lead

- Experienced QA professional ideally from a tooling / equipment background. - Proven track record setting up QA systems from scratch. - Well versed with overseas manufacturing, in particular Far East vendors - Confident change manager, with a proven track record improving / implementing QA management systems. - Strong self starter and relish a high level of autonomy - Happy to work across multi functional teams - this is a get stuck in role! Please apply now to express an interest and a member of the engineering and manufacturing division will make contact with all suitable candidates to talk through the scope of the role in more detail.

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