Quality Manager

Jackson Hogg have partnered with an exciting revolutionary company in the County Durham area to support on their Quality Manager search.

This is a great opportunity to join a company that have a clear growth platform in front of them, with a specific plan to grow the Quality Manager into a Director level role in the near future.

The Quality Manager will be responsible for the following:

• Manage the Quality Assurance Department including a team of six direct reports
• Create and execute a comprehensive operational quality strategy, including processes, systems, tools, team structure, and a sustainable culture, aimed at enhancing business efficiency and reducing time-to-market.
• Act as a change agent by driving organizational improvements through thorough root cause analysis and quality data, with the goal of achieving business quality objectives.
• Improve New Product Introduction (NPI) process with all functions, to ensure that time-to-quality in volume ramp meets market expectations.
• Locally manage quality related functions including ISO compliance, document control.
• Drive corrective action plans resulting from internal 8D and 3rd party audits.
• Implement and manage cost of quality and corporate KPI programs for waste reduction, efficiency and quality improvements

Quality Manager Requirements:

• Experience in a high-tech manufacturing environment while operating in aquality management position
• Leadership & management experience, including management and delivery of cross-functional projects.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal & written english communication and influencing skills
• Demonstrated ability to both think strategically and execute in a hands-on detailed way
• Good PC skills including word processing and spreadsheets.
• Positive attitude, creating a good impression on others
• Ability to actively participate in a variety of teams, support the team objectives