Quality Manager

Zenith People are working with our client who are currently recruiting for a Quality Manager to build and develop their current team of Quality Assurance Professionals.

Duties & Responsibilities

Pre SOP

• Project Quality activity with local and teams in and outside of the UK
• Managing quality activities from project concept through to series production

Post SOP

• Ensure conformance to requirements from goods in to shipped product.
• Lead the PQE and IPQC teams

Key Responsibilities but not limited to:

• Lead new project quality assurance activities following customer specific programs using APQP approach
• Achieve agreed KPI’s and Targets
• Co-ordinate and cascade new product documentation that meets corporate and local standards
• Project planning and execution ensuring specific tasks within cross functional teams are completed on schedule.
• Adapting to any changes in plans or circumstances
• Overseas work to support new model programs
• Extensive experience in new project planning role
• Development of the management systems related to the role.
• Lead PQE and IPQC quality assurance teams
• Ensure robust containment and corrective actions to process concerns
• Highlight trends from inspection activities and manage continual improvements.
• Develop staff at all QA levels

Skills, Experience and Requirements:

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to communicate and influence at all levels
• Coach, Mentor and develop the QA members in the team
• Staff management that includes hiring, appraisals, fact files and disciplinary processes as required
• Strong written and verbal communication skills - reporting throughout the business at all levels
• Project Quality experience - risk assessments/concept reviews/Lessons Learned/FMEA
• Budget management
• Previous experience setting up a team/department is required
• Full driving license and ability to travel at short notice (including overseas).

Qualifications:

Degree level in an appropriate technical subject or similar experience

If you are an experienced Quality Manager and would like to be considered for this vacancy please click apply now.