Quality Manager - West Bromwich - Chemicals sector
Our client is looking for a talented Quality Manager to head up their team at their site in West Bromwich.
We are looking for an experienced Quality manager who can head up a team, lead the QC function who has come from the chemicals sector, but if you have good experience in the manufacturing sector and feel this might be a really good fit for you, then by all means get in touch because they'd be happy to hear from you!
Nature & Scope
- Leadership of the Quality function
- Overall management of the QC function and testing laboratory / systems.
- Maintains and develops the Quality Management Systems (including GMP where applicable)
- Develop, implement and maintain the QMS as part of an integrated management system to deliver Q,E, H&S regulatory and operational compliance
- Monitor and improve the effectiveness of the system via an internal audit system
- Monitor overall corporate quality performance against corporate targets and alignment with customer expectations
- Provide leadership in GMP systems development, operation and integration into the ISO 9001 QMS
- Responsible for release of raw materials, intermediates and final products
- Develops and implements departmental training
- Provides technical support on analytical and Quality issues
- Provides leadership for Quality activities
- Responsible forapproval of deviation investigations, change controls, validation activities and analytical out of specifications investigations
- Customer communication on Quality matters
- Process direction authorisation for QC/QA requirements
- Releases manufacturing equipment for use in Production
- Must observe and maintain relevant Health, Safety, Environment, Quality and GMP (where applicable) procedures and standards at all times.
- To work closely with other members of the team to ensure that agreed Quality Department programmes are completed on time whilst meeting the standards of GMP (where applicable), Quality and Health & Safety.
- Contribute and lead continuous improvement initiatives
Major Accountabilities
- Provision of resource to provide an effective analytical and QA service to the company
- Material release
- Equipment release to Production
- Final arbiter of material quality
- Calibration scheduled in QC Laboratories are complied with
- Departmental budget control
- Personnel training and development
- Determination of salary levels of subordinates
- Recruitment, selection and dismissal
- Maintain QC Laboratories in a clean, orderly and safe state
- Maintain high standards of housekeeping in all work areas that are visited and operated in.