Quality Manager
il y a 2 jours
Scunthorpe
Elevation Recruitment Group are supporting a well-established, multi-site manufacturing organisation in the search for a Quality Manager near Scunthorpe. This is a key leadership role responsible for ensuring the effectiveness, compliance, and continuous improvement of the site Quality Management System. The successful candidate will play a critical role in driving a proactive quality culture, ensuring robust systems are in place to prevent defects, manage risk, and maintain customer confidence. The business are looking for a leader with strong people management skills as there will be a team reporting in. Key Responsibilities • Lead the implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the Quality Management System in line with recognised international standards, • Develop and manage the internal audit programme, • Lead site preparation for external audits and ensure timely closure of any findings, • Ensure compliance with all relevant quality standards and internal procedures, • Oversee calibration and control of inspection and measurement equipment, • Manage customer complaints and non-conformance processes, • Lead root cause analysis and ensure effective, sustainable corrective actions, • Drive a preventative approach to quality, reducing repeat issues, • Ensure process documentation (e.g. process flows, risk assessments, control plans) remains accurate and up to date, • Support cross-functional teams in strengthening process capability and risk mitigation, • Promote the use of data-driven tools and statistical techniques to improve performance, • Act as the primary point of contact for quality-related matters with customers and suppliers, • Support supplier performance improvement and corrective action activities, • Provide quality input into new product introduction and change management processes, • Lead, develop, and performance manage the quality team, • Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and collaboration, • Identify and support development opportunities within the teamSkills & Experience Required, • Strong working knowledge of ISO 9001 and experience in highly regulated industries, • Experience with core quality tools (e.g. APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA, 8D), • Proven experience in leading audits (internal and external), • Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis capability, • Experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment, • Demonstrated leadership and team management experience, • Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders