Quality Manager

Job Title:  Quality Manager

Location:  Droitwich

Salary:        £45-50kpa

Hours:   08:00-17:00

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Our client was founded in Birmingham 1932, they re-located to Droitwich in 1950 and settled into current facilities and brought into a new business as a 2nd Manufacturing site within the group and work alongside their North American plant in Chicago.

The company is a global Distributor of Integrated supply chain solutions, and engineering support focused on delivering fasteners, components, Industrial and safety supplies to customers around the world.

We are looking for a self-starter, highly driven Quality Manager who will be responsible for ensuring the products or service of the Business is fit for purpose, consistent and meets both external and internal technical, market and process requirements/expectations, this includes legal compliance and customer expectations.

• To achieve and sustain optimum quality excellence through the promotion of The Company’s Quality Policy and procedures and Total Quality Management, as laid down in The Quality Manual.
• To progress The Company towards the ultimate objectives of Customer Satisfaction, Right First Time, Zero PPM / Incidents.
• To maintain and develop appropriate outside Management System accreditations (eg ISO 9001, IATF 16949) and support Environmental/H & S standards (eg ISO 14001; OHAS 18001). 

Responsibilities :

To achieve and sustain optimum quality excellence through the promotion of The Company’s Quality Policy and procedures and Total Quality Management, as laid down in The Quality Manual.

• To progress The Company towards the ultimate objectives of Customer Satisfaction, Right First Time, Zero PPM / Incidents.
• To maintain and develop appropriate outside Management System accreditations (eg ISO 9001, IATF 16949) and support Environmental/H & S standards (eg ISO 14001; OHAS 18001). 

   Preparing and managing the company’s quality procedures, standards and specifications.

• Reviewing customer requirements and making sure they are met through the operational process of the business.
• Working with purchasing staff to establish quality requirements from external suppliers.
• Making sure that manufacturing or production processes meet international and national standards of excellence.
• Looking at ways to reduce waste and increase efficiency with a fully lean continuous improvement plan.
• Defining quality procedures in conjunction with engineering and manufacturing teams.
• Daily Visual Management
• Setting up and maintaining controls and documentation procedures.
• Monitoring performance by gathering relevant data and producing statistical reports that clearly show and demonstrate continuous improvement.
• Making suggestions for changes and improvements and how to implement them.
• Using relevant quality tools and making sure managers and other staff understand how to improve the business.
• Managing the returns process and ensuring all root cause analysis is carried out and preventative actions is taken to ensure control and improvement

Do you have the following skills:

• Strategic Vision.
• Building organizational capacity.
• Results driven.
• Embrace change.
• Collaboration and Influence.
• Entrepreneurial spirit.
• Customer value and Market focus.

Skills and Qualifications required:

• S. Engineering, Industrial Technology, or other technical discipline.
• 4 years automotive quality experience (MUST).
• Experience of fasteners/cold forging environment would be an advantage.
• A proven track record in quality management and effective improvement of process controls within a Manufacturing environment.
• Excellent analytical and reporting skills.
• Six Sigma, 5S, QFD, TQM knowledge and experience.
• Full working knowledge of Quality Management System standards IATF 16949 and associated Core Tools.
• Full working knowledge of Process-based Auditing (VDA); SPC; APQP; FMEA; MSA; CI; 8D and other Automotive problem solving techniques.
• Knowledge of Environmental/H & S standards ISO 14001/ OHAS 18001.
• Ability to work and process requests in a fast moving dynamic environment
• Logical and analytical approach to requests.
• Inquisitive and challenging current states.
• Excellent English Communication Skills – Written and Verbal.
• Fluent in other languages viewed very favorably.

Workforce Manufacturing are responsible for thousands of temporary, temp-to-perm and permanent vacancies across the Midlands. We operate from several prime locations in the area and are likely to have an office right near you. Our team offer a unique service tailored to match your precise needs, and can assist you with the following job categories, Quality Engineers, Design Engineers, Project Managers and Production Managers. We are always on the lookout for the best talent, so if you know anyone please do get in touch

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