Quality Manager

Placed: 05/12/17
Region: Tyne and Wear
Category: Jobs


Content of the advertisement:

To lead the strategic performance of product quality, services, controls and relationship with all stakeholders.

1 Lead Quality performance within product, service and supply. Ensuring the service areas and production; achieve the customer requirements across quality, cost and compliance.
2 Manage and develop suppliers and contractors as required by business strategy.
3 Manage customer liaison on quality objectives / concerns / audits and service requirements (SPC / PPAP / quality systems).
4 Develop, implement and lead Quality and environmental policy and procedures to ensure retaining of the appropriate certifications. (TS16949 and the transition to IATF / IO14000).
5 Lead improvements to ensure legal compliance and improvement in business performance.
6 Financial budgeting, monitoring, control and reporting of key metrics including quality / service and cost.

Personality Traits:

* Tenacity in persistence of problem resolution.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
* Creativity in reviewing potential NPD / Process changes
* Discipline to record / adhere to process controls
* Charismatic (in dealing with customers / suppliers and leading change within the organisation)

Structure (Direct Reports):

* Senior Quality Engineer
* 3 Development Engineers
* 1 Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer
* 1 Warranty Engineer
* 1 Production Quality Engineer with 3 shift Technicians reporting.

Education / Experience

* Qualifications to Diploma / Degree in engineering
* Significant experience in managing manufacturing processes and improving both efficiency and capability (repeatability).
* APQP
* An understanding of Technical drawings and specifications

Language Skills

* Ability to read, analyses, and interpret general business periodicals
* Capable of submission of reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.

Effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, and customers