QUALITY MANAGER
TALLASSEE, AL

Position Summary:

• Responsible for promoting the achievement of quality and performance improvement culture and standards company wide, ensuring that managers, process owners and supervisors deliver their contribution to the quality management system.
• Accountable for accurate identification of customer product specifications and quality requirements are understood, met and, where feasible, exceeded.
• Management of the quality system, undertaking data analysis and producing statistics against which company performance is measured in relation to customer expectation.

Duties:

• Work closely with supply chain and purchasing staff to establish supplier quality requirements, assess specifications and meet customer expectations.
• Coordinate with cross functional business teams to develop the best quality strategy to meet customer requirements collaborating with Engineering, Operations and Materials departments to determine and achieve quality targets.
• Lead, manage, and develop a high performing quality assurance team, and provide functional leadership to the Production Quality Engineering personnel deployed in to the business operation.
• Establish and manage controls and control documentation by bringing together staff of different disciplines and driving the group to formulate and agree comprehensive quality procedures and in-house standards.
• Work methodically to establish a clearly defined quality management system that all staff can apply ensuring quality standards are properly understood, carried out and fit for compliance with national and international standards.
• Collate and analyse performance data against defined parameters to enable quality decisions to be made that are backed up with strong data.
• Produce technical and management system reports as required for Exec and Management meetings.
• Supervise a programme of internal auditing highlighting relevant quality related training needs, non-conformances, and agreed corrective actions.
• Work within terms of reference and budgetary constraints to ensure any materials and /or business reputation linked risks are identified, evaluated, managed and costed.
• Actively manage your own professional development, updating skills and networking with industry and sector contacts as appropriate to maintain a current understanding of industry best practices and technology trends.
  

Key Skills and Requirements:

• Proven experience of working as a Quality Manager at senior level in a multi-site manufacturing business.
• Demonstrable evidence of the ability to work under own initiative to achieve functional and departmental tasks whilst also liaising effectively with other management colleagues.
• Good team management experience, and a proven track record to developing a high-performance team.
• Good analytical, numerical, problem solving, planning, documentation and record keeping skills.
• Excellent time management with proven ability to consistently meet deadlines by planning workload accordingly.
• Proven oral, written, and presentational communication skills, evidencing an ability to influence stake holders and communicate confidently with external customers and senior managers.
• Educated to degree level in in a business, management or other related discipline or career qualified and able to evidence demonstrable experience.
• CQI qualification preferred.
• Competent and confident user of MS Windows and Office packages with an emphasis on Excel spreadsheet proficiency.
• Ability to manage the ambiguity associated with rapid business growth and organizational change in a fluid manufacturing business environment.
• Able to obtain security clearance in accordance with customer requirements.