Quality Inspector Team Lead

Mulberry; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 day week

Birthday day off

Staff discounts

Pension

Life assurance

Free parking

Staff canteen

Training & development

Volunteer days

Help@Hand

Job summary

Mulberry is seeking a Team Leader who will also inspect quality on the production floor. You will coach and support your team to meet targets, implement improvements, and handle daily target checks while ensuring health and safety compliance.

As a QC Inspector, you will assist the Line Manager with people management and contribute to Mulberry's ethos of quality, sustainability and teamwork. This role offers a 4-day working week and competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead and develop a team.
• Strong communication, written and verbal.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and professional conduct.
• Familiar with Word, Excel and email.
• Motivated to identify problems and implement solutions.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily target checks.
• Coach your team to meet targets and suggest improvements.
• Provide training and mentor staff.
• Monitor health and safety compliance and report issues.
• Maintain KPI figures and prepare outputs.
• Cover Quality Supervisor duties when absent.

Skills

Strong communication

Team leadership

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Confidentiality

Adaptability

Stakeholder management

Under pressure

MS Word

MS Excel

Email

Tools

Word

Excel

Email

Job description

Born in 1971, the roots of Mulberry are in Somerset, England. For more than fifty years, Mulberry has been a British lifestyle brand, internationally acclaimed for quality and design capturing the Mulberry Spirit.

Sustainability has been part of the Mulberry ethos since the brand's inception, in recognition of our purpose-driven approach, in 2024 we proudly achieved B Corp Certification.

Today, we are a global brand, but our values remain the same; we are committed to improving our impact on people and the planet.To do this our people are honest, dynamic, and community spirited.

If these are values you share, we would love you to join our team.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

As a Team Leader, you will be a positive role model, engaging, coaching and supporting your team to achieve their targets.

You will assist your Line Manager to achieve the quality and performance standards within your team. This will be achieved by agreeing, implementing, and monitoring individual and team objectives.

Alongside your Team Leader role, you will perform your primary role as a QC Inspector whilst supporting your Line Manager with all people management within your team.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform daily target checks.
• Encourage your team to deliver team targets and be confident in suggesting improvements.
• Provide support to your team when necessary, acting as a trainer/mentor providing technical assistance.
• Provide an alternative point of contact for employee queries.
• Note-taking in confidential meetings (i.e., investigations, recorded conversations)
• Support Line Manager to monitor the team to check they comply to all health & safety regulations and company policies. Reporting any issues to your Line Manager.
• Communicate where appropriate, information relating to the performance of the team to your Line Manager.
• Recommend/make suggestions to improve your team’s performance to your Line Manager.
• Identify opportunities for training needs within your team and ensure these are implemented where possible.
• Take part in stock take.
• Support Line Manager in resolving workforce needs and shortages.
• Ensure that agreed targets are met whilst ensuring company policies and procedures are adhered to.

In the Quality Supervisors absence, you will cover their role taking on the following responsibilities:

• Maintain hourly work output paperwork for Quality Manager to approve upon their return.
• Ensure basic output figures are maintained.
• Conduct basic housekeeping responsibilities.

INSPECTION ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Promote the highest possible quality standards at all times.
• Complete 1st Production Sign Offs
• Control material inspections and ensure compliance against approved samples
• Oversee Tolerance Board process
• Maintain all daily, weekly and monthly figures to ensure they are correct and kept updated for KPI use.

Culture:

• Embrace and demonstrate the Mulberry values and behaviours: honesty, dynamism, and a community-oriented spirit.
• Support Mulberry to deliver an inclusive culture, through behaving in a way that is open-minded and respectful towards others, and understanding that your views, opinions, and experiences may not always be shared by your colleagues.
• Act as an ambassador for Mulberry and communicate positively about the brand.

Sustainability:

• As a certified B Corp business, it is important to incorporate environmentally responsible practices into your work wherever possible. Support the businesses ‘Five C’s’ strategy in addressing and improving Climate, Cultivation, Craft, Culture and Circularity. Promote a greener, more sustainable future.
• Support to foster an environment where diversity is embraced and all individuals feel valued, respected and included. Promote equity, empathy and understanding and demonstrate this commitment within your internal and external communities.

TEAM

• Participate in team meetings chairing at least once a week.
• Work collaboratively with all key stakeholders.
• Work with your functional team to achieve shared objectives.

Skills and Knowledge Required:

• Strong communication skills – written and verbal.
• Demonstrates energy, commitment and focus to ensure delivery of results, particularly team targets.
• Motivated to identify problems and implement solutions.
• Proven ability in producing accurate work with attention to detail.
• Ability to work in a professional manner and maintain confidentiality.
• Familiar with word, excel and email.
• Proven flexible approach to work with the ability to adapt quickly and effectively to unexpected changes.
• Experienced in developing and maintaining successful working relationships with key stakeholders.
• Enjoys working as part of a team.
• Works well under pressure.
• Enjoys working in a hands-on role.
• What we will do for you:
• 4 day working week!
• Extra day off for your birthday
• Competitive basic salary
• Exclusive access to staff sales
• Pension Contributions & Life Assurance
• Free parking
• Subsidised staff canteen
• Training and development opportunities
• x2 paid volunteering days per year
• Access to Help@Hand - a wellbeing service featuring remote GP appointments, mental health support, physiotherapy, personal training & retail discounts

Mulberry is an equal opportunities employer and we are passionate about hiring and developing the best talent. All hiring decisions are made only on the basis of qualifications, skills or experience and as they relate to the particular role.If you need us to make any adjustments to our application or interview processes to enable you to be at your best, please email us at [e-mail].