Quality Manager

LER (SG) Ltd; Gravesend; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading printing company in Gravesend seeks an experienced Quality Manager to enhance quality processes and maintain ISO 9001 and BRC compliance. The role entails managing a small team, conducting audits, and supporting a strong health and safety culture. Ideal candidates will have an FMCG background and experience with quality tools. Competitive salary around £50k - £55k plus a £5k bonus offered.

Qualifications

• Must come from an FMCG background as a Quality Manager.
• Experience utilizing quality tools like 8D and 5WHY.
• Experience managing customer and supplier issues.

Responsibilities

• Manage a small team of Quality Inspectors and Supervisors.
• Maintain ISO 9001 and BRC compliance.
• Conduct customer and supplier audits.

Skills

Process improvement

Quality Management Systems (QMS)

Customer audits

Root cause analysis

ISO 9001 compliance

Health and Safety

Education

HNC or HND or Beng in Engineering or Science

Tools

8D

5WHY

6S

Job description

Overview

Quality Manager — Gravesend, Kent

Salary: Circa £50k - £55k plus £5k bonus

A leading printing company who supplies products to the food industry now requires a Quality Manager to join their team. The company boasts success through new technical innovation in driving growth with the company requiring additions to support infrastructure. An opportunity has subsequently arisen for an experienced Quality Manager to join the Management Team. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of strong process improvement and QMS within a fast-paced manufacturing environment, along with solid know how of running and owning both external and internal customer audits from major brand names and authorities. Reporting to the Operations Director, you will support the promotion of a strong quality, product safety, health and safety culture that is already embedded in the business.

Responsibilities

• Manage s small team of Quality Inspectors, Quality Supervisors, HSE Lead (5 people in total)
• The quality assurance processes and procedures used in the business.
• Maintain the ISO 9001 standard and BRC compliance and audit management.
• Customer audits undertaking 8D, 5why, 6S, Route Cause and other quality related tools and techniques
• Tracking customer complaints and managing root cause analysis and corrective actions and resolutions through the production teams.
• Conduct Supplier Audits
• Oversee the Health & Safety on site with the help of the HSE Lead.
• Working with the management teams to ensure all SOPs are valid and up to date.
• Setting of QA compliance objectives and ensuring targets are achieved, reporting progress regularly to the senior management team.

Qualifications

• The ideal candidate MUST come from a FMCG background as a Quality Manager.
• Hold a recognised Engineering or science related qualification such as HNC, HND or Beng
• Experience of utilising Quality Tools such as 8D, 5WHY, 6S, Route Cause etc
• Managed and maintained ISO 9001 and BRC
• Ideally have packaging or printing experience
• Experience of managing customer and supplier issues
• It would also be beneficial if you hold a SixSigma qualification but not essential