Quality Manager

Ardagh Glass Ltd.; Rugby; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ardagh Metal Packaging in Rugby, UK seeks a Quality Manager to maintain and proactively develop GMP-compliant quality practices from raw material to finished product.

You will lead ISO 9001 and ISO 22001 systems, manage supplier and customer quality performance, and drive corrective actions including calibration and lab management. Experience in fast-paced manufacturing is essential. Strong teamwork and KPI focus will be required to sustain excellence.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of SPC, 5 “S”, capability studies, ISO, audits, FMEA, and food safety is essential.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, SAP, Apriso and Infinity is required for daily quality operations.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a fast-paced, high-volume manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and implement Quality ISO 9001 and ISO 22001 management systems.
• Manage incoming materials quality, trial protocols and assessments.
• Lead customer and supplier quality performance via audits, liaison, and complaints.
• Proactively interface with plant teams to drive quality improvements.
• Oversee QA lab operations, calibration and robust containment and preventive actions.

Skills

SPC

5S

Capability studies

ISO

Audits

FMEA

Food safety

Microsoft Office

Tools

SAP

Apriso

Infinity

Job description

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Estimated travel (frequency and locations)

X 6 per year UK and Europe

Purpose of the Job

(ideally summarise in one sentence)

To maintain and proactively develop the plant quality practices, procedures and systems including IMS Sharepoint and Infinity. Assure consistent quality of production from its raw material stage to a completed product by developing and enforcing of GMP, validating processes, providing data and documentation to meet company and customer qualification specifications.

Key Objectives:

• Maintenance, development and implementation of systems Quality ISO 9001 and Food Safety ISO22001 management systems.
• Manage the Incoming materials for quality, trial protocols, assessments as per requirements of the business
• Manage the Customer and Supplier quality performance via liaison, audits and complaints received.
• Proactive interface with Plant Teams.
• Manage any associated Cost and Budgetary Controls for the Rugby Quality department.
• Manage and develop the skills and ability of the Quality team.
• Proactively reduce customer complaints.
• Introduction of preventive quality techniques.
• Ensure robust containment, corrective and preventive actions are in place.
• Manager the control of the QA Lab including calibration.
• Ensure a proactive selection and sourcing of automated gauging is in place.
• Ensure Implementation of robust, user friendly, quality measures.
• Manage and respond to Customer Complaints in a timely fashion with robust corrective and preventive actions which may include liaison with Bonn Technical Centre or Zurich SMT.
• Manage and respond to Customer Audits in a timely fashion with robust corrective and preventive actions.
• Proactively manage Customer interfaces.
• Actively participate in Customer Relationship Management.
• Feedback Customer performance to the plant in terms of COQ, defect rates, complaints, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
• Benchmarking performance and techniques inside and outside the industry.
• Co-operation / participation with the European & company quality meetings and initiatives.

Role Scope

Team Size

Geographical

Plant budget associated with quality

1 direct reports

Rugby, UK

7 indirect reports

KPI’s

Complexity

Key Business Contacts (internal)

Key Business contacts (external)

Plant manaegmnet tem; Senior management team, Trading LRDs

Customers, suppliers and contrators

Professional Requirements

Knowledge of SPC, 5 “S”, capability studies, ISO, audits, FMEA, food safety is essential

To be fully competent to use all Microsoft Packages, SAP, Apriso and Infinity

Experience

Minimum of 5 years job experience within a fast speed, high volume manufacturing environment is essential

Ability to demonstrate safe working practices

Good communicator / team worker / effective listener

Sound problem solving skills

Flexible approach to day-to-day requirements

Ability to demonstrate good decision making in a demanding environment

High level of attention to detail

Must be action orientated with a desire to achieve results / persevere

Strong ethics and values

Creator and Approver

Position Title

Name

Date

Creator

Grace Lyne

2026-09-16

Approver

2026-09-16

About Ardagh Metal Packaging

Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMP) is a leading supplier of sustainable, infinitely recyclable metal beverage cans to brand owners globally. An operating business of sustainable packaging business Ardagh Group, AMP is a leading industry player across Europe and the Americas, with innovative production capabilities, 23 production facilities, more than 6,000 employees and recorded revenues of $4.8 billion in 2023.

AMP is 76%-owned by Ardagh Group and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker AMBP.

About Ardagh Group

Ardagh Group is a global supplier of infinitely recyclable metal and glass packaging solutions, producing packaging for brand owners around the world. We have grown to a team of approximately 20,000 people with revenues of more than $9 billion. Today we have a presence across the Americas, Europe and Africa.

Ardagh produces many of the beverage cans and bottles that contain your favourite beverages.

Our packaging is manufactured from metal and glass - permanent materials that can be infinitely recycled without any loss of quality.

Ardagh produces more than 60 billion containers per year (more than 160 million containers per day).

The future we’re creating for Ardagh is built around our four Core Values of Inclusion, Trust, Teamwork and Excellence. We offer exciting and rewarding opportunities for talented and creative people. If you have ambition and want to make an impact with your career, come and join our team - you’ll enjoy the journey!