Quality Manager

LF Legal Translation Services; Winchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing manufacturing company near Winchester is seeking a Quality Manager to oversee quality, HSE, environment, and CSR activities. You will lead a team of quality professionals, manage ISO quality systems, and drive continuous improvement to ensure customer satisfaction. This role requires proven quality management and auditing experience in a manufacturing environment, along with strong leadership abilities.

Qualifications

• Experience in quality management within a manufacturing environment.
• Proven ability to lead a quality team effectively.
• Knowledge of quality tool implementation and improvement.
• Experience in auditing processes.

Responsibilities

• Drive improvement for customer satisfaction and efficiency.
• Manage the quality system according to ISO standards.
• Lead a team of quality engineers and technicians.
• Oversee Health and Safety compliance at both sites.
• Ensure corrective actions for field non-conformance are implemented.
• Audit the supply base and provide feedback for improvement.
• Coordinate with international quality teams on consistency.
• Promote a strong quality culture across the business.
• Lead environmental strategies to minimize waste and carbon footprint.

Skills

Quality Management experience

Team leadership

Implementation of quality tools

Auditing experience

Job description

Our clients based close to Winchester have an exciting opportunity for a Quality Manager to join their growing team.

Reporting to the UK Operations Manager and being part of the UK senior management team of the organisation, the quality manager will lead all quality, HSE, environment & CSR activities for.

An experienced quality professional, with demonstrable understanding and deployment of quality tools within a small to medium volume, high mix, non-automated manufacturing environment, the quality manager will drive improvement throughout the entire business.

Responsibilities

• Ensure customer satisfaction by pro-actively driving improvement in the business to bring greater efficiency, minimise product ppm levels and internal waste.
• Management of the quality system to ISO 9001:2015 & ISO14001:2015
• Team management of quality engineers and technicians at two sites.
• Overall responsibility for Health and Safety at both sites, including compliance to all relevant legislation.
• Ensuring customer satisfaction by a close follow up of field non-conformance, and corrective action implementation. Which will mean direct customer contact.
• Improving the supply base of the company, via audit, further KPI implementation and feedback mechanisms to improve efficiency and quality of supplied product
• Interfacing with international companies in the group quality teams, to ensure consistency of approach and processes, with occasional international travel accordingly.
• Setting a standard and enhancing quality culture within all aspects of the business, leading by example.
• Driving the UK environmental and strategy and actions, to minimise waste, utility usage and carbon footprint.

Required Skills & Experience

• Quality Management experience within a manufacturing environment
• Experience leading a quality team
• A working knowledge of implementing and improving quality tools
• Auditing experience

Working Hours

Monday Friday 8:00am 5:00pm