Quality Team Leader

Thrive Personnel; Dewsbury; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Thrive Personnel is recruiting for a Quality Team Leader in West Yorkshire. The role leads a small quality team across multiple manufacturing areas, driving quality standards and continuous improvement.

You will investigate issues, manage non-conformances and work closely with production and purchasing to raise quality across the business.

Qualifications

• Experience leading quality in manufacturing
• Strong root-cause analysis and problem-solving skills
• Experience handling customer and supplier quality issues
• Able to produce and interpret quality reports and trends
• Proficient in Excel and data reporting
• Proactive in driving continuous improvement across operations

Responsibilities

• Lead quality standards across multiple manufacturing areas.
• Manage and support a small quality team.
• Investigate customer complaints and identify root causes.
• Manage non-conformances and corrective actions.
• Support investigation of supplier quality issues.
• Produce regular quality reports and analyse trends.
• Lead quality meetings and ensure actions are followed through.
• Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Promote a Right First Time culture and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with production, purchasing and management to improve quality performance.

Skills

Quality control

Root cause analysis

Customer complaints

Data analysis

Excel

Cross-department communication

Reporting

Continuous improvement

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Quality Team Leader

Location: West Yorkshire

Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Hours: Monday-Friday, 6:00am-2:30pm

The Opportunity

We are currently recruiting on behalf of an established manufacturing business in West Yorkshire for an experienced Quality Team Leader.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong background in manufacturing quality who is looking to take the next step in their career and have responsibility for quality standards across multiple areas of the business.

The successful candidate will lead a small quality team and work closely with production, purchasing and management to identify and resolve quality issues, improve processes and maintain consistently high standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead quality standards across multiple manufacturing areas.
• Manage and support a small quality team.
• Investigate customer complaints and identify root causes.
• Manage non-conformances and corrective actions.
• Support the investigation of supplier quality issues.
• Produce regular quality reports and analyse trends.
• Lead quality meetings and ensure actions are followed through.
• Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Promote a Right First Time and continuous improvement culture.
• Work closely with production, purchasing and management to improve quality performance.

About You

• Previous quality experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of quality control, non-conformance and root cause analysis.
• Experience dealing with customer complaints and supplier issues.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.
• The confidence to communicate and influence across different departments.
• Experience producing reports and working with data.
• Good Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel.
• A proactive approach to continuous improvement.

Experience within furniture manufacturing or a similar production environment would be advantageous but is not essential.

What's On Offer?

• Permanent, full-time position.
• Salary of up to £35,000 per annum.
• Monday-Friday, 6:00am-2:30pm.
• 40 hours per week.
• Opportunity to take ownership of quality across the business.
• Long-term career opportunity with an established manufacturing organisation.

This vacancy is being managed by a recruitment agency on behalf of our client. The client details will be discussed with suitable candidates during the recruitment process