Quality Assurance Manager

Are you ready for the next stage of your Quality career?

My client is a major plastics manufacturer based in Nottinghamshire, looking for a Quality Assurance Manager to provide day to day leadership and control of the QA team.

The Role:

• Determine, negotiate and agree on in-house quality procedures, standards and specifications.
• Carry out independent quality checks within production and warehouses to ensure product specifications and in-house testing are followed.
• Plan and organise customer audits.
• Be lead auditee for all customer specific and regulatory audits.
• Investigate, liaise, determine route cause analysis and implement preventative action for customer complaints and Non-conformances.
• Conduct independent PPE audits.
• Conduct independent warehouse and goods out checks.
• Update on-line portals with product information and testing.
• Manage and update Sedex Global account, as and when required.
• Control and manage product testing.
• Work with production management and staff to ensure housekeeping standards are met.
• Work with production team to create new methods of working
• Work in conjunction with other departments to establish procedures for the production, packaging and palletising of new products.
• Work together with operating staff to establish, improve and introduce new ways of working.
• Act as a catalyst for change and improvement in performance and quality.
• Monitor performance through reports and independent audits.
• Have a good awareness of health and safety and be part of the H&S committee.
• Investigate and work with health and safety committee to establish standards for quality and H&S.
• Identify and determine training needs.
• Have a good understanding of Goods In and Goods out.
• Engage with other departments to continuously improve working methods.
• Any other duties that are deemed quality critical.

The Candidate:

• A minimum of 3 years’ relevant Quality Control / Assurance experience
• A confident individual who is IT competent                       
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Good numerical skills and an understanding of statistics                                                                    
• Drive and passion for the Quality of the products and customer fulfilment
• Be able to work in a fast-paced customer focused environment
• Planning and organisational skills
• Team working Skills
• Problem solving skills
• Have good attention to detail
• Ability to lead and engage
• Ability to challenge and motivate
• Ability to facilitate and deliver training

What’s on Offer?

• A salary of around £35,000 per annum
• Monday–Friday - 8:30-17:00
• 20 Days Holidays + 8 Statutory Holidays

If the above role could be of interest and you would like further information, please call Sully (Sulaimaan Akhtar) at D R Newitt Recruitment on 0131 226 5060 or send an email over to sulaimaan.akhtar@drnewitt.com.