Our client based in West Drayton is looking for a Quality Manager reporting directly to the Managing Director.
Role:
The Quality Manager will be an experienced, skilled Manager of Quality assurance and Quality control in manufacturing and distribution environments within Far East locations
Candidate will ideally have a broad business experience including quality, product safety, quality, systems & processes, and operational areas in food contact plastics, printing and some textile. An engineering discipline would be advantageous in understanding the product manufacture and the risks associated with product design execution. Responsible for safety, quality, compliance and ethical issues for all items distributed.
An opportunity to be directly involved and influence product design working closely with product design at all stages of development.
A practical ‘hands on’ manager able to handle many licensed projects simultaneously, work calmly under pressure whilst maintaining excellent attention to detail and customer attention.
Experienced problem solver, able to work effectively to implement practical, effective corrective actions (system and product) improving product and processes.
Essential Key elements:
- Experience in Consumer Goods is essential and in Child Care food contact articles an advantage.
- Determine product and component specific test requirements, generating product qualification/Test Plan documents, conduct risk assessments and all documentation to maintain required technical files
- Able to provide compliance packaging copy to our deign department in a timely manner.
- Work to continually monitor product integrity performance in market and ensure effective & timely actions of unacceptable safety/quality issues.
- Ability to oversee and achieve factory auditing. Understanding of Technical and Ethical Auditing, to meet our customer needs and maintain the clients standards – FCA, SMETA, BSCI are good examples.
- Develop, implement and monitor QA policies and procedures
- Develop / introduce and maintaining Global product safety design requirements and guidelines.
- Manage product safety reporting and analysis
- Introducing and develop Quality Assurance tools within the product design and introduction process.
- Working knowledge of safety regulations and directives – UK and EU essential including Food contact and new General Product Safety Regulations and some Global preferred.
- Understanding of Technical and Ethical Auditing, to meet our customer needs and maintain the clients standards – FCA, SMETA, BSCI are good examples.
- Maintain and continued development of consumer complaint and returns analysis system to be used in Quality Improvement.
- Oversee inspection criteria at each factory and harmonising Inspection policy, procedure and standards across factories
- Maintain and upgrade Company quality manual in line with latest regulations and retailer expectancies
- Minimum 5 years working experience in similar environment
