Quality & Compliance Manager - Newmarket

Quality & Compliance Manager - Newmarket Salary £40,000 - £50,000 plus benefits Benefits include; 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays Discretionary annual bonus Pension scheme Do you want to work for a company which values their employees, where you are more than just a number? Do you want to work in a rapidly growing sector with massive scope for the future and which is sustainable? Are you ambitious and want the opportunity to grow within a business, where you are supported to maximise your ambitions? My client are operating out of state of the art manufacturing facilities based in Suffolk. They are looking to massively grow their team across the business over the next 12 months. If you are collaborative, can think differently and have the attitude and ability to speak to people throughout the business this is for you. Why not join them on the journey? Location - Primary location - Newmarket with occasional travel to sites as required and directed. Working hours - Monday to Friday 0830-1700 with flexibility required to occasionally attend work on evenings and weekends. Line Manager - Manufacturing Director. Direct Reports - Quality & Compliance Officer Role Purpose Venatu Recruitment Group are delighted to be working with our client in recruiting a Quality and Compliance Manager to join their team during a period of exceptional growth and with the opportunity for progression in the future. They are committed to developing new buildings that are higher quality, delivered faster with lower costs whilst being kind to the environment. Outstanding product quality is an essential part of what makes their off-site manufacturing process a unique selling point for the business. They have a mission to achieve Zero Defects in our manufacturing and installation systems ensuring that our customers are delighted with the end product. This role is critical; shaping and driving a robust and rigorous quality assurance culture, underpinned by world class systems and processes to enable them to be leading edge and an exemplar within their sector. This is a challenging but rewarding role considering the complexity of operating across the manufacturing and traditional construction sectors. Responsibilities The primary role of the Quality Manager is to ensure that the company is in compliance with all statutory, contractual and funding requirements and the integration of a full quality assurance process with manufacturing and site activities. Primarily focussed on Product Quality the Quality Manager will embed ways of working that ensure we meet our customers rigorous quality standards. The Quality Manager will identify opportunities to improve and will work on quality improvement projects that support a quality framework across all business activities. The Quality Manager will play a pivotal role leading the development, integration and management of a Quality Management System (QMS) that is operated cross functionally to drive quality assurance & service excellence. Will identify areas of risk conducting thorough gap analysis and leading closure through driving action plans and projects. Will actively promote a culture of innovation and continuous improvement throughout the business ensuring that best practice is shared and embedded at all levels. Review, establish and implement measurable performance enhancing strategies that evidence a customer focussed approach to quality improvement. The Quality Manager will achieve all agreed KPIs and contribute to the achievement of wider business quality targets reporting on metrics as required. Organise and chair (once defined) forums, focus groups and quality meetings in order to drive quality management within the business and support the Directors in achieving their vision of Zero Defects. Work with the supply chain team to identify and improve inbound supplier quality. Define a transformational approach to quality moving the traditional construction supply chain to a lean model. Define a quality control procedure to ensure that the manufacturing team have adequate quality checks within the process to ensure that any defects present are captured before exiting the factory. Own the NCR process, allocate NCR remedial actions to the appropriate departments/individuals and track the completion of actions preparing a monthly report on progress to close out. Provide support to managers, heads of departments and directors during quality investigations taking the lead in complex cases or where external bodies are involved. Own the implementation of short, medium and long term countermeasures. Develop and lead an internal audit regime. Conduct thorough analysis prior to the completion of audits by external bodies e.g. ISO, BOPAS providing a timely brief to Directors on the readiness state of the business prior to any audit. Qualifications (Desirable) Lead auditor ISO 9001 Membership of an industry related body Lean manufacturing skills Qualifications (Essential) Technical degree (STEM based) highly desirable. Experience (Desirable) Experience within WCM quality pillar (ideally pillar lead) Experience across multiple sectors in a quality leadership role e.g automotive, FMCG, heavy industry. Experience (Essential) Minimum 5 years experience as a Quality Manager/Quality Leader in a manufacturing environment This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89875354